Enterasys Networks D-Series Logging In, Navigating the Command Line Interface

Using the Command Line Interface
1-6 Introduction
RefertotheinstructionsincludedwiththeTelne tapplicationforinformationaboutestablishinga
Telne tsession.
Logging In
Bydefault,theD‐Seriesswitch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ablankstring.Forinformationonchangingthesedefaultsettings,
referto“SettingUserAccountsandPasswords”onpage 3‐2.
Using a Default User Account
IfthisisthefirsttimeyouareloggingintotheD‐Seriesswitch,orifthedefaultuseraccountshave
notbeenadministrativelychanged,proceedasfollows:
1. Attheloginprompt,enteroneofthefollowingdefaultusernames:
–roforRead‐Onlyaccess.
–rwforRead‐Write access.
–adminforSuperUseraccess.
2. PressENTER.ThePasswordpromptdisplays.
3. LeavethisstringblankandpressENTER.Theswitchinformationandpromptdisplaysas
showninFigure1‐1.
Using an Administratively Configured User Account
Iftheswitch’sdefaultuseraccountsettingshavebeenchanged,proceedasfollows:
1. Attheloginprompt,enteryouradministratively‐assignedusernameandpressENTER.
2. AtthePasswordprompt,enteryour passwordandpressENTER.
ThenoticeofauthorizationandthepromptdisplaysasshowninFigure1‐1.
Navigating the Command Line Interface
Getting Help with CLI Syntax
TheD‐Seriesswitchallowsyoutodisplayusageandsyntaxinformationforindividualcommands
bytypinghelpor?afterthecommand.
CLI Command Defaults Descriptions
Eachcommanddescriptioninthisguideincludesasectionentitled“Defaults”whichcontains
differentinformationfromthefactorydefaultsettingsontheswitchdescribedinTable 1 ‐1.The
sectiondefinesCLIbehavioriftheuserentersacommandwithouttypingoptionalparameters
(indicatedbysquarebrackets[]).Forcommandswithoutoptionalparameters,thedefaults
sectionlists“None”.Forcommandswithoptionalparameters,thissectiondescribeshowtheCLI
respondsiftheuseroptstoenteronlythekeywordsofthecommandsyntax.Figure1‐2provides
anexample.
Note: Users with Read-Write (rw) and Read-Only access can use the set password command
(page 3-5) to change their own passwords. Administrators with Super User (su) access can use
the set system login command (page 3-4) to create and change user accounts, and the set
password command to change any local account password.