Installation Guide

Initial Setup and Verication
• Initial setup and conguration checklist....................................................................................................................................................57
• Items required..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58
• Providing power to the device......................................................................................................................................................................58
• Establishing a serial connection...................................................................................................................................................................64
• Conguring a static IP address.................................................................................................................................................................... 66
• Establishing an Ethernet connection......................................................................................................................................................... 68
• Customizing the chassis and host names...............................................................................................................................................69
• Conguring the DNS service........................................................................................................................................................................70
• Setting the date and time............................................................................................................................................................................... 70
• Verifying correct operation.............................................................................................................................................................................72
• Backing up the conguration........................................................................................................................................................................73
• Powering down the device.............................................................................................................................................................................73
• Installing cable management kit..................................................................................................................................................................74
Initial setup and conguration checklist
Use the procedures in the following table to initially congure and setup the device, verify correct operation, and back up the
conguration.
TABLE 18 Initial setup and
conguration checklist
Task Task details or additional information
Attach a management station, establish a serial connection, and change
the default passwords (optional).
Refer to Establishing a serial connection on page 64. After completing
this task, log in to the serial port to congure the device.
Set the IP address, subnet mask, and the default gateway IP address. Use the chassis virtual-ip or chassis virtual-ipv6 commands to congure
an IP address. For more information, refer to Conguring a static IP
address on page 66.
Establish an Ethernet connection. By establishing an Ethernet connection, you can complete the device
conguration using a serial or Telnet session. Refer to Establishing an
Ethernet connection on page 68 for more information.
Customize the chassis and host names. Use the switch-attributes chassis-name and switch-attributes host-
name commands to change the default router name. For more
information, refer to Customizing the chassis and host names on page
69
Set the date and time.
• Use the clock set command to set the date and time.
• Use the clock timezone command to set the time zone.
• After you congure the system time, use commands in NTP
conguration mode to synchronize the time with an external
NTP server.
Refer to Setting the date and time on page 70 for more information. For
detailed command information, refer to Extreme SLX-OS Management
Conguration Guide for the SLX 9850 Router .
Optional: Congure the DNS service. Use the ip dns domain-name and, if required, theip dns name-server
command to create DNS server entries. Refer to Extreme SLX-OS
Security Conguration Guide for the SLX 9850 Router for more
information.
Verify that the device operates correctly.
• Check the LEDs to verify operation of module components in
the device. Refer to Interpreting management module LEDs on
page 75, Interpreting interface module LEDs on page 77,
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