Nortel SMC 2450, Implementation Manual

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Page 82 of 260 Installation and configuration
553-3001-225 Standard 1.00 May 2006
Configuring the initial SMC
To configure the initial SMC, you must use the Command Line Interface
(CLI). The CLI is a text-based administrative and configuration tool, which
is accessed using a basic terminal. After initial configuration, you can use
either the Web User Interface (UI) or the CLI for administration and
maintenance tasks; however, the Web UI is the preferred tool.
For more information about the administrative tools, see “The Command
Line Interface (CLI)” on
page 183 or “Web User Interface (UI)” on page 197 .
Procedure 6
Configuring the initial SMC
Use this procedure to configure a stand-alone SMC or the first SMC in a high
availability configuration.
1 Disconnect the ethernet cable on all SMC ports except the management
port.
2 Apply power to the SMC.
The SMC boots from the factory-installed software. The boot process takes
approximately 5 minutes.
3 Connect the console cable to the SMC.
Connect the console cable from the serial port on the SMC to the serial port of
a computer that runs terminal emulation software. Nortel recommends that
you use VT100 for emulation and 9600-8-N-1 for the communication port
speed on the terminal connection.
IMPORTANT!
Note the following CLI conventions:
• The CLI is case-sensitive; therefore, type the commands as
capitalized in this document.
• You can accept the default value in a command by pressing <Enter>
on the keyboard.
• Use the backspace key to correct any errors you make before
pressing <Enter> to execute a command.