Completing the Installation
3-30 Hardware Installation
3. Plugtheotherendofthecableintotheappropriateportontheotherdevice.Some
cablesmaybeterminatedattheotherendwithtwoseparateconnectors,oneforeach
fiber‐opticstrand.Inthiscase,ensurethatthetransmitfiber‐opticstrandisconnected
tothereceiveportand
thereceivefiber‐opticstrandtothetransmitport.
4. Verifytha talinkexistsby checkingthattheportLink/ActivityLEDison(blinking
greenorsolidgreen).IftheLink/ActivityLEDisoff,performthefollowingstepsuntil
itison:
a. Verifytha tthedeviceattheotherendof
thesegmentisONandconnectedtothe
segment.
b. Ifthereareseparatefiber‐opticconnectionsontheotherdevice,checkthe
crossoverofthecables.Swapthecableconnectionsifnecessary.
c. Checkthatthefiber‐opticconnectionmeetsthedBlossandcablespecifications
outlinedintheCablingGuideformultimode
modecabling.Toobtainthis
document,referto“RelatedDocuments”onpage xiv.
d. Ifalinkhasnotbeenestablished,refertoChapter 4forLEDtroubleshooting
details.Ifaproblempersists,referto“GettingHelp”onpage 1‐5fordetailson
contactingEnterasysNetworksforsupport.
5. Repeatsteps1through
4,above,untilallconnectionshavebeenmade.
Completing the Installation
Afterinstallingtheswitchandmakingtheconnectionstothenetwork,accesstheswitch
management,asdescribedbelow.
Initial Logon to Switch Management
ToinitiallyaccessswitchmanagementfromyourlocalPC,terminal,ormodem
connection,proceedasfollowsatthedisplayedstartupscreen:
1. Enterrw(Read‐Write)forUsername.
2. AtthePasswordprompt,pressEnter(Return).
3. Fordetailsonhowtoconfiguretheswitchusingthe commandlineinterface,referto
theSecureStackC2
ConfigurationGuide.TheCLIcommandsenableyoutosetanew
passwordandperformmoreinvolvedmanagementconfigurationsontheswitch.
Oneofmanycapabilitiesistoreconfigurethestack,reassigningtheManagerfunction
toanotherswitchandconfiguringtheorderofMemberswitchesthatwilltakeover
thestack
managementfunctionsincasetheoperatingManagerispowereddown,
malfunctions,orisremovedfromthestack.