Establishing a First-Time Connection to the Console Port
- Do one of the following:
- Connect a standard USB cable to the USB Type-C console connector on the device and to a USB port on the workstation. You need a standard USB cable that has a USB Type-C connector on one end and a USB connector on the other end that matches the USB port on your workstation.
- Connect a standard RJ-45 cable to the RJ-45 serial console connector on the device and to a USB port on the workstation. You need a standard RJ-45 cable that has an RJ-45 connector on one end and a USB connector on the other end that matches the USB port on your workstation.
- Allow the workstation to automatically discover and configure the newly found USB
device.
Note: If the workstation is unable to automatically discover and configure the newly found USB device, you can perform a search and manually download the necessary device drivers for Windows®, macOS®, and Linux® from the following website: https://support.ruckuswireless.com//.
- Open a terminal emulator
application such as HyperTerminal® on a Windows PC, or TERM, TIP, or Kermit in
a
UNIX® environment, and configure the sessions parameters as follows:
- In a Windows
environment, use the following values (and only these values):
Note: Flow control is not supported on the console connection when attached to a remote terminal and must be disabled on the customer-side remote terminal server in addition to the host-side clients.
- In a UNIX environment
using TIP, enter the following string at the prompt:
tip /dev/ttyb -9600.
If ttyb is already in use, use ttya instead and enter the following string at the prompt:
tip /dev/ttya -9600
- In a Windows
environment, use the following values (and only these values):
- When the terminal emulator application stops reporting information, press
Enter to display the device prompt.
Depending on the device you purchased, and the code (Layer 2 or Layer 3) loaded on your system, the device prompt is displayed accordingly.
device>
When the device prompt is displayed, you are connected to the device. You can customize the prompt by changing the device name. If you do not see this prompt, make sure the cable is securely connected to your workstation and to the device and check the settings in your terminal emulation program. In addition to the previously configured session settings, make sure the terminal emulation session is running on the same serial port you attached to the device.
The device CLI prompt has the following access levels:
- User EXEC: This is the level you enter when you first start a CLI session. At this level, you can view some system information but you cannot configure system or port parameters.
- Privileged EXEC: This level is also called the Enable level and can be secured by a password. You can perform tasks such as managing files on the flash module, saving the system configuration to flash, and clearing caches at this level.
- CONFIG: The configuration level. This level allows you to configure the system IP address and configure switching and routing features. To access the CONFIG mode, you must already be logged in to the Privileged EXEC level.
- At the opening device CLI
prompt, enter the following command to change to the Privileged EXEC mode:
device> enable device#
By default, the CLI is not protected by passwords. To secure CLI access, RUCKUS strongly recommends assigning passwords. You can set the following levels of passwords:
- Super User: Allows complete
read-and-write access to the system. This is generally for system
administrators and is the only password level that allows you to
configure other passwords.
Note: You must set a Super User password before you can set other types of passwords.
- Port Configuration: Allows read-and-write access to specific ports but not for global (system-wide) parameters.
- Read-Only: Allows access to the
Privileged EXEC mode and USER CONFIG mode. but only with read access.
Note: Passwords must follow these rules:
- Begin with an alphabetic character
- Minimum length of eight characters (unless strict password enforcement is enabled, which enforces a 15-character minimum)
- Maximum length of 32 characters
- Contain at least two uppercase characters
- Contain at least two lowercase characters
- Contain at least two numeric characters
- Contain at least two special characters
Passwords are case-sensitive, and they are not displayed when you enter them on the command line.
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- Super User: Allows complete
read-and-write access to the system. This is generally for system
administrators and is the only password level that allows you to
configure other passwords.
- Access the configuration mode of the CLI by entering the following command:
- Enter the following command to set the Super User password:
- Enter the following commands to set the port configuration and read-only passwords.