Nortel Networks BMD00007 User Manual

BMD00007, November 2007

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Contents

Who Should Use This Book 14
How This Book Is Organized 15
Typographic Conventions 16
How to Get Help 17

The Command Line Interface 19

Connecting to the Switch 20

Management Module Setup 20
Factory-Default vs. MM assigned IP Addresses 20
Default Gateway 21
Configuring management module for switch access 21
Connecting to the Switch via Telnet 23

Running Telnet 23

Establishing an SSH Connection 24

Accessing the Switch 26
Setup Versus CLI 28
Command Line History and Editing 29
Idle Timeout 29

First-Time Configuration 31

Using the Setup Utility 32

Information Needed For Setup 32
Starting Setup When You Log In 33
Stopping and Restarting Setup Manually 34

Stopping Setup 34
Restarting Setup 34

Setup Part 1: Basic System Configuration 34
Setup Part 2: Port Configuration 36