Lucent Technologies 7820-0802-003 manual Introduction to basic configuration

Performing Basic Configuration

Introduction to basic configuration

Table 1-1. Basic TAOS unit configuration tasks

Section	Description of task	Related commands or parameters
“Connecting to a new unit” on	Connect the TAOS unit to a
page 1-3	terminal or workstation and an
	Ethernet network.
“Configuring the shelf-controller IP	Specify the date and time for the	admin> set ip-address
address on a nonredundant unit” on	TAOS unit system clock.
page 1-4
“Setting the system date” on	Set the correct date and time with	admin> date ymmddhhmm
page 1-5	the Date command.
“Setting the system name” on	Specify the name of the TAOS unit.	System profile > Name
page 1-5	This name is used for
	authentication.
“Setting the log level” on page 1-5	Specify the level of event	Log profile > Save-level
	information that the TAOS unit
	displays at the console.
“Configuring a default gateway” on	Designate a default gateway so that	IP-Route > gateway-address
page 1-6	the TAOS unit can forward packets
	for which it has no route.
“Configuring basic DNS	Specify a Domain Name System	IP-global profile > Domain-name
information” on page 1-6	(DNS) server so that you can use	IP-global profile >
	names instead of IP addresses to
		DNS-primary-server
	reach IP hosts.
		IP-global profile >
		DNS-secondary-server
“Pinging the TAOS unit from a	After configuring the TAOS unit	Ping
local host” on page 1-7	with its basic settings, you can use
	Ping to verify that it is
	communicating on the network.
“Recommended basic security	Before making the TAOS unit	User > Password
measures” on page 1-7	accessible to users, Lucent	Serial > Auto-Logout
	recommends that you configure
		Serial > User
	some basic security on the unit.
		IP-global profile >
		Must-Accept-Address-Assign
		IP-global profile>
		Ignore-ICMP-Redirects
		SNMP profile

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