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Changing the default account passwords
When you change the default account password after you log in for the first time, only the default password rule is in effect. The rule
specifies a minimum password length of eight characters. For advanced user and role management, including setting password rules,
refer to the Security chapter of the
Network OS Administration Guide .
NOTE
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. The available roles are "admin" and "user". For more information on passwords, refer to the
Network OS
Administration Guide
.
1. Log on to the device using the admin account (the default password is password ).
2. Enter configure terminal to change to global configuration mode.
device# configure terminal
Entering configuration mode terminal
3. Enter the configure terminal command to enter global configuration mode.
4. Enter the username command followed by the account name and the password parameter.
5. When prompted, enter the new password. and press Enter .
Following is an example of using these commands:
device# configure terminal
Entering configuration mode terminal
device(config)# username admin password [new-password]
(<WORD>;;User password satisfying password-attributes):********
Configuring the IP addresses
You must configure the device with a static IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 format . DHCP is not supported.
Setting a static IP address
Complete the following steps to set a static IP address.
1. Log in to the device using an account that has the admin role.
2. Enter global configuration mode using the configure terminal command.
3. Specify the chassis with the rbridge-id command.
device(config)# rbridge-id 1
4. Use the chassis virtual-ip command to set the IP address for the chassis.
device(config-rbridge-id 1)# chassis virtual-ip 10.20.236.132/20
5. Return to configuration mode by entering exit .
6. Use the ip address command to set the Ethernet IP address for the management modules.
If you are going to use an IPv4 IP address, enter the IP address in dotted decimal notation. You should also enter a gateway
address as well.
Initial Configuration
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