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48Initial steps using the CLI
7Save the boot configuration.
8Reboot the switch.
Variable definitions
Use the data in the following table to use the config bootconfig sio command.
Variable | Value |
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|
8databits <truefalse> | Specifies either 8 (true) or 7 (false) |
| data bits for each byte for software to |
| interpret. The default is false. |
|
|
baud <rate> | Configures the baud rate for the port. |
| The default is 9600. |
|
|
enable <truefalse> | Enables or disables the port. The |
| default is true. |
|
|
info | Displays information about the |
| specified port. |
|
|
mode <asciislipppp> | Configures the communication |
| mode for the serial port. The default |
| is American Standard Code for |
| Information Interchange (ASCII). |
| If you are configuring the modem |
| port, you can configure the |
| port to use the SLIP or the PPP |
| communication mode. |
|
|
mtu <bytes> | Configures the size of the maximum |
| transmission unit for a PPP link |
| |
|
|
Configures the IP address for the | |
| server side, the Nortel Ethernet |
| Routing Switch 8600, of the |
| |
| 0.0.0.0. Nortel recommends that you |
| use the current IP address for the |
| management port. |
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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Commissioning
30 May 2008