3Com 5500G Getting Started Manual

Manual is about: Switch Open Services Networking

Summary of 5500G

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    Www.3com.Com part number 10016377-aa published march 2008 3com ® 5500g open services networking module getting started guide.

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    3com corporation 350 campus drive marlborough, ma 01752-3064 copyright © 2007-2008, 3com corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without writ...

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    6 introduction.

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    Hardware configuration 13 /dev/hda2 /alt ext3 the root file system’s backup partition. Its leave-factory setting is null. /dev/hda3 swap swap the linux system’s swapping partition. When you boot from hard disk using elilo, it uses this partition as the system’s swapping partition. /dev/hda5 /opt ext...

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    Connecting the management ethernet port cable 17 connecting the management ethernet port cable to connect the management ethernet port cable, perform the following steps: c caution: when connecting the cable, pay attention to the mark on the interface to insert it in the correct direction, otherwise...

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    Logging in through a switch 5500g command line interface 23 osm connect unit 1 connected to osm ! Fedora core release 6 (zod) kernel 2.6.18.8 on an i686 localhost.Localdomain login: # enter the username and password. The default username and password are both root. Localhost.Localdomain login: root ...

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    26 chapter 5: understanding and using the bios options shutting down smartd: [ ok ] stopping yum-updatesd: [failed] stopping atd: [ ok ] stopping cups: [ ok ] shutting down console mouse services: [ ok ] stopping sshd: [ ok ] shutting down sm-client: [ ok ] shutting down sendmail: [ ok ] stopping ac...

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    Booting the linux system 27 bios menu options press ctrl+d when press ctrl-d to enter bios menu ... Appears, and the system displays the bios menu. Boot linux from harddisk boot linux from usb install linux os with ethernet enter internal shell reboot enter your choice(1-5): table 7 describes the me...

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    28 chapter 5: understanding and using the bios options booting the linux system from the usb storage medium if you enter 2 in the bios menu, the bios reads the boot program from the storage medium connected to the usb interface to boot the linux system. This function provides a shortcut to rapid sys...

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    Installing the linux system through an ethernet connection 29 figure 5 network diagram for an ethernet installation through eth1 figure 6 network diagram for ethernet installation through the management ethernet port eth2 configuring the tftp server complete the following configuration procedure on ...

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    30 chapter 5: understanding and using the bios options available with the software releases.) create a directory named 3cr17280-72 on the server, and put the configuration file in this directory. 3 modify the contents of the configuration file. The configuration file is used to boot the system and d...

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    32 chapter 5: understanding and using the bios options c if neither next server ip address nor tftp server name (option 66) is configured for the dhcp server, the oap module considers that the dhcp server can also serve as the tftp server, and takes the ip address of the dhcp server as the ip addres...

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    Installing the linux system through an ethernet connection 33 / # pxe_install try to do network install on eth1..... Get the ip address from dhcp-server..... Udhcpc (v1.6.0) started sending discover... Sending select for 10.10.10.91... Lease of 10.10.10.91 obtained, lease time 21600 get tftp server ...

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    34 chapter 5: understanding and using the bios options n after the kernel file and ramdisk file are loaded, the system prompts / #. In this case, you can use the fdisk command to view the linux file system and to perform file operations or manually update system files. System restoration or upgrades...

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    36 chapter 5: understanding and using the bios options after completing the bios upgrade, you can use the reset command to exit the internal shell command line and restart the bios. Upgrading bios through eth2 network diagram install the oap module in an s5600 switch. Controller can log in to the li...