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Fabric OS 5.0.0 procedures user guide 19
2 Performing basic configuration tasks
This chapter contains procedures for performing basic switch configuration tasks using the Fabric OS CLI
and contains the following sections:
• Connecting to the CLI, page 19
• Setting the IP address, page 21
• Setting the default account passwords, page 21
• Setting the date and time, page 22
• Maintaining licensed features, page 25
• Customizing the switch name, page 27
• Customizing the chassis name, page 28
• Disabling and enabling a switch, page 28
• Disabling and enabling a port, page 29
• Activating Ports on Demand, page 30
• Making basic connections, page 30
• Working with domain IDs, page 31
• Linking through a gateway, page 32
• Checking status, page 33
• Tracking and controlling switch changes, page 35
Connecting to the CLI
You can connect to the CLI either through a telnet connection or through the serial port. To connect with
telnet:
1. Verify that the switch is connected to the IP network through the RJ-45 Ethernet port.
Switches in the fabric that are not connected via Ethernet can be managed through switches that are
using IP over Fibre Channel. The embedded port must have an assigned IP address.
2. Open a telnet connection to the switch.
The login prompt is displayed when the telnet connection finds the switch in the network.
For the Core Switch 2/64 and SAN Director 2/128, enter the logical switch name (sw0 or sw1).
3. Enter the account ID (defaults are user or admin) at the login prompt.
4. Enter the password. The default password is password.
If you have not changed the system passwords from the default, you are prompted to change them.
5. Enter the new system passwords, or press Ctrl+c to skip the password prompts.