Specifications

36 ExtremeWare XOS 11.0 Concepts Guide
Accessing the Switch
You will be prompted for the failsafe account name and prompted twice to specify the password for the
account. For example:
BD-10808.1 # configure failsafe-account
enter failsafe user name: blue5green
enter failsafe password:
enter password again:
BD-10808.2
The failsafe account is immediately saved to NVRAM.
NOTE
The information that you use to configure the failsafe account cannot be recovered by Extreme
Networks. Technical support cannot retrieve passwords or account names for this account. Protect this
information carefully.
To access your switch using the failsafe account, you must connect to the serial port of the switch. You
cannot access the failsafe account through any other port.
At the switch login prompt, carefully enter the failsafe account name. If you enter an erroneous account
name, you cannot re-enter the correct name.
Once you have entered the failsafe account name, you are prompted to enter the password. You will
have three tries to enter the password correctly.
Once you have successfully logged in to the failsafe account, you see the following prompt:
failsafe>
From here, you have the following four command choices:
• Login—Use this command to access the switch CLI. You will have full administrator capabilities.
• Reboot—Use this command to reboot the current MSM.
• Help—Use this command to display a short help text.
• Exit—Use this command to exit the failsafe account and return to the login prompt.
Typically, you use the Login command to correct the problem that initially required you to use the
failsafe account.
Domain Name Service Client Services
The Domain Name Service (DNS) client in ExtremeWare XOS augments the following commands to
allow them to accept either IP addresses or host names:
• telnet
• download bootrom
• download image
• ping
• traceroute