Installation guide

PowerConnect

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You can set the following levels of Enable passwords:

• Super user—Allows complete read-and-write access to the system. This level is generally for system

administrators and is the only password level that allows you to configure passwords.

NOTE

You must set a super user password before you can set other types of passwords.

• Port configuration—Allows read-and-write access for specific ports but not for global (system-wide) parameters.

• Read only—Allows access to the Privileged EXEC mode and CONFIG mode but only with read access.

To set passwords, follow these steps:

1. At the opening CLI prompt, enter the following command to change to the Privileged level of the EXEC mode.

PowerConnect> enable

2. Access the CONFIG level of the CLI by entering the following command.

PowerConnect# configure terminal

PowerConnect(config)#

3. Enter the following command to set the super-user password.

PowerConnect(config)# enable super-user-password <text>

NOTE

You must set the super user password before you can set other types of passwords.

4. Enter the following commands to set the port configuration and read-only passwords.

PowerConnect(config)# enable port-config-password <text>

PowerConnect(config)# enable read-only-password <text>

Configuring IP addresses

You must configure at least one IP address using the serial connection to the CLI before you can manage the system

using the other management interfaces. In addition, Dell routers require an IP subnet address for the subnet in

which you plan to place them in your network.

Dell devices support both classical IP network masks (Class A, B, and C subnet masks, and so on) and Classless

Interdomain Routing (CIDR) and network prefix masks as follows:

• To enter a classical network mask, enter the mask in IP address format. For example, enter,

"209.157.22.99 255.255.255.0" for an IP address with a Class-C subnet mask.

• To enter a prefix number for a network mask, enter a forward slash ( / ) and the number of bits in the mask

immediately after the IP address. For example, enter,

"209.157.22.99/24" for an IP address that has a network mask with 24 significant ("mask") bits.

By default, the CLI displays network masks in classical IP address format (example: 255.255.255.0). You can

change the display to the prefix format. Refer to your configuration guide.