Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address

Caution: Test all the new passwords before saving the active configuration to the Startup configuration file. As shown in the example above, the passwords are shown in the active configuration in an encrypted format and will also appear this way in the Startup configuration.

To keep your passwords secure, the XP-2000 does not have a command for displaying passwords. If you forget a password, you can remove the password by entering the following command while in Configure mode. (See the Enterasys X-Pedition Command Line Interface Reference Manual for more information.)

system set password loginenable none

Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address

If you want the XP-2000 to be able to access a DNS server, use the following procedure to specify the domain name and IP address for the DNS server.

1.Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2.Use the following command to verify that the XP-2000 can reach the DNS server by pinging the server, as shown in the following example:

xp-1#ping 10.50.11.12

PING 10.50.11.12 (10.50.11.12): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 10.50.11.12: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0 ms

--- 10.50.11.12 ping statistics ---

1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/0 ms

3.Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the CLI.

4.If you have not done so already, use the interface add ip command to set the IP address and netmask for the en0 Ethernet interface, as shown in the following example:

xp-1(config)#interface add ip en0 address-netmask 10.50.11.22/16

Note: The en0 interface is automatically created by the system and is reserved for the XP-2000’s management port.

5.Use the following command to specify the domain name for which the DNS server(s) have authority:

system set dns domain <domain-name>

where <domain-name>is your specified domain name (example: mktg.company.com).

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