Cabletron Systems CSX1000, CSX1200 manual Setting the IP Address, Boot Device Commands

USER’S GUIDE

logout

Terminates the administration session by logging-out the current administrator. You can start another session by using one of the two log-in commands outlined above.

pswd

Changes the password for the current access level (administrator or guest). Your password must be a 3 to 8 nonblank character string. Be careful, passwords are uppercase and lowercase sensitive.

SETTING THE IP ADDRESS

The following administrative command allows you to make changes to the system’s default IP address without using the CFGEDIT utility. The system handles this command as if you were in CFGEDIT mode, and saves changes automatically. You must then restart your system in order to have these saved changes take effect. To change the system’s default IP address, issue the following command:

ipconfig

Allows you to change default IP address information by prompting you for the following:

•IP address

•number of significant bits in subnet mask

•IP address of default gateway (or “0” if none)

After responding to the prompts, the system will ask you if you wish to restart the system in order to put into effect these changes.

BOOT DEVICE COMMANDS

System software consists of three distinct parts: the boot device, the flash file system, and

operational software. The system boot is accomplished in two stages: the first stage boot (FSB) and the second stage boot (SSB).

When the boot device is executing, there may be occasion to issue commands to affect the boot process. However, this situation is highly unusual, and should only be performed under the recommendation of Customer Support personnel. In addition, these commands may be issued only using the local console (RS232) port.

Once the FSB has initialized the hardware, it displays a brief inventory of the CyberSWITCH, including version number, serial number, and MAC Ethernet address. It then prompts you with the following:

Waiting for Commands:

Following this prompt, there is a 10-second window (between the first and second stage boot) for you to enter a boot device command. Normally, you need not enter a command, and the boot process continues to the second stage. However, the following commands are available during this

10-second interval:

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