Dell PowerConnect Brocade 300 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 - Page 62

2 The switch Ethernet interface Changing the default account passwords at login Use the following procedure to change the default account passwords: 1. Connect to the switch and log in using the default administrative account. 2. At each of the "Enter new password" prompts, either enter a new password or skip the prompt. To skip a single prompt, press Enter. To skip all of the remaining prompts, press Ctrl-C. Example output of changing passwords login: admin Password: Please change your passwords now. Use Control-C to exit or press 'Enter' key to proceed. for user - root Changing password for root Enter new password: Password changed. Saving password to stable storage. Password saved to stable storage successfully. (output truncated) The switch Ethernet interface The Ethernet (network) interface provides management access, including direct access to the Fabric OS CLI, and allows other tools, such as Web Tools, to interact with the switch. You can use either Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or static IP addresses for the Ethernet network interface configuration. Brocade Backbones On Brocade Backbones, you must set IP addresses for the following components: • Both Control Processors (CP0 and CP1) • Chassis management IP Brocade switches On Brocade switches, you must set the Ethernet and chassis management IP interfaces. Setting the chassis management IP address eliminates the need to know which CP is active and automatically connects the requestor to the currently active CP. You can continue to use a static Ethernet addressing system or allow the DHCP client to automatically acquire Ethernet addresses. Configure the Ethernet interface IP address, subnet mask, and gateway addresses in one of the following manners: • Using static Ethernet addresses (refer to "Static Ethernet addresses" on page 64) • Activating DHCP (refer to "DHCP activation" on page 66) 62 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1002745-02