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BLADE OS 5.0 Command Reference
BMD00142, November 2009 Contents
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Contents
Preface 11
Who Should Use This Book
11
How This Book Is Organized
11
Typographic Conventions
13
How To Get Help
14
Chapter 1: The Command Line Interface
15
Connecting to the Switch
15
Connecting to the Switch via Telnet
16
Connecting to the Switch via SSH
16
Accessing the Switch
17
Setup vs. CLI
19
Command Line History and Editing
19
Idle Timeout
19
Chapter 2: First-Time Configuration
21
Using the Setup Utility
21
Information Needed for Setup
21
Starting Setup When You Log In
22
Stopping and Restarting Setup Manually
23
Stopping Setup
23
Restarting Setup
23
Setup Part 1: Basic System Configuration
23
Setup Part 2: Port Configuration
25
Setup Part 3: VLANs
26
Setup Part 4: IP Configuration
27
IP Interfaces
27
Default Gateways
28
IP Routing
29
Setup Part 5: Final Steps
29
Optional Setup for Telnet Support
30
Setting Passwords
31
Changing the Default Administrator Password
31
Changing the Default User Password
33