Administrator Guides EN Owner's manual

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Chapter 3
System Administration Mechanisms
Console User Interface
Remotely Accessing the Console Interface
To remotely access the console interface, Secure Shell (SSH) client software is required. This is preinstalled on most new
BSD variants or Linux. It may be obtained for most versions of Unix, Linux or BSD at http://www.openssh.org.
To open an SSH session, type at your workstation’s command prompt:
ssh viprserverip -l root
where viprserverip is the hostname or IP address of the BluStar Application Server.
SSH for Windows is available at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/.
The console interface may also be accessed by connecting a VGA monitor and PS/2 keyboard to the server.
Logging In
When the server is powered up, status messages (often reporting on the initialization of devices or services) will appear.
After the server boot process has completed, a login prompt will be displayed. If this is the first log in, and if no other
users have been created during the installation process, the root username and the password entered during the soft-
ware installation process should be entered.
Commonly Used Commands
Information on Linux commands can normally be found by referring to the manual pages, which can be viewed using
the man command.
Example: To view the manual page of the netstat command, including descriptions of all parameters, type
man netstat
netstat
The /bin/netstat command is used to display information regarding network connectivity to and from the plat-
form.
Example: To view the routing table, type
netstat -rn
ifconfig
The /sbin/ifconfig command is used to view the status of a network interface.
Note:
Use the vipr_config
command (and not the ifconfig command) to reconfigure network interface parameters.