UMN:CLI User Manual
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4 System Connection and IP Address
4.1 System Connection
After installing the system, the V5808 is supposed to examine that each port is correctly
connected to network and management PC. You can connect to the system to configure
and manage the V5808. This section provides instructions how to change password for
system connection and how to connect to the system through telnet.
4.1.1 System Login
After installing the V5808, finally make sure that each port is correctly connected to PC
for network and management. Then, turn on the power and boot the system as follows.
Step 1 When you turn on the switch, booting will be automatically started and login prompt will
be displayed.
SWITCH login:
Step 2 When you enter a login ID at the login prompt, the password prompt will be displayed,
and then enter the proper password to log in the system. By default setting, the login ID is
configured as admin with no password.
SWITCH login: admin
Password:
SWITCH>
Step 3 In Privileged EXEC View mode, you can check only the configuration for the switch. To
configure and manage the switch, you should begin Privileged EXEC Enable mode. The
following is an example of beginning Privileged EXEC Enable mode.
SWITCH> enable
SWITCH#
4.1.2 Password for Privileged EXEC Enable Mode
You can configure a password to enhance the security for Privileged EXEC Enable mode.
To configure a password for Privileged EXEC Enable mode, use the following command.
Configures a password to begin Privileged EXEC
Enable mode.
Configures an encrypted password.
password enable does not support encryption at default value. Therefore it shows the
string (or password) as it is when you use the show running-config command. In this
case, the user’s password is shown to everyone and has unsecured environment.