Accessing The Switch Directly; Switch Ethernet Connection - IBM Flex System FC3171 Installation And User Manual

3. At the login prompt, type the management-module user name (Windows only).
4. Type admin start and press Enter to obtain administrator privileges.
5. Normally, the date and time are set by the CMM through the Network Time
6. Type admin end and press Enter to exit from the administrator operating mode
Note: For more information about password requirements and using the CLI, see
the applicable documentation that is listed in "CLI command format" on page 30.

Accessing the switch directly

You can access the switch through devices that are connected directly to the switch
Ethernet port or serial port.

Switch Ethernet connection

To access the switch through the switch Ethernet port, complete following steps:
1. Connect a 10/100 Base-T straight or cross-over cable from the workstation to the
2. Open an SSH session using the default switch IP address 10.0.0.1. For
3. Press Enter.
Chapter 4. Configuring the switch through an SSH interface
At the password prompt, type the management-module password. The user
name and password are case sensitive and are the same as those that are used for
management-module Web access. The default management-module user name is
USERID, and the default password is PASSW0RD. (Note that the sixth character in
PASSW0RD is the number zero (0), not the letter O.).
The Command Line Interface Shell window opens.
Protocol (NTP). However, as an option, you can set the date and time of the
switch by typing date [MMDDhhmmCCYY] where:
[MM] is the month
[DD] is the day
[hh] is the hour in 24-hour format
[mm] is the minute
[CC] is the century identifier
[YY] is the last two numbers of the year
For example, the format for 28 November 28 2011 8:46 p.m. is date 112820462011.
Press Enter.
and return to the standard operating mode.
switch external Ethernet port.
information about IBM Flex System switch bay IP addresses, see the IBM Flex
System Enterprise Chassis Installation and Service Guide.
• For a Windows platform, use an SSH client such as PUTTY.
• For a Linux platform, type ssh USERID@10.0.0.1
A command-prompt window opens.
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