Enterasys Networks 8000/8600 User Manual

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Enterasys X-Pedition 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide

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Contents

Notice ..................................................................................................................... ii

About this Guide .................................................................................................. xi

What’s New................................................................................................................................xi
Who should Read this Guide?....................................................................................................xi
How to Use this Guide ............................................................................................................. xii
Related Documentation............................................................................................................ xii

Chapter 1: Features Overview..............................................................................1

Specifications ..............................................................................................................................1
Features .......................................................................................................................................5
Hardware Overview ..................................................................................................................10

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation......................................................................51

Safety Considerations ...............................................................................................................51
Hardware Specifications ...........................................................................................................53
Installing the Hardware .............................................................................................................55

Chapter 3: Software Installation and Setup......................................................83

Installing a PCMCIA Flash Card ..............................................................................................84
Powering On and Booting the Software ...................................................................................86
Starting the Command Line Interface .......................................................................................87
Setting Basic System Information.............................................................................................89
Setting Up SNMP Community Strings .....................................................................................91
Setting Up Passwords................................................................................................................92
Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address ...........................................................................94
Setting SYSLOG Parameters ....................................................................................................95
Loading System Image Software ..............................................................................................96
Loading Boot Firmware ............................................................................................................97
Activating Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File ....................................98

Appendix A: Troubleshooting ..........................................................................101

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