Quick Steps For Logging Into The Switch - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6624 Management Manual

Logging Into the Switch

Quick Steps for Logging Into the Switch

The following procedure assumes that you have set up the switch as described in your OmniSwitch Getting
Started Guide and Hardware Users Guide. Setup includes:
•
Connecting to the switch via the console port.
•
Setting up the Ethernet Management Port (EMP) through the switch's boot prompt.
•
Enabling (or "unlocking") management interfaces types (Telnet, FTP, HTTP, SNMP, and Secure
Shell) through the
and Secure Shell are used to log into the switch's Command Line Interface (CLI). For detailed infor-
mation about enabling session types, see
1
If you are connected to the switch via the console port, your terminal will automatically display the
switch login prompt. If you are connected remotely, you must enter the switch IP address in your Telnet,
FTP, or Secure Shell client (typically the IP address of the EMP). The login prompt then displays.
2
At the login prompt, enter the admin username. At the password prompt, enter the switch password.
(Alternately, you may enter any valid username and password.) The switch's default welcome banner will
display, followed by the CLI prompt.
Welcome to the Alcatel OmniSwitch 6000
Software Version 5.4.1.231.R01 Development, April 13, 2006.
Copyright(c), 1994-2005 Alcatel Internetworking, Inc. All Rights reserved.
OmniSwitch(TM) is a trademark of Alcatel Internetworking, Inc. registered in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office.
You are now logged into the CLI. For information about changing the welcome banner, see
the Login Banner" on page
For information about changing the login prompt, see
For information about setting up additional user accounts locally on the switch, see
Switch User Accounts."
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide
aaa authentication command for the interface you are using. Note that Telnet, FTP,
Chapter 8, "Managing Switch Security."
1-14.

Quick Steps for Logging Into the Switch

Chapter 5, "Using the CLI."
April 2006
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Chapter 7, "Managing
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