When the terminal emulator application stops reporting information, press
Enter
. You receive
the following login prompt:
SLX login:
6. Log in to the console using
admin
as the default login name and
password
as the default password.
As login to the device occurs, you are prompted to change the device passwords.
Please change passwords for switch default accounts now.
Use Control-C to exit or press 'Enter' key to proceed.
7. Press Enter to step through a procedure to change the passwords as shown in the following
example. To skip modifying the password, press Ctrl+C.
Warning: Access to the Root and Factory accounts may be
required for proper support of the switch. Please ensure the Root
and Factory passwords are documented in a secure location. Recovery of
a lost Root or Factory password will result in fabric downtime.
for user - admin
Changing password for admin
Enter old password:
Enter new password:
Re-type new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully
Passwords can be 8 through 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. For more
information on passwords, refer to
Extreme SLX-OS Security Configuration Guide
for the SLX 9640
device.
Configuring a static IP address
Complete the following steps to set a static IP address.
Note
You can also use DHCP to configure a chassis static IP address on the management module.
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. Use the
chassis virtual-ip
command to set the IP address for the chassis.
device(config)# chassis virtual-ip 10.20.236.132/20
4. 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.
When you have assigned the IP address to management interface 1, you should also assign the IP
address to management interface 2 if you have installed a second management module.
device(config)# interface Management 1
device(config-Management-1)# no ip address dhcp
device(config-Management-1)# ip address 10.24.85.81/20
Configuring a static IP address
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