Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

4 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Fabric OS command line interface
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2. Verify the switch’s network interface is configured and that it is connected to the IP network
through the RJ-45 Ethernet port.
Switches in the fabric that are not connected through the Ethernet can be managed through
switches that are using IP over Fibre Channel. The embedded port must have an assigned IP
address.
3. Log off the switch.
4. From a management station, open a Telnet connection using the IP address of the switch to
which you want to connect.
The login prompt is displayed when the Telnet connection finds the switch in the network.
5. Enter the account ID at the login prompt.
See “Password modification” on page 5 for instructions on how to log in for the first time.
6. Enter the password.
If you have not changed the system passwords from the default, you are prompted to change
them. Enter the new system passwords, or press Ctrl+C to skip the password prompts. For
more information on system passwords, refer to “Default account passwords” on page 5.
7. Verify the login was successful.
The prompt displays the switch name and user ID to which you are connected.
login: admin
password: xxxxxxx
Getting help on a command
You can display a list of all command help topics for a given login level. For example, if you are
logged in as user and enter the help command, a list of all user-level commands that can be
executed is displayed. The same rule applies to the admin, securityAdmin, and the switchAdmin
roles.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the help [|more] command with no specific command and all commands will be
displayed.
The|more argument displays the commands one page at a time.
Or you can enter help <command> |more, where command is the name of the command for
which you need specific information.
The following commands provide help files for the indicated specific topics:
diagHelp Diagnostic help information
ficonHelp FICON help information
fwHelp Fabric Watch help information
iscsiHelp iSCSI help informations
licenseHelp License help information
perfHelp Performance Monitoring help information
routeHelp Routing help information
trackChangesHelp Track Changes help information
zoneHelp Zoning help information