Brocade Virtual ADX Administration Guide (Supporting ADX v03.1.00) - Manual (Page 29)

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Managing System Functions
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Logging into a BP
A Barrel Processor (BP) is a data plane process that is responsible for Layer 4-7 packet forwarding
and functions. The Brocade Virtual ADX Virtual Machine (VM) may have one or more BP processes
running depending on the number of CPU cores assigned to the VM. To view the status of the BP
processes, use the show bp-status command.
A set of BP processes collective form a module called Application Switching Module (ASM). In the
Brocade Virtual ADX, all BPs are part of one ASM module. When using the rconsole command,
always use the ASM ID of 1 and the BP number of 1.
To log into a Barrel Processor (BP) on the Application Switching Module, enter the following
rconsole command.
The example moves the CLI session from the management processor (MP) to BP 1 on the ASM.
Notice the end of the command prompt changes to indicate the ASM number 1 and BP number 1.
Syntax: rconsole 1 1
Use the rconsole-exit command to return to the MP.
NOTE
To log into to the BP if the rconsole command fails, enter Ctrl-c-l and select bp.
Assigning a name to the Brocade Virtual ADX
You can assign a name to the device, as displayed by the command prompt, by entering a
command such as the following.
Virtual ADX(config)#hostname ADX
ADX(config)#
Syntax: [no] hostname text
The text variable can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters.
Disabling or re-enabling password encryption
Password encryption is enabled by default. When encryption is enabled, users cannot learn the
device’s passwords by viewing the configuration file.
Password encryption does not encrypt the password in Telnet packets sent to the device. This
feature applies only to the configuration file.
To disable password encryption, enter the following command.
Virtual ADX(config)#no service password-encryption
Syntax: [no] service password-encryption
Virtual ADX#rconsole 1 1
Virtual ADX1/1#
asm show all application switch module commands
rcon-exit Exit rconsole
rconsole-exit Exit rconsole
show Display system information
write Write running configuration to terminal
Virtual ADX1/1#rconsole-exit