Hardware Reference Manual (Supporting Fabric OS v6.1.1_enc) User guide

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Configuring the switch
To configure the switch, perform the following tasks. Figure 7 illustrates the flow of these
configuration tasks.
•Connecting a serial cable between switch and host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
•Logging in to the serial console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
•Setting the IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
•Logging off the serial console port and disconnecting the serial cable . . . 16
•Connecting an Ethernet cable and opening a Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . 16
•Setting the domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
•Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
•Verifying correct operation and backing up the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 19
•Installing SFPs and attaching cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
•Managing cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21