Setting The Ip Address; Logging Off The Serial Console Port And Disconnecting The Serial Cable; Connecting An Ethernet Cable And Opening A Telnet Session - Brocade Communications Systems Encryption Switch Quick Start Manual

Setting the IP address

Configure the switch with a static IP address.
Setting a static IP address
1. Log into the switch using the default password, which is password.
2. Use the ipaddrset command to set the Ethernet IP address.
Enter the IP address in dotted decimal notation as prompted.
Ethernet IP Address: 192.168.74.102
3. Complete the rest of the network information as prompted.
Ethernet Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
Ethernet IP Address: 192.168.74.102
Ethernet Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
4. Optionally, verify that the address was correctly set by entering the ipAddrShow command at the prompt.
5. Record the IP address on the pull out tab provided for this purpose on the port side of the switch.

Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the serial cable

If the serial port is no longer required, use the logout command to log out of the serial console, remove the serial
cable, and replace the plug in the serial port.

Connecting an Ethernet cable and opening a Telnet session

To create an Ethernet connection to the switch, follow these steps.
1. Remove the plug from the Ethernet port.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable to the switch Ethernet port and to the workstation or to an Ethernet network
containing the workstation.
3. Open a Telnet session on the workstation.
NOTE
The following information describes using the CLI but these tasks can be performed using Brocade's Web Tools
product or Brocade's licensed DCFM Enterprise product.
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