Powering On the Acme Packet
This section explains how to power on your Acme Packet 3900.
Prerequisites
The following procedure presumes that you know how to connect your Acme Packet
3900 to either AC or DC power.
Powering On
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Plug in the appropriate AC or DC power cords for your device.
Initial Log On
Once you have established the console connection, powered on the Acme Packet
3900 and a runtime image has been loaded, you are ready to login and begin
configuring the system. After the Acme Packet 3900 has initialized, the ACLI login
prompt appears in your terminal application as follows:
User Access Verification
Password:
If the Acme Packet 3900 completed booting before you connected to the console port,
press the Enter key on the console keyboard a few times to activate the console
connection.
Enter the string "acme" and press Enter to set the user account password.
1.
Password:
%
% Only alphabetic (upper or lower case), numeric and punctuation
% characters are allowed in the password.
% Password must be 8 - 64 characters,
Note:
When operating with redundant power supplies, both power supplies
must be plugged in either simultaneously or within a few seconds of
each other. If the second power supply is on long enough after the first,
an alarm is generated.
Note:
When operating with a single power supply, the LED on the power supply
will flash continuously. The device has properly noted the absence of the
other power supply and is logging it.
Chapter 4
Powering On the Acme Packet
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