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Configuring the USB Bluetooth Adapter Logging Into the Switch
page 1-8 OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Switch Management Guide May 2014
Configuring the USB Bluetooth Adapter
The following procedure is used for accessing the OmniSwitch using a USB Bluetooth adapter.
1 Enable Bluetooth connectivity on the OmniSwitch using the bluetooth command.
2 Insert the USB Bluetooth adapter into the USB port on the OmniSwitch.
3 The OmniSwitch will begin advertising and can now be discovered.
4 Once the OmniSwitch is discovered it will be assigned a COM port.
Note: Each switch will be seen as a new bluetooth device and assigned a different COM port. Use your
terminal emulation program to switch between COM ports as required.
5 Use your terminal emulation program to assign the OmniSwitch to the appropriate COM port.
6 At the login prompt, enter the default admin as the username and switch as the password or any valid
username and password. The switch’s welcome banner will display, followed by the CLI prompt.
Welcome to the Alcatel-Lucent OS6860 8.1.1.R01, April 05, 2014.
Copyright(c), 1994-2014 Alcatel-Lucent. All Rights reserved.
OmniSwitch(TM) is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent registered in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
Note: Refer to the release notes for a list of validated Bluetooth adapters.
Identifying the Current Connection
When configuring multiple switches using bluetooth it may be difficult to determine which switch has the
active bluetooth connection. Issuing the show me command will cause the chassis ID LED of the active
connection to blink for 10 seconds.