Creating A Management Account; Domain Name Service Client Services - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare XOS Guide Manual

NOTE
If you forget your password while logged out of the command line interface, contact your local technical
support representative, who will advise on your next course of action.

Creating a Management Account

The switch can have a total of 16 management accounts. You can use the default names (admin and
user), or you can create new names and passwords for the accounts. Passwords can have a minimum of
0 characters and can have a maximum of 30 characters.
To create a new account:
1 Log in to the switch as admin.
2 Add a new user by using the following command:
create account [admin | user] <username> {<password>}
Viewing Accounts
To view the accounts that have been created, you must have administrator privileges. To see the
accounts, use the following command:
show accounts
Deleting an Account
To delete a account, you must have administrator privileges. To delete an account, use the following
command:
delete account <name>

Domain Name Service Client Services

The Domain Name Service (DNS) client in ExtremeWare XOS augments the following commands to
allow them to accept either IP addresses or host names:
• telnet
• download [bootrom | configuration | image]
• ping
• traceroute
In addition, the
You can specify up to eight DNS servers for use by the DNS client using the following command:
configure dns-client add domain-suffix <domain_name> | name-server <ip_address>
You can specify a default domain for use when a host name is used without a domain. Use the
following command:
configure dns-client default-domain <domain_name>
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utility can be used to return the IP address of a hostname.
nslookup
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