Nortel Networks V100 manual Procedure 46 Reloading IP addresses after system installation

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the server, which takes about five minutes, and then reload the IP addresses (see Procedure 46, Reloading IP addresses after system installation). Reloading the IP addresses on each server takes about 15 minutes.

Procedure 46 Reloading IP addresses after system installation

At the management pc,

1Log in to the system as root through the console port connection. You must have the root password to apply this procedure.

/usr/local/bin/unconfig_server

2You will see the following message: Do you really want to re-configure all IP addresses and system data of this machine [N] Answer Y and press the Enter key to continue. You will then see a warning message: This program will unconfigure your system. It will cause it to revert to a "blank" system. It will not have a name or know about other systems or networks.

This program will also halt the system. Do you want to continue (y/n)?

The system assumes the answer is Y.

3The system will reboot and come up to the boot prompt {ok}

4The system is now ready to re-configure. You can type poweroff at the ok prompt if you wish to power the machine off.

5To reconfigure the server at this point, if you are at the boot prompt {ok}, enter the boot command. If you are not at the boot prompt, power on the server. To do so, you can press the power-on button on the server or connect to the LOM port and type poweron.

6When the server is back up you will see the following question:

What type of terminal are you using?

1)ANSI Standard CRT

2)DEC VT100

3)PC Console

4)Sun Command Tool

5)Sun Workstation

6)X Terminal Emulator (xterms)

7)Other

NN10364-301 MCS 5100 3.5 Standard 6.0 December 2006