Setting Up Software
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This section covers procedures for setting up your
OmniAccess 512 software. Procedures include
• Connecting a workstation to the console port
• Accessing terminal emulation software
• Logging in to the switch’s Command Line
Interface (
CLI
)
• Setting a password
• Setting basic system parameters, including date,
time, system description, and IP address
• Logging out
By the end of this section, you will be ready to use the
switch’s software to begin configuring and monitoring
your branch office network connections. For detailed
information on how to accomplish these tasks, refer to
your switch user manual.
1. Connect the Console Port
Attach a serial cable to the console port connector on
the switch’s front panel. The console port is a female
DB-9 serial connector that conforms to the
IBM
AT
serial port specification.
Connect the other end of the serial cable to a PC or
workstation equipped with terminal emulation soft-
ware. You will use this connection to enter initial
configuration values on the switch.
2. Access your Terminal Emulation Software
Use your computer’s terminal emulation software to
initiate a session with the switch. Set your terminal
emulation software parameters to: 9600 baud, 8 data
bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. If you are using
Windows 95 or later, turn hardware flow control off.
3. Log In to the Command Line Interface (CLI)
After your terminal emulation software package estab-
lishes a connection, the following prompt will be
displayed:
Welcome to the Alcatel OmniAccess 512! Version x.x.x
login
:
Initially, there are three login accounts available:
admin
,
diag
and
user
. The
admin
and
diag
accounts allow full
access to all functions, with the
diag
account addition-
ally supports a set of switching module tests (see the
“Running Hardware Diagnostics” chapter in your
OmniAccess User Manual
for details). The
user
account
supports read-only privileges. All three accounts use
switch
as the default password.
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