To Access Help; Start-Up Procedures - Allied Telesis AT-8800 Hardware Reference Manual

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Change the password as soon as possible. Leaving the manager account with
the default password is a serious security risk. Make sure that you remember
the new password as there is no way to retrieve it if it is lost.
Use the following command to change the account password:
set password
See the AT-8800 Series Software Reference for more information on configuring
the switch.

To access help

To display a list of help topics, enter:
help
To display help on a specific topic, enter:
help topic
Alternatively, type a question mark (?) at the end of a partially completed
command to see a list of valid options.

Start-up Procedures

When the switch starts up following either a power cycle or an operator-
initiated reboot (using the Reset button or RESTART command), a series of
start-up messages is sent to the terminal or PC connected to ASYN0 (Figure 4
on page 14).
Figure 4: Switch start-up messages.
INFO: Self tests beginning.
INFO: RAM test beginning.
PASS: RAM test, 65536k bytes found.
INFO: BBR tests beginning.
PASS: BBR test, 128k bytes found.
INFO: Self tests complete
INFO: Downloading switch software.
Force EPROM download (Y) ?
INFO: Initial download succeeded
INFO: Executing configuration script <boot.cfg>
INFO: Switch startup complete
Manager >
After the self tests are complete, the manager is given the option of forcing a
mandatory boot from the EPROM (Flash) release. The message:
Force EPROM download (Y)?
is displayed on the terminal or PC connected to ASYN0 and the switch pauses.
If a key is not pressed within a few seconds, the start-up process will continue
and all steps in the sequence will be executed. Pressing selected keys on the
terminal immediately after the "Force EPROM download" message is
displayed will change the switch start-up process (Table 2 on page 15).
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