FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-320, April 2005)

Installation Tasks

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Installation Tasks

Task 7: Configure Server Password and Network Addresses

Verify the type of LAN installation with the customer’s network

administrator. If the management server or Fabricenter equipment

cabinet is installed on a dedicated LAN, network information does

not require change. Change the default password for the server’s

LCD panel (if required by the customer), then go to Task 8: Configure

Management Server Information on page 2-55.

If the management server or Fabricenter equipment cabinet is

installed on a public LAN segment, the default password for the

server’s LCD panel and the following transmission control protocol

internet protocol (TCP/IP) network information must be changed to

conform to the customer’s LAN addressing scheme:

• IP address.

•Subnet mask.

NOTE: At some customer installations, TCP/IP addresses for the

management server may be allocated automatically using dynamic host

configuration protocol (DHCP).

Configure Password

To configure a new LCD panel password:

1. At the management server’s LCD panel, press ENTER. The

Welcome!! or operational information message changes to the

following (Figure 2-33):

Figure 2-33 LCD Panel (Password Entry)

2. Using the button to increment a digit, the button to

decrement a digit, the button to move the cursor left,

and the button to move the cursor right, input the default

password (9999), and press ENTER. The LAN 1 Setting??

message appears at the LCD panel.

3. Press the button several times until the Change Password?

option appears at the LCD panel, then press ENTER. The

following message appears (Figure 2-34 on page 2-52):

Input Password:

0****