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1. Right click on the Network icon in the Windows Taskbar.

2. Select: Open Network and Sharing Center

3. Click on: Change Adapter Settings on the left of the pane.
    

4. Right-click the Merging Technologies PCIe 8257 RAVENNA Network Card and select Properties:
   (same procedure applies with any other network adapter)
    

5. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) and Click on Properties:
    

6. Click on the Use the following IP address: radio button and enter 192.168.1.2 (the Cisco SG300 switch has a factory default IP address of 192.168.1.254).
   Click on the OK button to accept the settings and close the dialog. 
    

7. Open a browser and type 192.168.1.254 in the address bar, username: "cisco" password: "cisco", Click on the Log in button .

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   The Restore Saved Configuration page will open:
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8. Click on the Apply Changes button The device will reset" message will appear. Click on the OK button and wait for around 2 minutes:
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9. Log in again (username: admin, password: admin) as in step 9. above.After the login prompt, you will be asked to change that default password to whatever you want.
   It is a required step and the first one into securing you're router/switch, it is also a one time step only.
   
   After the default is changed, if you wish to change it again it you will have to do that in the Administration page.
   Reseting the switch to "factory defaults" that will also ask you to do this step again.
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10. The Administration page will now load and you cant start configuring your switch.
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11. Download the latest configuration file for your Dell Cisco SG300 switch model :
    DELL PowerConnect 2816
    DELL PowerConnect 2808 Cisco SG300-10
    Cisco SG300-20
    The Merging RAVENNA configuration file will auto-configure various settings /protocols to optimize the RAVENNA / AES67 network, and also sets the definitive fixed IP address of the switch: 169.254.252.1). After login choose System > File Management > File DownloadImage Removed

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13. Select the Configuration Download and Download via HTTP radio buttons. (Arrowed in the screenshot above).
    Click Choose File and browse to the downloaded configuration file (.ber). Then click Apply Changes.

14. When the download completes, Copy Finished, click Close.
    The message box below will open:
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15. The downloaded configuration will be activated after reseting the device Click OK

16. Log out, power OFF and restart the switch.
    Next operation is to restore the Merging RAVENNA Network Card's IP configuration back to automatic.
    (Auto configured IP addresses are in the range 169.254.x.x, range on which the switch is now configured.)

17. In the Network Connections window (see steps 4. 5. and 6. above), right-click the Merging Technologies PCIe 8257 RAVENNA Network Card and select Properties.
    Select the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button and also select Obtain DNS server address automatically, click on OK.
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18. The switch is now configured and ready to use, and the Merging RAVENNA Network Card should have auto-configured itself with an IP in the 169.254.x.x range.
    You can verify this by opening a browser and typing 169.254.252.1 in the address bar, Log in (username: admin password: admin).
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19. The switch is ready and accessible at 169.254.252.1