Nortel Networks ALTEON OS BMD00007 - Manual (Page 3)

BMD00007, November 2007 3
Contents
Preface 13
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
Running SSH 25
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