IBM N Series Installation Manual page 49

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Chapter 3: Switch Management
4. To access the Startup Utility menu, press
the Main menu message appears.
If you do not press
code continues to load. To restart the boot process to access the Startup
Utility menu, wait until the switch has completed the boot cycle to reload the
switch.
After you press
FASTPATH Startup -- Utility Menu
1 - Start FASTPATH Application
2 - Erase Current Configuration
3 - Erase Permanent Storage
4 - Select Boot Method
5 - Activate Backup Image
6 - Start Diagnostic Application
7 - Reboot
Q - Quit from FASTPATH Startup
For information about the options available from the menu, see
Utility functions" on page 45.
At the end of the boot process, the switch loads the saved configuration. When
the process has successfully completed, the
User EXEC mode, enter
password prompt. The
EXEC mode offers a limited set of commands. To enter Privileged EXEC mode,
enter the command from User EXEC mode. At the password prompt,
enable
press Enter. By default, no enable password is configured.
From Privileged EXEC mode, you can execute all
information about the switch configuration. You can also enter the
command to enter Global Configuration mode to configure a
configuration
variety of switch features.
within five seconds, or if you press
2
, the Startup Utility menu appears:
2
, which is the default user, and press Enter at the
admin
user does not have a password by default. The User
admin
within the first five seconds after
2
, the operational
1
login prompt appears. To enter
User:
commands to view
show
"Startup
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