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Assigning a System Identity
4-7
Procedure
1.
Connect the serial cable from the Switch’s serial cable port to a terminal or a
PC communications port. It can take the system approximately 3 minutes to
start up.
2.
Using a terminal emulation program, such as Hyper Terminal, press Enter and
supply a user name and password when prompted. The factory default user
name and password are:
User name:
admin
Password:
setup
A menu appears that allows you to enter the following:
• Management IP Address
• IP Subnet Mask
• Gateway IP Address (optional)
• Allow HTTP Management (default)
• Interface IP Address
• Controlled Crash
• Reset to Factory Defaults
3.
Follow the screen prompts. Some of the descriptions of the fields required to
complete this procedure are in the section, “Startup Configuration
Requirements,” on page 4-4-2
. Other descriptions follow:
Allow HTTP Management
enables you to manage the Switch using a
Web browser.
A
Controlled Crash
forces the Switch into a hard crash state, which creates
a core dump file that Nortel Networks Customer Support can analyze to help
diagnose problems, such as the Switch is hung or it does not respond to
PINGs. Do not select “C) Controlled Crash” unless instructed to do so by
Nortel Networks.
Reset to Factory Defaults
returns the Switch to its factory
default configuration.
A sample display follows: