Installation guide

CAUTION
To protect the Ethernet port from damage, keep the cover on the port when not in use.
Perform the following steps to establish an Ethernet connection.
1. Remove the shipping plug from the Ethernet port on the active management module.
2. Insert one end of an Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port.
3. Connect the other end to an Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T LAN.
You can access the device through a remote connection using the command line by way of Telnet
or any of the management tools, such as Brocade Network Advisor.
4. To complete any additional configuration procedures through a Telnet session, log in to the device
by Telnet using the admin login. The default password is password.
Customizing a host name
This procedure is optional.
While still in Telnet, you can change the host name of the device. The host name can be up to 30
characters long; it can include letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscore characters; and must begin
with a letter. The default host name is "sw0." The host name is displayed at the system prompt.
1. Log in to the device using an account that has the admin role.
2. Enter configure terminal to change to global configuration mode.
device# configure terminal
Entering configuration mode terminal
3. Enter switch-attributes followed by the RBridge ID and the host-name operand with the new
name.
If you have changed the RBridge ID, be sure to use that ID.
device(config)# switch-attributes 1 host-name <host-name>
4. Record the new name for reference.
5. Enter exit while in global configuration mode to return to privileged EXEC node.
device(config)# exit
device#
6. To verify the new host name, you can run the show running-config command in EXEC mode.
device# show running-config
Customizing a chassis name
This procedure is optional.
While still in Telnet, you can change the chassis name. The chassis name can be up to 30 characters
long; can include letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscore characters; and must begin with a letter.
The default chassis name is "VDX8770-#" where # is the number of ports.
Brocade recommends that you customize the chassis name for each platform because some of the
system logs refer to the platform by its chassis name.
Customizing a host name
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