Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 58)

58 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Fabric OS command line interface
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Connecting to Fabric OS using Telnet
Use the following procedure to connect to the Fabric OS using Telnet:
1. Connect through a serial port to the switch that is appropriate for your fabric:
• If Virtual Fabrics is enabled, log in using an admin account assigned the chassis-role
permission.
• If Virtual Fabrics is not enabled, log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Verify the switch’s network interface is configured and that it is connected to the IP network
through the RJ-45 Ethernet port.
Switches in the fabric that are not connected through the Ethernet port can be managed
through switches that are using IP over Fibre Channel. The embedded port must have an
assigned IP address.
3. Log off the switch’s serial port.
4. From a management station, open a Telnet connection using the IP address of the switch to
which you want to connect.
The login prompt is displayed when the Telnet connection finds the switch in the network.
5. Enter the account ID at the login prompt.
6. Enter the password.
If you have not changed the system passwords from the default, you are prompted to change
them. Enter the new system passwords, or press Ctrl+C to skip the password prompts. For
more information on system passwords, refer to
“Default account passwords” on page 61.
7. Verify the login was successful.
The prompt displays the switch name and user ID to which you are connected.
login: admin
password: xxxxxxx
Getting help on a command
You can display a list of all command help topics for a given login level. For example, if you log in as
user and enter the help command, a list of all user-level commands that can be executed is
displayed. The same rule applies to the admin, securityAdmin, and the switchAdmin roles.
Use the following procedure to get help on a command:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the help [|more] command with no specific command and all commands are displayed.
The optional |more argument displays the commands one page at a time.
For command-specific information, you can enter help command |more, where command is
the name of the command for which you need specific information.