Nortel Networks BMD00007 Stopping and Restarting Setup Manually, Stopping Setup, # /cfg/setup

Alteon OS Command Reference

Stopping and Restarting Setup Manually

Stopping Setup

To abort the Setup utility, press <Ctrl-C> during any Setup question. When you abort Setup, the system will prompt:

Would you like to run from top again? [y/n]

Enter n to abort Setup, or y to restart the Setup program at the beginning.

Restarting Setup

You can restart the Setup utility manually at any time by entering the following command at the administrator prompt:

#/cfg/setup

Setup Part 1: Basic System Configuration

When Setup is started, the system prompts:

"Set Up" will walk you through the configuration of System Date and Time, Spanning Tree, Port Speed/Mode, VLANs, and IP interfaces. [type Ctrl-C to abort "Set Up"]

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Will you be configuring VLANs? [y/n]

1.Enter y if you will be configuring VLANs. Otherwise enter n.

If you decide not to configure VLANs during this session, you can configure them later using the configuration menus, or by restarting the Setup facility. For more information on configur- ing VLANs, see the Alteon OS 1.4 Application Guide.

Next, the Setup utility prompts you to input basic system information.

2.Enter the year of the current date at the prompt:

Enter year [2007]:

Enter the last two digits of the year as a number from 00 to 99. “00” is considered 2000. To keep the current year, press <Enter>.

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