48Initial steps using the CLI

7Save the boot configuration.

8Reboot the switch.

--End--

Variable definitions

Use the data in the following table to use the config bootconfig sio command.

Variable

Value

 

 

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

 

(0–2048). The default is zero.

 

 

my-ip <ipaddr>

Configures the IP address for the

 

server side, the Nortel Ethernet

 

Routing Switch 8600, of the

 

point-to-point link. The default is

 

0.0.0.0. Nortel recommends that you

 

use the current IP address for the

 

management port.

 

 

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600

Commissioning

NN46205-319 01.01 Standard

30 May 2008

Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks

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