Reference Guide

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 46.

7. Verify the login was successful.

The prompt displays the switch name and user ID to which you are connected.

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.

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the help 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, enter the help command and specify the command for which you need specific

information.

help

command

|more

The commands in the following table provide help files for the indicated specific topics.

TABLE 2 Help topic contents

Topic name Help contents description

diagHelp Diagnostic help information

fcipHelp FCIP help information

ficonHelp FICON help information

mapsHelp MAPS help information

routeHelp Routing help information

secHelp Security help information

Performing Basic Configuration Tasks

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