Startup and General Configuration
Starting and Navigating the Command Line Interface
Matrix E1 Series (1G694-13) Configuration Guide 3-7
3.1.6.3 Logging in With an Administratively Configured
User Account
If the device’s default user account settings have been changed, proceed as follows:
1. At the Username login prompt, enter your administratively-assigned user name and press
ENTER.
2. At the Password prompt, enter your password and press ENTER.
The notice of authorization and the Matrix prompt displays as shown in Figure 3-3.
3.1.6.4 Using a Telnet Connection
Once the Matrix E1 device has a valid IP address, you can establish a Telnet session from any
TCP/IP based node on the network as follows.
1. Telnet to the device’s IP address.
2. Enter login (user name) and password information in one of the following ways:
• If the device’s default login and password settings have not been changed, follow the steps
listed in Section 3.1.6.2, or
• Enter an administratively-configured user name and password.
The notice of authorization and the Matrix prompt displays as shown in Figure 3-3.
Figure 3-3 Startup Screen After User Authorization
Username:rw
Password:
waiting for authorization......
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