McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Installation Guide (AA-RW1XC-TE, November 2006)

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Configure the switch
You can configure the switch using the McDATA Web Server application, the Element Manager
application, or the CLI. Using McDATA Web Server or Element Manager, select the Open Configuration
Wizard option in the Initial Start Dialog. Click Proceed to configure the switch. The Configuration wizard
explains the process and prompts you for the following configuration information:
• Archive template file
• Switch domain ID
• Domain ID lock (locked/unlocked)
• Switch name
• Permanent IP address
• Permanent subnet mask
• Permanent gateway address
• Permanent network discovery method
• Date and time
• Admin account password
• Create a configuration archive
NOTE: See ”Factory configuration defaults” on page 51 for information about configuration default
values.
To configure the switch using the CLI:
1. Enter the default switch IP address to start a Telnet session. Enter the default account name (admin) and
password (password) to log in to the switch.
telnet 10.0.0.1
Switch Login: admin
Password: *******
2. Start an Admin session and enter the Set Setup System command. Enter the values you want for
the switch IP address (Eth0NetworkAddress) and the network mask (Eth0NetworkMask). See the
McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem command line interface guide for more
information about this command.
McDATA4GbSAN #> admin start
McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> set setup system
3. Open a Config Edit session and use the Set Config command to modify the switch configuration.
See the McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem command line interface guide for more
information about these commands.