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BMD00127, September 2009 3
Contents
Preface 9
Who Should Use This Book 9
How This Book Is Organized 10
Typographic Conventions 11
How to Get Help 12
The Command Line Interface 13
Connecting to the Switch 14
Connecting to the Switch via Telnet 14
Establishing an SSH Connection 14
Running SSH 15
Accessing the Switch 16
Command Line History and Editing 17
Idle Timeout 17
First-Time Configuration 19
Setup for Telnet Support 19
Setting Passwords 20
Changing the Default Administrator Password 20
Changing the Default User Password 22
Menu Basics 25
The Main Menu 25
Menu Summary 26
Global Commands 27
Command Line History and Editing 30
Command Line Interface Shortcuts 31
Command Stacking 31
Command Abbreviation 31
Tab Completion 31