3–Installation Installing a Switch

Configure the Switch

You can configure the switch using the Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 application, the QuickTools web applet, or the command line interface. To configure the switch using Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007, click the Open Configuration Wizard radio button in the Initial Start dialog, then click the Proceed button. The Configuration wizard prompts you for the network configuration information listed in Table 3-2.

Table 3-2. Network Configuration Parameters

Temporary IP address

 

 

 

Temporary subnet mask

 

 

 

Current Admin account password

Factory default is password.

 

 

Archive template file

 

 

 

Switch domain ID (1–-239)

 

 

 

Domain ID Lock (Locked/Unlocked)

 

 

 

Switch name

 

 

 

Permanent IP address

 

 

 

Permanent subnet mask

 

 

 

Permanent gateway address

 

 

 

Permanent network discovery method

 

 

 

Ethernet port selection

 

 

 

Date and time

 

 

 

New Admin account password

 

 

 

Create a configuration archive?

 

 

 

To configure the switch using the command line interface, do the following:

1.Open a command window according to the type of workstation and connection:

Ethernet (all platforms): Open a Telnet session with the default switch IP address and log in to the switch with account name admin and the default password password.

telnet 10.0.0.1 Switch Login: admin

Password: *******

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