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4.
Enter no password at the prompt. (You cannot abbreviate this command.)
5.
Enter boot system flash primary at the prompt. This command causes the device to bypass the system password check.
6.
After the console prompt reappears, assign a new password.
Configuring IP addresses
You must configure at least one IP address using the serial connection to the CLI before you can manage the system using the other
management interfaces. In addition, Brocade routers require an IP subnet address for the subnet in which you plan to place them in your
network.
IPv4 devices
Brocade IPv4 devices support both classical IP network masks (Class A, B, and C subnet masks, and so on) and Classless Interdomain
Routing (CIDR) network prefix masks:
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To enter a classical network mask, enter the mask in IP address format. For example, enter "10.x.x.x 255.255.255.0" for an IP
address with a Class-C subnet mask.
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To enter a prefix number for a network mask, enter a forward slash ( / ) and the number of bits in the mask immediately after the
IP address. For example, enter "10.x.x.x/24" for an IP address that has a network mask with 24 significant ("mask") bits.
By default, the CLI displays network masks in classical IP address format (example: 255.255.255.0). You can change the display to the
prefix format. Refer to the FastIron Ethernet Switch Layer 3 Configuration Guide for more information.
Configuring IPv4 management interface while running Layer 3 software
Before attaching equipment to a Brocade router, you must assign an interface IP address to the subnet on which the router will be
located. You must use the serial connection to assign the first IP address. For subsequent addresses, you also can use the CLI through
Telnet.
By default, you can configure up to 24 IP interfaces on each port, virtual interface, and loopback interface. You can increase this amount
to up to 64 IP subnet addresses per port by increasing the size of the subnet-per-interface table. Refer to the FastIron Configuration
Guide for more information.
The following procedure shows how to add an IPv4 address and mask to a router port.
1.
At the opening CLI prompt, enter enable .
device> enable
2.
Enter the following command at the CLI Privileged EXEC level prompt, then press Enter . This command erases the factory test
configuration if still present.
device# erase startup-config
CAUTION
Use the erase startup-config command only for new systems. If you enter this command on a system you have
already configured, the command erases the configuration. If you accidentally do erase the configuration on a
configured system, enter the write memory command to save the running configuration to the startup-config file.
Brocade FastIron SX Series Chassis Hardware Installation Guide
Part Number: 53-1003613-04
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