Installation guide

Chapter 2 Installing and Starting Up the Switch
Assigning Switch Information
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Step 5 Enter the IP address of the default gateway, and press Return:
IP address of the default gateway: ip_address
Step 6 Enter a host name for the switch, and press Return:
Note On a command switch, the host name is limited to
28 characters; on a member switch to 31 characters. Do not
use -n,wheren is a number, as the last characters in a host
name for any switch.
Enter host name: host_name
Step 7 Enter a secret password (which ensures switch security), and press Return:
Note The secret password can be from 1 to 25 alphanumeric
characters, can start with a number, is case-sensitive, and
allows spaces but ignores leading spaces.
Enter enable secret: secret_password
Step 8 Enter Y to enter a Telnet password:
Would you like to configure a Telnet password? [yes]: y
Step 9 Enter the Telnet password, and press Return:
Note The Telnet password can be from 1 to 25 alphanumeric
characters, is case-sensitive, allows spaces, but ignores
leading spaces.
Enter Telnet password: telnet_password
Step 10 Enter Y to configure this switch as the cluster command switch. Enter N to
configure it as a member switch or as a standalone switch.
Note If you enter N to configure the switch as a member switch or
as a standalone, it appears as a candidate switch in Cluster
Builder and the Step 11 message is not displayed.
Would you like to enable as a cluster command switch? y