3324 Setup

I'm pretty new to using the Powerconnect switches. I just got a 3324, and when I went to setup the static IP addresss, the machine plugged into port 1 lost it's connection even though port status says it's connected and the port is up. I also can't ping the static IP and I can't connect via the web interface. I'd like to know the procedure for setting up the static IP. The documentation is sketchy at best.   Maybe I did it wrong.  Thanks