Establishing, Tcp/ip, Session – IBM Nortel 10 User Manual

Page 37: Using, Management, Module

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Establishing

a

TCP/IP

session

using

the

management

module

To

establish

a

TCP/IP

session

for

the

GbE

switch

module

using

the

management

module,

complete

the

following

steps:

1.

Log

on

to

the

management

module

as

described

in

the

User’s

Guide

or

Command

Line

Interface

Reference

Guide

for

your

management

module.

If

necessary,

obtain

the

IP

address

of

the

management

module

from

your

system

administrator.

The

management-module

window

opens.

Note:

The

User

ID

and

Password

fields

are

case-sensitive.

Type

your

information

in

uppercase

letters

only.

To

maintain

system

security,

change

your

password

after

you

log

on

for

the

first

time.

The

default

User

ID

is

USERID

and

the

default

password

is

PASSW0RD

(where

the

O

in

password

is

a

zero).

2.

From

the

I/O

Module

Tasks

menu,

click

Configuration

.

3.

In

the

I/O

Module

Configuration

section,

click

the

bay

number

that

corresponds

to

the

location

of

the

GbE

switch

module

that

you

installed.

4.

In

the

IP

address

field

in

the

New

Static

IP

Configuration

section,

type

the

new

TCP/IP

address

of

the

GbE

switch

module;

then,

click

Save

.

Note:

The

management

module

does

not

check

for

invalid

IP

addresses.

5.

Click

Advanced

Configuration

.

You

can

now

start

a

Web

session

or

a

Telnet

session.

The

Web

interface

and

the

Telnet

program

provide

different

ways

to

access

the

same

internal-switching

software

and

configure

it.

v

If

your

system

application

requires

that

you

use

the

Web

interface

program,

see

“Configuring

the

GbE

switch

module

using

the

switch-module

Browser

Based

Interface”

on

page

30

for

additional

information.

v

If

your

system

application

requires

that

you

use

the

Telnet

program,

see

“Configuring

the

GbE

switch

module

using

Telnet”

on

page

28

for

additional

information.

Chapter

5.

Configuring

the

GbE

switch

module

27

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