Configuring The Initial Smc; Procedure - Nortel SMC 2450 Implementation Manual

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Configuring the initial SMC

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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
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.

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.
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page 183 or "Web User Interface (UI)" on
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page 197.