Brocade Communications Systems Brocate Ethernet Access Switch 6910 - Manual (Page 78)

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Entering Commands
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NOTE
The IP address for this switch is obtained via DHCP by default.
To access the switch through a Telnet session, you must first set the IP address for the Master unit,
and set the default gateway if you are managing the switch from a different IP subnet. For example,
Console(config)#interface vlan 1
Console(config-if)#ip address 10.1.0.254 255.255.255.0
Console(config-if)#exit
Console(config)#ip default-gateway 10.1.0.254
Console(config)#
If your corporate network is connected to another network outside your office or to the Internet, you
need to apply for a registered IP address. However, if you are attached to an isolated network, then
you can use any IP address that matches the network segment to which you are attached.
After you configure the switch with an IP address, you can open a Telnet session by performing
these steps:
1. From the remote host, enter the Telnet command and the IP address of the device you want to
access.
2. At the prompt, enter the user name and system password. The CLI will display the “Vty-n#”
prompt for the administrator to show that you are using privileged access mode (i.e., Privileged
Exec), or “Vty-n>” for the guest to show that you are using normal access mode (i.e., Normal
Exec), where n indicates the number of the current Telnet session.
3. Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.
4. When finished, exit the session with the “quit” or “exit” command.
After entering the Telnet command, the login screen displays:
Username: admin
Password:
CLI session with the BR6910 is opened.
To end the CLI session, enter [Exit].
Vty-0#
NOTE
You can open up to four sessions to the device via Telnet.
Entering Commands
This section describes how to enter CLI commands.
Keywords and Arguments
A CLI command is a series of keywords and arguments. Keywords identify a command, and
arguments specify configuration parameters. For example, in the command “show interfaces
status ethernet 1/5,” show interfaces and status are keywords, ethernet is an argument that
specifies the interface type, and 1/5 specifies the unit/port.