Coyote Point Systems Equalizer GX Series, Administration Manual

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Proceed with the following after powering up your Equalizer:
1. Enter the following to view the initial BMC configuration:
eqcli >
show bmc
User Name: root
Status: disabled
IP Address: 0.0.0.0/32 (static)
Gateway: 0.0.0.0
eqcli: 12000287: Operation successful
eqcli >
The default
User Name
will be
root
when you use the CLI. You will be able to change
this once you have set up network connectivity and have access to the Integrated BMC
Web Console; however, only the user
root
can be configured using the CLI.
2. Configure a password to use with the
User Name
as follows. After entering
bmc passwd
at
the eqcli prompt, press
ENTER
and follow the prompts to
enter password
and
confirm
password
. press
ENTER
after entering and confirming.
eqcli > bmc passwd
Please enter password: password
Please confirm password: password
eqcli: 12000287: Operation successful
eqcli >
3. Enable the BMC by entering:
eqcli > bmc enable
eqcli: 12000287: Operation successful
eqcli >
4. Enter an IP Address (
lan ip
) for the BMC. The default IP address is
0.0.0.0/32
. This is a
static address. You will also need a Gateway (
gw
) address if used; however, you can enter
0.0.0.0
as the gateway address if there is none.
eqcli > bmc lan ip 192.168.1.8/21 gw 192.168.0.1
eqcli: 12000287: Operation successful
eqcli >
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