Scenario: Basic System Configuration; Overview - Brocade Communications Systems 5600 Quick Start Manual

Scenario: Basic System Configuration

Scenario: Basic System Configuration
This section steps you through initial system configuration tasks by using the CLI. These tasks are
required for almost any scenario in which you might use the Brocade vRouter. The tasks include the
following:
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Overview

• Logging in
• Entering configuration mode
• Setting the host name
• Setting the domain name
• Changing the password
• Configuring interfaces
• Configuring access to a DNS server
• Saving the configuration
Overview
The figure and examples shown in the basic system configuration scenario employ a system with two
Ethernet interfaces: one interface to the office LAN and the other to the Internet. This scenario focuses
on configuring the router to reach the Internet and the LAN hosts itself. Providing the hosts with
Internet connectivity is covered in the next Internet gateway scenario.
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shows a network diagram of a basic system configuration.
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