Mellanox MLNX-OS User Manual for SX1018HP Ethernet Managed Blade Switch

Rev 2.10

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2 Getting Started

The procedures described in this chapter assume that you have already installed and powered on

your switch according to the instructions in the Hardware Installation Guide, which was shipped

with the product.

2.1 Configuring the Switch for the First Time

Step 1. Connect to the HP Chassis Manager and run “connect interconnect <slot number 1-7>”.

Step 2. Configure a serial terminal from EM with the settings described below.

Step 3. Login as admin and use admin as password.

Step 4. Go through the Mellanox configuration wizard.

The following table shows an example of a wizard session.

No remote IP connection is available at this stage.

Table 6 - Serial Terminal Program Configuration

Parameter Setting

Baud Rate 9600

Data bits 8

Stop bits 1

Parity None

Flow Control None

Table 7 - Configuration Wizard Session - IP Configuration by DHCP (Sheet 1 of 3)

Wizard Session Display (Example) Comments

Mellanox configuration wizard

Do you want to use the wizard for initial con-

figuration? yes

You must perform this configuration the first

time you operate the switch or after resetting

the switch to the factory defaults. Type “y” and

then press <Enter>.

Step1: Hostname? [switch-1] If you wish to accept the default hostname,

then press <Enter>. Otherwise, type a different

hostname and press <Enter>.