Specifications

Using the Command Line Interface
1-6 Introduction
RefertotheinstructionsincludedwiththeTelnetapplicationfor informationaboutestablishinga
Telnetsession.
Logging In
Bydefault,theSecureStackB2sw itchisconfiguredwiththreeuserloginaccounts—rofor
Read‐Onlyaccess,rwforRead‐Writeaccess,andadminforsuper‐useraccesstoallmodifiable
parameters.Thedefaultpasswordissettoablankstring.Forinformationonchangingthese
defaultsettings,referto
“SettingUserAccountsandPasswords”onpage 3‐2.
Using a Default User Account
IfthisisthefirsttimeyouareloggingintotheSecureStackB2switch,orifthedefaultuser
accountshavenotbeenadministrativelychanged,proceedasfollows:
1. Attheloginprompt,enteroneofthefollowingdefault usernames:
– roforRead‐Onlyaccess.
– rwforRead‐Writeaccess.
– adminforSuperUseraccess.
2. PressENTER.ThePasswordpromptdisplays.
3. LeavethisstringblankandpressENTER.Theswitchinformationandpromptdisplaysas
showninFigure 1‐1.
Using an Administratively Configured User Account
Iftheswitch’sdefaultuseraccountsettingshavebeenchanged,proceedasfollows:
1. Attheloginprompt,enteryouradministratively‐assignedusernameandpressENTE R.
2. AtthePasswordprompt,enteryourpasswordandpressENTER.
ThenoticeofauthorizationandthepromptdisplaysasshowninFigure 1‐1.
Navigating the Command Line Interface
Getting Help with CLI Syntax
TheSecureStackB2switchallowsyoutodisplayusageandsyntaxinformationforindividual
commandsbytypinghelpor?afterthecommand.
CLI Command Defaults Descriptions
Eachcommanddescriptioninthisguideincludesasectionentitled“Defaults”whichcontains
differentinformationfromthefactorydefaultsettingsontheswitchdescribedinTable 1‐1.The
sectiondefinesCLIbehavioriftheuserentersacommandwithouttypingoptionalparameters
(indicatedby squarebrackets[]).Forcommands
withoutoptionalparameters,thedefaults
sectionlists“None”. Forcommandswithoptionalparameters,thissectiondescribeshowtheCLI
respondsiftheuseroptstoenteronlythekeywordsofthecommandsyntax.Figure 1‐2prov ides
anexample.
Note: Users with Read-Write (rw) and Read-Only access can use the set password command
(page 3-5) to change their own passwords. Administrators with Super User (su) access can use
the set system login command (page 3-4) to create and change user accounts, and the set
password command to change any local account password.