Setting The Ip Address - IBM SAN16B-2 - TotalStorage Express Model Switch User And Service Manual

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Powering up the switch and logging in
After you create the serial connection using the steps in "Creating a serial
connection" on page 17, provide power to the switch by completing the steps below.
Note: Power is supplied to the switch as soon as the power supply is connected to
1. Connect the power cord to the power supply and the power source.
2. After POST is complete, verify that the System Status 9 and Power Status
3. Using a serial connection, when the terminal emulator application stops
4. Log in using the administrative account. The logon is admin and the default

Setting the IP address

Replace the default IP address and related information with the information
provided by your network administrator. By default, the IP address is set to
10.77.77.77.
1. Type ipAddrSet at the terminal emulator application prompt, as shown in the
2. Enter the requested information as prompted. In this example, the items in bold
3. Optionally, verify that the address was correctly set by entering the ipaddrShow
4. Record the IP address on the label on the port side of the chassis.
5. If the serial port is no longer required, log out of the serial console, remove the
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a power source, you should then see POST messages.
Attention:
Ensure that the power cable is routed so that it is not pinched or
exposed to stress when the switch is moved on the slide-rails. Ensure that the
cord has a minimum service loop of six inches available at the connection to the
switch.
The power supply LED ( 8 in Figure 8 on page 17) lights up green, and the
switch begins running a Power On Self-Test (POST). The POST should
complete and the switch will complete the boot process in about three minutes.
8 LEDs are green (see "Interpreting LED activity" on page 21 for more
details).
reporting information, press Enter to display the login prompt.
password is password. You can create up to two simultaneous admin sessions
and four user sessions. For details, refer to the Brocade Fabric OS
Administrator's Guide and the Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual.
You will be prompted to change the default passwords on the switch during
initial login; you can bypass this by pressing Ctrl-C.
following example.
are the new values that were entered.
Table 5. Example of changing an IP address
switch:admin> ipAddrSet
Ethernet IP Address [192.168.1.1]:10.32.53.47
Ethernet Subnetmask [255.255.255.0]:255.255.240.0
Fibre Channel IP Address [0.0.0.0]:
Fibre Channel Subnetmask [0.0.0.0]:
Gateway IP Address [0.0.0.0]:10.32.48.1
Set IP address now? [y = set now, n = next reboot]:y
IP address being changed...
Committing configuration...Done.
switch:admin>
command at the prompt.
serial cable, and replace the plug in the serial port.

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