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Changing the login password, Assigning a name to the switch, Show boot command – Allied Telesis AT-8100 Series User Manual

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AT-8100 Switch Command Line User’s Guide

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Figure 27. SHOW BOOT Command

The name of your new active boot configuration file is displayed in the
“Current boot config” field.

Changing the

Login Password

To protect the switch from unauthorized access, you should change the
password of the manager account. The password is set with the
USERNAME command in the Global Configuration. Here is the format of
the command.

username

username

password

password

Both the user name and the password are case sensitive. The password
can consist of 1 to 16 alphanumeric characters including punctuation and
printable special characters. Spaces are not permitted.

This example of the command changes the password of the manager
account to “clearsky2a:

awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# username manager password clearsky2a

Note

Write down the new password and keep it in a safe and secure
location. If you forget the manager password, you cannot manage
the switch if there are no other management accounts on the unit. In
this case, contact Allied Telesis Technical Support for assistance.

For instructions on how to create additional management accounts, refer
to Chapter 84, “Local Manager Accounts” on page 1377.

Assigning a Name

to the Switch

The switch will be easier to identify if you assign it a name. The switch’s
name is displayed in the screen banner when you log on and replaces the
“awplus” in the command line prompt.

A name is assigned to the switch with the HOSTNAME command in the
Global Configuration mode. Here is the format of the command:

hostname

name

A name can consist of up to 39 alphanumeric characters. Spaces,
punctuation, special characters, and quotation marks are not permitted.

Current software: v2.2.1.1
Current boot image: v2.2.1.1
Default boot config: boot.cfg
Current boot config: switch1.cfg (file exists)