HP StorageWorks MSA SAN Switch 2/8 Installation Guide (December 2002)

Configuring the MSA SAN Switch 2/8

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5. Establish a connection from the workstation to the switch using a terminal

emulation application such as ProComm or Hyper Terminal.

■ In a Windows environment, enter the following settings:

■ In a Tru64 UNIX environment, enter the following command:

tip /dev/ttyb -9600

6. Open the terminal connection to the switch, using HyperTerminal or

ProComm.

Press Enter several times to display the login prompt.

7. At the login prompt, enter the user ID. For example:

The password prompt is displayed.

8. Enter the password for the user:

password: xxxxxx

The default password is password.

Note: For security reasons, the first time you log into the CLI you are requested to

change the admin user ID and system password.

9. If the login was successful, a prompt is displayed showing the switch name

and user ID you are logged in as.

For example:

MSA1000-switch1:admin>

Table 3: Serial Port Settings

Parameter Value

Bits per second 9600

Databits 8

Parity None

Stop bits 1

Flow control None