Connecting to the Appliance

Before you can use any command line options, you must connect to the appliance.

Use a laptop or other terminal device to make this connection. All commands are logged internally to enhance appliance security.

Procedure

  1. Use a null modem cable to connect the appliance to COM1.
  2. Open a terminal utility.
    Warning: It is good practice to connect to the CLI through a serial console, and not using SSH, when issuing network configuration commands such as set failover. Network configuration changes might reconfigure the network card, disconnecting an SSH connection.
  3. Set the communication setting from the terminal login dialog. For example:

    9600 baud, Null, 8 bit, 1

    baud rate: 9600

    data bits: 8

    parity: none

    stop bits: 1

  4. Log in to the appliance in the console mode.
  5. From the terminal program, log in as user root with the default password logapp. There are two passwords for shell and CLI. By default, both have the same password.
    Note: Change the default password for the CLI and shell login. To change the password, type system passwd Usage > at the command prompt and follow the prompts.

Result

Ping the appliance. You must be able to successfully ping the appliance.