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G610 Switch Hardware Installation Guide
2. Disable any serial communication programs running on the workstation, such as synchronization programs.
3. Open a terminal emulator application, such as PuTTY, XShell, or SecureCRT on a Windows PC, or TERM, TIP, or C-
Kermit in a Linux environment, and configure the application as follows:
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In a Windows environment, use the following values.
Parameter
Value
Bits per second
9600
Data bits
8
Parity
None
Stop bits
1
Flow control
None (must be disabled on the host side)
NOTE
Flow control is not supported on the serial connection when attached to a remote terminal and must be
disabled on the customer-side remote terminal server in addition to the host-side clients.
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In a UNIX environment using TIP, enter the following string at the prompt:
tip /dev/ttyb -9600
If ttyb is already in use, use ttya instead and enter the following string at the prompt.
tip /dev/ttya -9600
4. When the terminal emulator application stops reporting information, press
Enter
to display the login prompt.
Switch Console Login:
5. Log on to the device as admin, using the default password (
password
). You are prompted to change the default user
name and password at initial logon. Make sure to write down the new credentials and keep this information in a secure
location.
Fabric OS (swDir)
swDir login: admin
Password:
Please change your passwords now.
Use Control-C to exit or press 'Enter' key to proceed.
swDir:admin>
6. Modify the credentials. To cancel, press
Ctrl+C
.
NOTE
Initial passwords can be 8 to 40 characters long. They must begin with an alphabetic character. They can
include numeric characters, the period (.), and the underscore (_) only. Passwords are case-sensitive, and
they are not displayed when you enter them on the command line.
Configuring the IP Address
You can configure the device with a static IP address, or you can use a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
server to set the IP address of the switch. DHCP is enabled by default. The device supports both IPv4 and IPv6
addresses.
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