Chapter 3 Configuring The Switch The First Time; Table 5 Serial Terminal Program Configuration; Table 6 Configuration Wizard Session - Dhcp Configuration (Example) - Mellanox Technologies Mellanox SX1018 User Manual

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3 Configuring the Switch the First Time
The procedures described in this chapter assume that you have already installed and powered-on
your switch according to the instructions in this document.
If you are not already connected to the Onboard Administrator, connect to the Onboard Admin-
Step 1.
istrator of the Chassis using the serial port to your laptop. 
For more information see the
BladeSystem_Onboard_Administrator_UG_en
Connect to the HP Onboard Administrator and run "connect interconnect <slot number 1-7>".
Step 2.
No remote IP connection is available at this stage.
Configure a serial terminal program (for example, HyperTerminal, minicom, or Tera Term) on
Step 3.
your host PC with the settings described in
Table 5 - Serial Terminal Program Configuration
Parameter
Baud Rate
Data bits
Stop bits
Parity
Flow Control
Login (from a serial terminal program) as admin and use admin as password. This starts the
Step 4.
Mellanox configuration wizard.
Go through the Mellanox configuration wizard. Table 6 shows an example of a wizard session.
Step 5.
Table 6 - Configuration Wizard Session - DHCP (Sheet 1 of 2)Configuration (Example)
Wizard Session Display
Mellanox configuration wizard
Do you want to use the wizard
for initial configuration? yes
Step 1: Hostname? [switch]
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Setting
9600
8
1
None
None
You must perform this configuration the first time you
operate the switch or after resetting the switch. Type 'y'
and then press <Enter>.
If you wish to accept the default hostname, then press
<Enter>. Otherwise, type a different hostname and press
<Enter>.
.
Table 5
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