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Cisco ONS 15501 User Guide
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Chapter3 Configuring the Cisco ONS 15501
Monitoring Alarms and Traps
Step 3 Connect the other end of the RS-232 data cable to the RS-232 serial port on the CiscoONS 15501 front
panel. (See Figure 1-2 on page 1-7.)
Step 4 Press Enter to get the log in prompt.
The CiscoONS 15501 is now ready for basic system configuration.

Configuring a Basic System

To configure a basic system, follow these steps:
Step 1 Log in to the system using the default master password edfa1.
Step 2 Enter host-config hostname to set the host name. The maximum allowed length for hostname is
15characters.
Step 3 Enter ip-config ip-addr ip-subnet-mask def-gateway-ip to set the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway
address. In the absence of any argu ments for subnetmask and gateway ad dress, default values are
inserted.
Step 4 Enter ntp status to enable the NTP, if appropri ate, and enter ntp-ip ip-addr1 ip-addr2 to set the IP
address of the NTP server.
Step 5 Enter set-time time to set the time of the system if no NTP server is available. The time n eeds to be in
the same format as this example, where PST is the time zone.
Fri Aug 24 10:50:31 2001 PST.
Note See AppendixD, “Time Zone Codes,” for a list of time zones and cor relating abbreviations.
Step 6 Enter set-user-pwd to set the user login password. The CLI then prompts the user for the default master
password and the new user password. The default user password is edfa.
Step 7 Enter set-master-pwd to set a new master password if you logged in using the master password. The
CLI prompts the user for the default master password and the new master password. The default master
password is edfa1.
Monitoring Alarms and Traps
To configure the software on the CiscoONS 15501 for console port-based monitoring, follow these
steps:
Step 1 Enter show-trap to display the traps of the system.
Step 2 Enter alarm to display the alarms in the syst em.
Step 3 Enter status to check the optical and environmental status of the sy stem.