User Guide

Table Of Contents

June 2007 Your First Login Session 13

The default welcome banner, which includes information such

as the current software version and system date, displays—

followed by the CLI command prompt:

Welcome to the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6000

Software Version 6.1.5.281.R01 Development, March 16, 2007.

OmniSwitch(TM) is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent registered

in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

More Information on User Accounts. A user account

includes a login name, password, and user privileges.

Privileges determine whether the user has read or write

access to the switch and which commands the user is

authorized to execute.

For detailed information on setting up and modifying user

accounts and user privileges, refer to the “Managing

Switch User Accounts” chapter of your OmniSwitch 6800/

6850/9000 Switch Management Guide.

Assigning an IP Address to the

Switch

Assigning an IP address to your OmniSwitch 6800 Series

switch is an important step in the setup process.

Remote sessions such as Telnet, FTP, and WebView require

an IP address. The IP address for these session types serves as

a destination point for the remote session. Therefore, before

the switch can support any remote login sessions, a valid IP

address must be configured.

To assign an IP address to a switch, first configure an IP inter-

face (e.g., with the interface name “remote”), and then assign

an IP address to the switch’s default VLAN 1 by entering the

ip interface command at the CLI prompt. Be sure that the

command begins with the command syntax:

-> ip interface

exactly as shown, followed by the interface name, the keyword

address, the IP address, and the VLAN ID. For example:

-> ip interface remote address 172.22.120.1

vlan 1

For information on assigning IP addresses in a stacked

configuration, refer to the OmniSwitch 6800 Hardware Users

Guide.