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Chapter 2 First-Time Configuration

Introducing the CLI

The CLI is available via a Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) session to the management interface. It is also

available via a direct EIA/TIA-232 connection on the console interface. The CLI provides commands to

perform all necessary SN 5428-2 management functions, including software upgrades and maintenance.

All CLI commands are capable of prompting for further information as the user types.

• Pressing the Tab key completes the current command word at any point after it is unique.

• Pressing the question mark (?) key lists all of the options available at that point in the command

syntax.

• Each command or keyword can be truncated at any point after it is unique.

Character Case Sensitivity in the CLI

CLI commands, keywords, and reserved words are not case-sensitive. Commands and keywords can be

entered in upper and lower case.

User-defined text strings are case-sensitive and can be defined in both upper and lower case (including

mixed cases). Case for user-defined text strings is preserved in the configuration.

Command Modes

The SN 5428-2 management interface is password protected. You must enter passwords when accessing

the SN 5428-2 via Telnet or SSH (for the CLI) or web-based GUI.

There are two levels of authority:

• Monitor mode—Allows view-only access to the SN 5428-2 status and system configuration

information.

• Administrator mode—Allows the user to configure and actively manage the SN 5428-2, its access

lists and SCSI routing instances, and the storage router cluster.

The factory default password for both modes is cisco.

Passwords for Monitor and Administrator mode can be initially configured through the setup

configuration wizard. See the “Running the Setup Configuration Wizard” section on page 2-8 for details.

Note Passwords are shared cluster-wide, and when configured on the first storage router in the cluster, will be

shared with any other storage router that joins the cluster.

Command Prompt

The CLI command prompt includes the SN 5428-2 system name. An asterisk ( * ) appears at the

beginning of the prompt if the system configuration has been modified but not saved.