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Managing the SAN Switch 2/8
An interactive session is opened and you are prompted for configuration values.
3.At the New Username prompt, enter a new name for the admin user. You can change the name of the admin user without changing the password. Press Enter to leave the name as is.
4.At the Old Password prompt, enter the old password.
5.At the New Password prompt, enter the new password. The new password must be from 8 to 40 characters in length.
6.At the New Password prompt, enter the new password exactly as entered to the previous prompt.
7.Press Enter to commit the configuration to the firmware.
Configuring the IP and Fibre Channel Address
The SAN Switch 2/8 is shipped with a default IP address of 10.77.77.77. Use these steps to change the default IP Address and configure the Fibre Channel IP address of the switch.
1.Log in to the switch as the admin user.
2.At the command line enter the following command: ipAddrSet
An interactive session is opened and you are prompted for configuration values. Press Enter to skip over a prompt and leave the parameter value as is.
3.At the Ethernet IP Address prompt, enter the new IP address for the Ethernet port on the switch. Press Enter to continue.
4.At the subnetmask prompt, enter the address of the subnetmask, if applicable. Press Enter to continue.
5.At the Fibre Channel IP address prompt, enter the Fibre Channel IP address for the switch. Press Enter to continue.
6.At the Fibre Channel subnetmask prompt, enter the address of the subnetmask, if applicable. Press Enter to continue.
7.At the gateway address prompt, enter the IP address of the gateway system if applicable. Press Enter to continue.
The configuration is committed to the switch firmware.
8.Enter y at the prompt to have the IP address changes take effect immediately.
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