Cabletron Systems Cabletron CyberSWITCH CSX5500 User Manual

Also see for CyberSWITCH 5500: Quick start Manual

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Central Site Remote Access Switch 103ACCESSING THE C YBERSWITCHEstablishing an Administration SessionE STABLISHING AN A DMINISTRATION S ESSIONIf a login prompt is displayed after the power-on initialization, the system software was preinstalled.Complete the login:1. The login controls which class of commands the user can access. Each access level (guest oradministrator) is protected by a unique login password. This allows managers to assigndifferent responsibility levels to their system users. Enter the following login:adminNote: When using off-node authentication, administration access level actually supports up to101 different login names, from admin and admin00 to admin99. These different loginnames must be configured on the off-node server in order to function properly. Forlocal administration access, only the guest and the singular admin login access levels arevalid.2. All preinstalled systems are preconfigured with the same password. This is the password thatis used the first time a login occurs. Using all lowercase letters, enter the preconfiguredpassword as shown below:admin3. It is recommended that the preconfigured password be changed to a user-defined password.To do this, enter the following command at the system prompt:pswdFollow the prompts to change the current password. A password must be a 3 to 16 nonblankcharacter string. Passwords are uppercase and lowercase sensitive.Note: User-level security is not available at time of initial installation and configuration.However, once this option is configured, you will have additional security steps beforeestablishing an administrative session. Refer to Responding to LOGIN Prompts in theConfiguring Security Level chapter for more information.If a DOS prompt is displayed after the power-on initialization, the software has not been preinstalled.You must first boot up with diskette # 1 before continuing:1. Insert software diskette # 1 into the system diskette drive.2. Reboot the CyberSWITCH.At this point, if you need to install new or upgraded software, refer to the Upgrading System Softwarechapter. If software has been preinstalled by your distributor, skip to Configuration Tools chapter tobegin the configuration process.