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Chapter 3: Basic System Setup
related to the phases of the boot sequence. When the software is fully booted, the
following message appears on the management console:
Press RETURN to activate console...
2.
Press Return (or Enter) to activate the CLI on the console.
Starting the Command Line Interface
To start the Command Line Interface (CLI), power on the system. Startup messages
appear on the console (the terminal attached to one of the IA 1100/1200's ports).
After the software is fully booted and you press Return (or Enter) to activate the CLI, the
CLI prompts you for a password. You can define separate passwords for login access and
Enable mode. The factory default password for both of these is set to blank. (Simply press
Return.)
Access Modes
The CLI has the following access modes:
•
User – Allows you to display basic information and use basic utilities such as ping but
does not allow you to display SNMP, filter and access control list information, or make
other configuration changes. You can tell you are in User mode when the command
prompt ends with a "
•
Enable – Allows you to display SNMP, filter, and access control information as well as
all the information you can display in User mode. To enter Enable mode, enter the
enable command, then supply the password when prompted. When you are in Enable
mode, the command prompt ends with a "
•
Configure – Allows you to make configuration changes. To enter Configure mode, first
enter Enable mode (enable command), then enter the configure command from the
Enable command prompt. When you are in Configure mode, the command prompt
ends with "
•
Boot – This mode appears when the IA 1100/1200 or the system image is not found
during bootup. You should enter the reboot command to reset the router. If the IA
1100/1200 still fails to boot, call Cabletron Technical Support.
Note:
When you are in Configure or Enable mode, use the exit command or press Ctrl+Z to exit
to the previous access mode.
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" character.
>
."
(config)#
The command prompt will show the name of the IA 1100/1200 in front of the
mode character(s). The default name is "ia". The procedure in "Setting Basic
System Information" on page 22 describes how to change the system name.
" character.
#
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