Completing the Installation
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Completing the Installation
CompletingtheDFEmoduleinstallationdependsonwhetherthemoduleisbeing
installedin
•anewDFEmodulesystem(refertoCompletingtheInstallationofaNewSystemon
page326 ),or
•anestablished,operatingDFEmodulesystem(refertoCompletingtheInstallationof
aDFEModuleinanExistingSystemonpage328).

Completing the Installation of a New System

InanewsystemofDFEmodules,oneoftheinstalledDFEmoduleswillbecomethe
managementmoduleonchassispowerup,andallDFEmoduleswillautomaticallybeset
tothefactorydefaultvalues.Acompletelistofthefactorydefaultvalue sareprovidedin
Chapter3oftheEnterasysMatrixDFEGoldSeriesConfigurationGuide.
AfterinstallingallDFEmodulesintothehostchassisandmakingtheconnectionstothe
network,proceedtothefollowingFirstTimeLogInUsingaConsolePortConnection
proceduretoaccessthemodulemanagementstartupscreenfromyourPC,terminal,or
modemconnection.

First-Time Log-In Using a Console Port Connection

StarttheCommandLineInterface(CLI)fromthemodule’slocalconsoleportasfollows:
1. ConnectaterminaltothelocalconsoleportasdescribedinConnectingtoCOMPort
forLocalManagementonpage320.Thestartupscreen,Figure 312,displays.
2. Attheloginprompt,enteroneofthefollowingdefaultusernames:
roforReadOnlyaccess,
rwforReadWrite access,or
adminforSuperUseraccess.(ThisaccesslevelallowsReadWriteaccesstoall
modifiableparameters,includinguseraccounts.)
3. PressENTER.
4. ThePasswordpromptdisplays.LeavethisstringblankandpressENTER.The
moduleinformationandMatrixpromptdisplaysasshowninFigure312.
Notes: This procedure applies only to initial log-in, and to logging in to a device not yet
configured with administratively-supplied user and password settings.
By default, the Matrix DFE Series device is configured with three user login accounts: ro
for Read-Only access; rw for Read-Write access; and admin for super-user access to all
modifiable parameters. The default password is set to blank (press ENTER). For
information on changing these default passwords, refer to Chapter 3 in the Enterasys
Matrix DFE-Gold Series Configuration Guide.