Click Apply. Since you have changed the password you will be prompted to log in again. This
time, use the new password.

Note If you are not confident t hat your consol e server has the current firmwar e release, you can

upgrade. Refer to Upgrade Firmware—Chapter 10.
3.2.1 Set up new administrator
It is also recommended that you set up a new Administrator user as soon as convenient and log-in as
this new user for all ongoing administration functions (rather than root).
This Administrator can be configured in the admin group with full access privileges through the Serial &
Network: Users & Groups menu (refer Chapter 4 for details)
3.2.2 Name the console server
It is also recommended that you set up a System Name for your console server to make it simple to
identify.
Select System: Administration and enter a System Name and System Description for the
console server to give it a unique ID.

Note The System Name can contain from 1 to 64 alphanumeric characters (however you can also use

the special characters “-”, “_”, and “.”)
There are no restrictions on the characters that can b e used in the System Description or the
System Password (each can contain up to 254 characters). How ever, only the first eight System
Password characters are used to make t he password hash.
The MOTD Banner can be used to displ ay a “message of the day” text to users
Click Apply

3.3 Network IP address

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