Install guide

8 Release Note

Rapier Switch Software Release 2.1.0

C613-10200-01 Rev A

Figure 3: Rapier 24 Welcome page

While using the Rapier GUI, use the buttons on the pages to navigate, not the

browser’s Back and Forward buttons, to ensure that configuration information

is stored correctly.

If you have not yet changed the initial manager password, we recommend that

you do this now. Make sure you remember the new password, as there is no

way to retrieve it if it is lost.

To leave the Rapier GUI, click the Exit button on the Welcome page.

Logging In

A user accessing the switch from a terminal or PC connected to the front panel

RS-232 terminal port (asyn0), or via a Telnet connection, must enter a login

name and password to gain access to the command prompt. When the switch

is supplied, it has a manager account with an initial password friend. Enter your

Enter the password at the password prompt:

password: friend

This password should be changed to prevent unauthorised access to the

switch, using the command:

SET PASSWORD

Make sure you remember the new password you create, as a lost password

cannot be retrieved, and would mean losing access for configuring and

monitoring the switch.

The command processor supports three levels of privilege, USER, MANAGER,

and SECURITY OFFICER, distinguished by the prompt displayed by the