Startup and General Configuration Summary
Starting and Navigating the Command Line Interface (CLI)
3.1.6
Starting and Navigating the Command Line Interface (CLI)
3.1.6.1
Using a Console Port Connection
NOTE: By default, the Matrix E1 Series device is configured with three user login
accounts: ro for Read-Only access; rw for Read-Write access; and admin for
super-user access to all modifiable parameters. The default password is set to a blank
string (carriage return). For information on changing these default settings, refer to
Section
3.2.1.
Once you have connected a terminal to the local console port as described in
startup screen,
Figure
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Using a default user account, as described in
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Using an administratively-assigned user account as described in
3.1.6.2
Logging in with a Default User Account
If this is the first time your are logging in to the Matrix E1 Series device, or if the default user
accounts have not been administratively changed, proceed as follows:
1. At the Username login prompt, enter one of the following default user names:
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ro for Read-Only access,
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rw for Read-Write access.
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admin for Super User access.
2. Press ENTER. The Password prompt displays.
3. Leave this string blank and press ENTER.The notice of authorization and the Matrix prompt
displays as shown in
NOTES: Display messages shown in
pertain to Secure Shell (SSH) authentication. These lines will only display on the startup
screen the first time the device is powered on, or after NVRAM has been cleared.
Once the device has been configured for routing as described in
message "cannot open startup.cfg file" will no longer display. The startup.cfg file stores
the running configuration for the device when operating in router mode. This file does
not affect switch mode operation.
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3-2, will display. You can now start the Command Line Interface (CLI) by
Figure
3-3.
Section
3.1.6.2, or
Section
Figure 3-2
about the device generating keys
Chapter
2, the initial
3.1.6.3.
Section
3.3, the