ASUS GIGAX 2024-48 User Manual

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide

GigaX Series

Layer 2 Managed Switch

User Guide

E2064
Second Edition V2.2

April 2005

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Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful interference, and

• This device must accept any interference received including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection agai nst harmful interf erence in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
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communications. However, there is no guara ntee that interfe rence will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or telev ision re ception , which ca n be det ermined b y
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encourag ed to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the foll owing mea sures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction...............................................................................13

1.1 L2 managed features.....................................................13

1.2 Conventions used in this document...............................14

1.2.1 Notations..........................................................14

1.2.2 Typography......................................................14

1.2.3 Symbols ...........................................................15

2 Getting to know the GigaX .......................................................16

2.1 Package contents...........................................................16

2.2 Front Panel.....................................................................17

2.3 Rear Panel.....................................................................19

2.4 Technical specifications.................................................20

3 Quick start guide ......................................................................21

3.1 Part 1 — Installing the hardware....................................21

3.1.1 Installing the switch on a flat surface................21

3.1.2 Mounting the switch on a rack ..........................21

3.2 Part 2 — Setting up the switch.......................................22

3.2.1 Connect the console port..................................22

3.2.2 Connect to the computers or a LAN..................22

3.2.3 Attach the RPS module.....................................22

3.2.4 Attach the power adapter..................................22

3.3 Part 3 — Basic switch setting for management.............24

3.3.1 Setting up through the console port..................24

3.3.2 Setting up through the Web interface ...............26

4 Management with the Web Interface .......................................29

4.1 Log into Web user interface...........................................29

4.2 Functional layout............................................................32

4.2.1 Menu navigation tips.........................................34

4.2.2 Commonly used buttons and icons...................34

4.3 System Pages................................................................35

4.3.1 Management .....................................................35

4.3.2 IP Setup.............................................................37

4.3.3 Administration....................................................39

4.3.4 Reboot...............................................................40

4.3.5 Firmware Upgrade………………………………. 40

4.4 Physical Interface ..........................................................42

4.5 Bridge.............................................................................43

Spanning Tree................................................................43

4.5.1 Link Aggregation ...............................................45

4.5.2 Mirroring………………………………………….. 48

4.5.3 Static Multicast..................................................51

4.5.4 IGMP Snooping…………………………………. 52

4.5.5 Traffic Control....................................................53

4.5.6 Dynamic Addresses ..........................................54

4.5.7 Static Addresses ...............................................56

4.5.8 Tagged VLAN....................................................57

4.5.9 Default Port VLAN and CoS..………………….. 60

4.5.10 DHCP Snooping................................................61

4.6 SNMP.............................................................................62

4.6.1 Community Table..............................................62

4.6.2 Host Table.........................................................64

4.6.3 Trap Setting.......................................................65

4.6.4 VACM Group.....................................................65

4.6.5 VACM View.......................................................67

4.6.6 USM User..........................................................68

4.7 Filters..............................................................................70

4.7.1 Filter Set............................................................70

4.7.2 Filter Attach.......................................................73

4.8 Security...........................................................................75

4.8.1 Port Access Control...........................................75

4.8.2 Dial-In User .......................................................78

4.8.3 RADIUS.............................................................79

4.8.4 Port Security......................................................81

4.9 QoS ................................................................................86

4.9.1 Trust State.........................................................86

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4.9.2 Mapping ............................................................88

4.9.3 Class Set...........................................................89

4.9.4 Policy Set..........................................................91

4.9.4 Policy Attach .....................................................94

4.9.5 CoS...................................................................96

4.10 Statistics Chart...............................................................97

4.10.1 Traffic Comparison............................................98

4.10.2 Error Group ………………………………………100

4.10.3 Historical Status..............................................101

4.11 Save Configuration.......................................................102

5 Console Interface ...................................................................103

5.1 Power On Self Test......................................................103

5.1.1 Boot ROM Command Mode............................105

5.1.2 Boot ROM Commands....................................106

5.2 Login and Logout .........................................................108

5.3 CLI Commands............................................................108

5.3.1 System Commands.........................................108

5.3.2 Physical Interface Commands........................111

5.3.3 Bridge Commands……………………………... 112

5.3.4 SNMP…………………………………………… 122

5.3.5 Filters Commands...........................................130

5.3.6 Security Commands .......................................134

5.3.7 QoS Commands..............................................139

5.4 Miscellaneous Commands...........................................144

6 IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets.........................145

6.1 IP Addresses................................................................145

6.1.1 Structure of an IP address..............................145

6.1.2 Network classes..............................................147

6.2 Subnet masks ..............................................................148

7 Troubleshooting......................................................................150

7.1 Diagnosing problems using IP utilities.........................150

7.1.1 ping .................................................................150

7.1.2 nslookup..........................................................151

7.2 Replacing defective fans..............................................153

7.3 Simple fixes..................................................................155

8 Glossary..................................................................................157

9 Index.......................................................................................166

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List of Figures

Figure 1. GigaX L2 managed switch package contents................16

Figure 2. Front panel (GigaX 2048)...............................................17

Figure 3. Front panel (GigaX 2024)...............................................17

Figure 4. Rear panel......................................................................19

Figure 5. Overview of Hardware Connections ..............................23

Figure 6. Login and IP setup Screen.............................................25

Figure 7. Login Screen..................................................................26

Figure 8. IP Setup (GigaX 2048)...................................................28

Figure 9. IP Setup (GigaX 2024)...................................................28

Figure 10. Configuration manager login screen..............................29

Figure 11. Home page (GigaX 2048)..............................................30

Figure 12. Home page (GigaX 2024)..............................................31

Figure 13. Top frame (GigaX 2048)................................................32

Figure 14. Top frame (GigaX 2024)................................................32

Figure 15. Expanded Menu List ......................................................33

Figure 16. Management..................................................................36

Figure 17. IP Setup…......................................................................38

Figure 18. Administration ................................................................39

Figure 19. Reboot…........................................................................40

Figure 20. Firmware Upgrade .........................................................41

Figure 21. Physical Interface...........................................................43

Figure 22. Spanning Tree................................................................45

Figure 23. Link aggregation (GigaX 2048)......................................47

Figure 24. Link aggregation (GigaX 2024)......................................48

Figure 25. Mirroring page (GigaX 2048) .........................................49

Figure 26. Mirroring page (GigaX 2024) .........................................50

Figure 27. Static Multicast (GigaX 2048) ........................................51

Figure 28. Static Multicast (GigaX 2024).........................................52

Figure 29. IGMP Snooping..............................................................53

Figure 30. Traffic Control.................................................................54

Figure 31. Dynamic Address...........................................................55

Figure 32. Static Address ................................................................57

Figure 33. Tagged VLAN (GigaX 2048) ..........................................59

Figure 34. Tagged VLAN (GigaX 2024) ..........................................59

Figure 35. Default Port VLAN and CoS...........................................60

Figure 36. DHCP Snooping (GigaX 2048).......................................61

Figure 37. DHCP Snooping (GigaX 2024).......................................62

Figure 38. Community Table...........................................................63

Figure 39. Host Table......................................................................64

Figure 40. Trap Setting....................................................................65

Figure 41. VACM Group..................................................................66

Figure 42. VACM View ....................................................................68

Figure 43. USM User.......................................................................69

Figure 44. Filter Set …………………………………………………….71

Figure 45. Filter Rule in MAC mode................................................72

Figure 46. Filter Rule in IP mode.....................................................72

Figure 47. Filter Attach (GigaX 2048)..............................................74

Figure 48. Filter Attach (GigaX 2024)..............................................74

Figure 49. Port Access Control........................................................77

Figure 50. Dial-In user.....................................................................78

Figure 51. RADIUS… ......................................................................80

Figure 52. Port Configuration ..........................................................82

Figure 53. Port Status......................................................................84

Figure 54. Secure MAC Address.....................................................85

Figure 55. Trust State......................................................................87

Figure 56. Mapping..........................................................................88

Figure 57. Class Set........................................................................90

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Figure 58. Policy Set .......................................................................91

Figure 59. Policy Edit ......................................................................93

Figure 60. Policy Attach ..................................................................95

Figure 61. CoS…….........................................................................97

Figure 62. Traffic comparison (GigaX 2048)...................................98

Figure 63. Traffic comparison (GigaX 2024)...................................99

Figure 64. Error group...................................................................100

Figure 65. Historical Status...........................................................101

Figure 66. Save Configuration.......................................................102

Figure 67. CLI interface.................................................................104

Figure 68 Boot ROM Command Mode.........................................106

Figure 69. SYS commands ...........................................................109

Figure 70. Using the ping utility.....................................................151

Figure 71. Using the nslookup utility .............................................152

Figure 72. Loosening the thumbscrew..........................................153

Figure 73. Removing the fan module............................................153

Figure 74. Detaching the fan from the module..............................154

List of Tables

Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs..........................................18

Table 2. Rear panel labels ...........................................................19

Table 3. Technical specifications .................................................20

Table 4. LED Indicators................................................................24

Table 5. Port color description......................................................32

Table 6. Commonly used buttons and icons................................34

Table 7. Boot ROM commands..................................................107

Table 8. IP address structure.....................................................146

Table 9. Troubleshooting............................................................155

GigaX Series L2 Managed Switch User Guide

1 Introduction

Congratulations on becoming the owner of the ASUS GigaX L2 managed
switch! You may now manage your LAN (local area network) through a
friendly and powerful user interface.

This user guide tells you how to set up the GigaX L2 m anaged switch, and how
to customize its configuration to get the most out of this product.

1.1 L2 managed features

• (GigaX 2048) 48 10/100BASE-TX auto-sensing Fast Ethernet ports

• (GigaX 2024) 24 10/100BASE-TX auto-sensing Fast Ethernet ports

• Two 10/100/1000BASE-T auto-sensing Gigabit Ethernet switching

ports

• Two small form factor (SFP) Gigabit interface conve rter (GBIC) sl ots

• Automatic MDI/MDIX support for 10/100BASE-TX and

10/100/1000BASE-T ports

• Compliant with 802.3u, 802.3z and 802.3ab specifications

• 802.1D transparent bridge/spanning tree protocol

• 802.1w RSTP (Rapid Span ning T ree Prot ocol )

• 802.1X port-based network access control

• RADIUS remote authentication dial-in u ser service

• 8K MAC address cache with hardware-assisted aging

• 802.3x flow control

• 802.1Q-based tagged VLAN , up to 25 5 VLANs

• 802.1p class of service, 4 queues per port

• IGMP snooping support

• 802.3ad link aggregation (trunking), up to 6 trunk groups

• LACP (Link Aggregation Cont rol Protocol )

• Port Mirroring

• Access Control List

• RMON: support 4 groups (1, 2, 3, 9)

• SNMP v1, v2, v3

• MIB-II

• Enterprise MIB for PSU, fan, and sy stem t emperature, v oltag e

• Telnet or SSH2 remote login

• FTP for firmware update and confi guratio n backup

• IEEE 802.1x authentication (with dynamic VLAN assignment)

• DHCP snooping

• Syslog

• Command Line Interpreter through consol e, telnet an d SSH

• Web GUI

• LEDs for port link status

• LEDs system, redundant power supply (RPS), and fan status

1.2 Conventions used in this document

1.2.1 Notations

• Acronyms are defined the first time they appear in text and in the
glossary.

• For brevity, the GigaX switch is referred to as “the switch.”

• The terms LAN and network are used interchangeably to refer to a

group of Ethernet-connected computers at one site.

• The illustrations and web interface screens refer to both the GigaX 2048
and GigaX 2024 models, except otherwis e indicated.

1.2.2 Typography

• Italics are used to present the parameters for the command line
interpreter.

• Boldface type text is used for items you select from menus and
drop-down lists, and text st rings y ou type when prompt ed by th e
program.

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1.2.3 Symbols

This document uses the following icons to call your attention to specific
instructions or explanations.

Provides clarification or additional information on the current

Note

Definition

WARNING

topic.

Explains terms or acronyms that may be unfamiliar to many
readers. These terms are also included in the Glossary.

Provides messages of high importance, including messages
relating to personal safety or system integrity.

2 Getting to know the GigaX

2.1 Package contents

The GigaX switch package comes with the following items:

• GigaX 2048 (48-port) or GigaX 2024 (24-port) L2 managed switch

• AC Power cord

• Null modem cable for console interface (DB9)

• Rack installation kit (two brackets with six #6-32 screws)

• USB cable for console interface

• Installation CD-ROM

• Quick installation guide

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2.2 Front Panel

The front panel includes LE D indi cators that show t he syst em, RPS, fa n, and
port status.

Figure 2. Front panel (GigaX 2048)

Figure 3. Front panel (GigaX 2024)

Table 1. Front panel labels and LEDs

Label Color Status Description

SYSTEM Green On Unit is powered on

RPS Green On

Amber On Abnormal temperature or voltage
Off

Amber On The PSU is abnormal and the switch is

Off

FAN Green On Both fans are working properly

10/100 ports Green On Ethernet link is established

Amber On Both or either one of the fans stopped

Off
Amber On Link is present, but port is disabled either

10/100/1000
port status

Green On

Off
Amber On Link is present, but port is disabled either

10/100/1000
port speed

Green On 1000Mbps
Amber On 100Mbps
Off

Flashing Self-test, INIT, or downloading

Flashing Data is being transmitted/received

Flashing Port is in one of the STP blocking, listening

Flashing Data is being transmitted/received

Flashing Port is in one of the STP blocking, listening

No power
The PSU is working properly and the switch

has a good redundant power supply

powered by RPS
No power at all (system LED is also off), RPS

does not work properly or not installed
(system LED is on)

No Ethernet link

manually or by spanning tree

and learning state
Link (RJ-45 or SFP) is present; port is

enabled

No Ethernet link

manually or by spanning tree

and learning state

10Mbps

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2.3 Rear Panel

The switch rear panel contains the ports for the data and power
connections.

Figure 4. Rear panel

Table 2. Rear panel labels

No. Label Description

1 Power Connector Connects to the supplied power cord
2 FAN1 – FAN2 Replaceable system fans
3 Console USB USB port for console management
4 Console RS232 RS-232 serial port for console management
5 RPS Redundant Power Supply connector

2.4 Technical specifications

Table 3. Technical specifications

Physical Dimensions 43.5mm(H) X 444 mm (W) X 265mm(D)
Power Input Consumption

Redundant Power Input Output
Supply (RPS)

Environmental
Ranges

Replaceable Fans

100-240V AC/2.5A
50-60Hz

< 90 watts

100-240V AC/1.8A
50-60Hz

Temperature

Humidity 15 to 90% 0 to 95%
Altitude up to 10,000 ft 40,000 ft

Dimensions
40 x 40 x 20 mm 12VDC, 0.13A 8200RPM

12V DC/12.5A
Operating Storage

-10 to 50℃
122 ℉) (-40 to 158 ℉)

(3,000m) (12,000m)
Voltage and

Current

(14 to -40 – 70 ℃

Speed:

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3 Quick start guide

This section provides the basic instructions to set up the GigaX
environment. Refer also to the GigaX Series Installation Guide.

Part 1 shows you how to install the GigaX on a flat surface or on a
rack.

Part 2 provides instructions to set up the hardware.
Part 3 shows you how to configure basic settings on the GigaX.

Obtain the following inf orma tion fro m your net work ad ministrat or bef ore
proceeding:

IP address for the switch
Default gateway for the network
Network mask for this network

3.1 Part 1 — Installing the hardware

Connect the device to the power outlet, and your computer or network.
Figure 5 illustrates the hardware connections.

3.1.1 Installing the switch on a flat surface

The switch should be installed on a level surface that can supp ort the
weight of the switches and their accessories. Attach four rubber pads on
the marked location on the bottom of th e switch.

3.1.2 Mounting the switch on a rack

1. Attach brackets to each side of the switch and make the posts insert
to the switch.

2. Insert and tighten two screws to securely attach the bracket to the
rack on each side.

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3.2 Part 2 — Setting up the switch

Connect the device to the power outlet, and your computer or network. See
Figure 5.

3.2.1 Connect the console port

For console management, use an RS232 (DB9) or a USB cable to
connect the switch. If you want to use WEB interface, connect your PC
to the switch using the Ethernet cable.

3.2.2 Connect to the computers or a LAN

You can use Ethernet cable to connect computers dire ctly to the switch
ports. You can also conne ct hubs/ switche s to the swit ch port s by Ethe rnet
cables. You can use either the crossover or straight -through Ethernet cabl e
to connect computers, hubs, or switches.

Use a twisted-pair Category 5 Ethernet cable to connect the
1000BASE-T port. Otherwise, the link speed can not reach
1Gbps.

3.2.3 Attach the RPS module

Connect your RPS module to the RPS jack and make sure the other end of
the RPS is connected to the power cord. Connect to the power cord to a
grounded power outlet.

3.2.4 Attach the power adapter

1. Connect the AC power cord to the POWER receptacle on the ba ck
of the switch and plug the other end of the power cord into a wall
outlet or a power strip.

2. Check the front LED indicators with the descri ption in Table 4. If the
LEDs light up as described, the switch hardware is working
properly.

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Cat 5 Ethernet cables

LAN computers

Figure 5. Overview of Hardware Connections

RPS

RS-232

Console
Management

USB

Expansion
hub/switch

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Table 4. LED Indicators

No. LED Description
1 System Solid green indicates that the device is turned

2 Switch ports [1] to [50]

(2048) [1] to [26]
(2024)

3 RPS

4 Fan

on. If this light is off, check if the power
adapter if attached to the switch and plugged
into a power source.

Solid green indicates that the device can
communicate with the LAN, or flashing when
the device is sending or receiving data from
your LAN computer.

Solid green indicates that the device has
successfully installed an RPS module.

Solid green indicates that all fans work
properly

3.3 Part 3 — Basic switch setting for

management

After completing the hardware connections, configure the basic settings for
your switch. You can manage the switch using the following methods:

• Web interface: the switch has a set of pages to allow you to manage

it using Java

• Command Line Interface: use console port to manage the switch.

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-enabled IE5.0 or higher version.

3.3.1 Setting up through the console port

1. Use the supplied crossover RS-232 cable to connect to the console
port on the back of the switch. This port is a male DB-9 connector,
implemented as a data terminal equipment (DTE) connection.
Tighten the retaining screws on the cable to secure it on the
connector. Connect the other end of the cable to a PC running
terminal emulation software. e.g Hyper Terminal.

2. Use the supplied USB cable to conn ect t o a PC. You have to install
the USB driver from the switch CD-ROM before the USB can work
properly. The USB drivers will simulate an additional COM port
under Windows Me/2K/XP OS.

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3. Make sure the settings of your terminal emulation software as
follows:

a) Choose the appropriate serial port number
b) Set the data baud rate to 115200 (or 9600 on some models)
c) Set the data format to no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit
d) No flow control
e) Set VT1000 for emulation mode

4. After setting up the terminal, you can see the prompt “(ASUS)%” on
the terminal.

5. Type “login” to access the command line interface. The default u ser
name is “admin”. Skip the password by pressing <Enter>.

You can change the password at any time through CLI (see
section 5.3.1). To protect your switch from unauthorized

6. Follow these steps to assign an IP address to the switch:

a) Type “net interface ip sw0 <your ip address> <your network

mask>”. For example, if your switch IP is 192.168.10.1 and the
network mask is 255.255.255.0. Then you should type “net
interface ip sw0 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0”.

access, you must change the default password as soon as
possible.

b) If the switch has to be managed across networks, then a

default gateway or a static route entry is required. Type “net
route static add 0.0.0.0 <your network gateway IP> 0.0.0.0 1”
as your default route entry, as shown in

Figure 6.

Figure 6. Login and IP setup Screen

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3.3.2 Setting up through the Web interface

To successfully connect your PC to the switch, your PC must a valid IP in
your network. Contact your network administrator to obtain a valid IP for the
switch. If you wish to change the def ault IP addres s of the swit ch, foll ow
section 3.3.1 to change the I P addre ss. Since th e switch does not support
DHCP client function, a valid static IP for the switch is necessary to use
Web interface.

1. It is not necessary to login Web interface at the first time to use Web
interface because the default configuration for Web access
authentication is disabled. To secure the system configuration,
please enable the authentication function at the “Administration”
page under “System” category. Skip step 2 if the authentication is
disabled.

2. At any PC connected to the network that the switch can acce ss,
open your Web browser (Internet Explorer), and type the following
URL in the address/location box, and press <Enter>:

http://192.168.1.1

This is the factory defa ult IP address of the switch.
A login screen appears, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7. Login Screen

Enter your user name and password, a nd then click
Configuration Manager. Use the following defaults the first time you log into
this interface:

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Default User Name: admin
Default Password: (no password)

You can change the password at any time (see section

5.3.1 System Commands).

3. To setup a new IP address, click “System”, then “IP Setup” (see
Figure 8). Fill in the IP address, network mask and default gateway,

then click

4. If your new address is different from the default, the browser can not
update the switch status window or retrieve any page. This is
normal. You have to retype the new IP address in the
address/location box, and press <Enter>. The WEB link returns.

5. To enable authentication for Web access, click “Administration” on
the menu list, then select “Enabled” to start the protection.

.

Note that the GigaX 2048 and 2024 models have the
same web interface, except for the front panel image on
top of the screen (see figures on the next page).

The following sections show only one screen image (that
of the GigaX 2048 model) if the screen contents for both
models are the same. Both the GigaX 2048 and 2024
screens are shown when the screen contents are
different.

A login window appears i mmedi ately afte r you click
figures on the next page.

. See the

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Figure 8. IP Setup (GigaX 2048)

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Figure 9. IP Setup (GigaX 2024)

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4 Management with the W eb Interface

The switch provides Web pages that allow switch management through the
Internet. The program is designed to work best with Microsoft Internet
Explorer® 5.5, or later versions. NOTE: Netscape is not supported.

4.1 Log into Web user interface

1. From a PC, open your web browser, type the following in the web
address (or location) box, and press <Enter>:

http://192.168.1.1

This is the factory default IP address for the switch. A login screen displays,
as shown in

Figure 10.

Figure 10. Configuration manager login screen

Note: Log in is not required if you do not ena ble web access authenti cation
(see 3.3.2).

2. Enter your user name and password, then click
Use the following defaults the first time you log into the program.

You can change the password at any time through CLI interface
(see section 5.3.1on page 104).

Default User Name:
Default Password:

admin
<no password>

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The home page appears each ti me you lo g into th e prog ram. (S ee the
following figures.)

Figure 11. Home page (GigaX 2048)

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