SMC Networks 8028L2, Management Manual

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C
HAPTER
2
| Initial Switch Configuration
Basic Configuration
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B
ASIC
C
ONFIGURATION
S
ETTING
P
ASSWORDS
If this is your first time to log into the console interface, you should define
a new password for access to the web interface, record it, and put it in a
safe place. The password can consist of up to 8 alphanumeric characters
and is case sensitive. To prevent unauthorized access to the switch, set the
password as follows:
Type “system password password ,” where password is your new password.
>system password ?
Description:
------------
Set or show the system password.
Syntax:
-------
System Password [<password>]
Parameters:
-----------
<password>: System password or 'clear' to clear
>system password admin
>
S
ETTING AN
IP
A
DDRESS
You must establish IP address information for the switch to obtain
management access through the network. This can be done in either of the
following ways:
◆
Manual — You have to input the information, including IP address and
subnet mask. If your management station is not in the same IP subnet
as the switch, you will also need to specify the default gateway router.
◆
Dynamic — The switch can send an IPv4 configuration request to
DHCP address allocation servers on the network, or can automatically
generate a unique IPv6 host address based on the local subnet address
prefix received in router advertisement messages.
M
ANUAL
C
ONFIGURATION
You can manually assign an IP address to the switch. You may also need to
specify a default gateway that resides between this device and
management stations that exist on another network segment. Valid IPv4
addresses consist of four decimal numbers, 0 to 255, separated by periods.
Anything outside this format will not be accepted by the CLI program.
N
OTE
:
An IPv4 address for this switch is obtained via DHCP by default.