Allied Telesis AT-8700XL SERIES - Manual (Page 8)

8 AT-8700XL Series
C613-04042-01 REV C
3. Log in
After the switch has booted, the log-in prompt appears. If the log-in
prompt doesn’t appear, press [Enter] two or three times.
When the switch boots for the first time, it automatically creates an account
with manager privileges. The account has the log in name “manager” and
the password is “friend”.
At the log-in prompt, enter the log-in name and password.
Login: manager
Password: friend
The switch’s command prompt appears and you can now configure the
switch using the command line interface.
Change the password as soon as possible. Leaving the manager account with
the default password is a serious security risk. Make sure you remember the
new password as there is no way to retrieve it if it is lost.
Use the following command to change the account password:
set password
4. Load help files
To display a list of help topics, enter:
help
To display help on a specific topic, enter:
help topic
Alternatively, type a question mark (?) at the end of a partially completed
command to see a list of valid options.
See the AT-8700XL Series Software Reference for more information on
configuring the switch.
Using the GUI to configure a router:
This section describes how to establish a connection to the router through the
GUI, so you can configure the router before installing it in your LAN. For more
information about the GUI, see the User Guide.
1. Select a PC to browse to the router from
You can browse to the router from any PC that is running a supported
operating system with a supported browser installed. JavaScript must be
enabled.
You need to know the PC’s subnet.
2. Connect the PC to the router
Use an Ethernet cable to connect an Ethernet card on the PC to any one of
the switch ports.
You can browse to the router through any VLAN, as long as you give that VLAN an IP
address (see below). These instructions assume you will use vlan1. The switch ports all
belong to vlan1 by default.