GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Table Of Contents PREPARATIONS........................1 1.1 Edifice of GR4000 Series Manuals............................1 1.2 Checking Components/Accessories Provided With GR4000 Chassis ................1 1.3 Preparation for Necessary Equipments ..........................1 DEVICE INSTALLATION ......................5 2.1 Setup of GR4000 ..................................5 2.2 Other Preparations..................................5...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Acronyms General Acronyms Available Bit Rate Access Concentrator ACKnowledge ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Application Level Gateway ANSI American National Standards Institute Address Resolution Protocol Autonomous System Asynchronous Transfer Mode Auxiliary Border Gateway Protocol BGP4 Border Gateway Protocol - version 4 BGP4+...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Link Control Protocol Light Emitting Diode Logical Link Control LLQ+3WFQ Low Latency Queueing + 3 Weighted Fair Queueing Label Switched Path Label Switched Router Media Access Control Memory Card Message Digest 5 Medium Dependent Interface MDI-X Medium Dependent Interface crossover...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Usage Parameter Control Variable Bit Rate Virtual Channel/Virtual Call/Virtual Circuit Virtual Channel Identifier VLAN Virtual LAN Virtual Path Virtual Path Identifier Virtual Private Network VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Wide Area Network Weighted Fair Queueing Work Station World-Wide Web...
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This guide book describes about the process from unpackaging the product to inputting the basic commands briefly for GR4000-80E1,GR4000-80E2,GR4000-60E1,GR4000- 160E2,GR4000-320E (AC) and GR4000-320E (DC). Also, the guidance about the usage of GR4000 series manuals is given here to help you use GR4000 in stable condition. Flow of Guidance In order to set up GR4000, refer to this guide book according to the following flow of guidance.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Safety Guide This document provides safety-related notices for use of the GR4000 Gigabit Router and the GS4000 Gigabit Switch, hereafter called the “device.” Read the following material completely and carefully before using the device. Keep this document at hand after you read it, so that you can always refer it later.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Warnings Do not use the device if there is smoke or an unusual smell coming from it. If either occurs, immediately turn power off and unplug the power cable from the outlet. If AC power supplies are installed, pull out the power cables from the device.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary The following labels are attached to the GR4000-80E1, GR4000-80E2, GS4000-80E1 or GS4000-80E2: The table below shows the weight of the -160 and -320 models. Because of the weight and size of these devices, they must be moved by qualified personnel using the proper tools.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Do not use a power source or voltage that exceeds the specifications of the GR4000 or GS4000. Observe the instructions on the device chassis. The current capacity of a distribution panel must be greater than that of the operating current fed to the circuit breaker.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Do not allow a heavy object to be placed on a power cable, since it could crush it. Similarly, don’t pull, bend, or otherwise mutilate the power cable, since this could cause a fire or an electric shock. There will be a maximum of 3.5 mA of leakage current with the GR4000-80E1, GS4000-80E1, GR4000-160E1, and GS4000-160E1 and a maximum of 6 mA leakage current with the GR4000-320E (AC) and GS4000-320E (AC).
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Airflow for GR4000-80E1, GR4000-160E1, GS4000-80E1 and GS4000-160E1 Air flow for GR4000-80E2, GR4000-160E2, GR4000-320E (AC), GR4000-320E (DC), GS4000-80E2, GS4000-160E2, GS4000-320E (AC), and GS4000-320E (DC) Cooling fans are mounted in the device. Therefore, do not put an object near the ventilation slots.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Cautions Move the device carefully. Before doing so, unplug the power and other cables. Failure to follow this warning may damage the device or cables, or could cause a fire or electric shock. Do not step on the device, place heavy objects on it, or lean against it.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Label i Yellow j CLASS1 LASER PRODUCT Do not look into the optical outlet/inlet ports directly. The GR4000 or GS4000 contains a lithium battery for the real-time clock. Mishandling this battery may cause overheating, damage, or in an extreme case, explosion or fire.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Caution No Pile Up Not For Handling Do not hold the area marked with in the figure below when mounting or removing a Packet Routing Unit (PRU) from a GR4000 model, or a Packet Switching Unit (PSU) from a GS4000 model.
Preparations This chapter describes about the preparations necessary to use GR4000. In addition to this,it gives you the overview of the edifice of GR4000 series manuals, positioning of this guide book, and reference method of manuals. 1.1 Edifice of GR4000 Series Manuals 1.2 Checking Components/Accessories Provided With GR4000 Chassis...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary 1.1 Edifice of GR4000 Series Manuals This guide book explains about the basic process from unpackaging GR4000 to inputting basic commands in order to start the operation of GR4000. Note that it gives you only the minimum knowledge necessary to help you start up GR4000 by yourself.
You can purchase GR4000 CD-ROM manuals or paper manuals if you want another set of manuals. ●Reference through World Wide Web (Japan Only) You can see or download GR4000 manuals from WWW by accessing the following URL. http://www.hitachi.co.jp/network (as of November,2003) 1.2 Cheking Components/Accessories Provided with GR4000 Chassis Check if all the necessary components/accessories are provided referring to a packing list also provided with products.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary ●RS-232C Cross Cable The RS-232C cable, a cross-cable having a D-sub 9 pin (female) on each end, is required to connect the GR4000 to a setup terminal. ●Interface Cable Interface cables are necessary to connect GR4000 to other devices. See the GR4000 Hardware Installation Guide for detail information about interface cables.
GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Device Installation This chapter describes about the procedures for attaching power cables/memory cards to GR4000 and powering it on. 2.1 Setup of GR4000 2.2 Other Preparations QSGGR4K00-10 5794047-1X...
GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary 2.1 Setup of GR4000 In this section, you can learn how to set up GR4000. The setup of GR4000 should be done according to the following procedures. NOTE Skip to the chapter “3. Configuration Information Setting” in case that you consigned the setup of GR4000 to our local service staffs in your region.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary NOTE Use a standard type of memory card provided by HITACHI. The operation cannot be guaranteed if a memory card other than that is used. When installing a memory card using an option license for GR4000, make sure that the manufacturing number of a device put on the label of a memory card matches the serial number of an option license.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary ●Slot number The slot number for each option component (BCU number, PRU number and NIF number) of GR4000-80E1 is shown in the figure below. Front panel Basic control unit BCU0 (BCU) NIF3 NIF2 PRU1 Packet routing unit...
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NOTE Use a standard type of memory card provided by HITACHI. The operation cannot be guaranteed if a memory card other than that is used. When installing a memory card using an option license for GR4000, make sure that the manufacturing number of a device put on the label of a memory card matches the serial number of an option license.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Procedure Power on GR4000-80E2. Set all the breakers of GR4000-80E2 to ON. GR4000-80E2 has breakers on its backside. Procedure Check LED. When BCU0 LED of the front panel of GR4000 is lit in green, it means that GR4000 is started up. Regarding the process GR4000 goes through until it starts up, see the section “2.2 Other Preparations”.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Setup of GR4000-160E1 ●Setup procedures Procedure Power on GR4000- Procedure 160E1. Check LED. Procedure Attach an interface cable. Procedure Install a memory card. Procedure Procedure Attach a powre cable. Connect a setup terminal to GR4000-160E1.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary NOTE Use a standard type of memory card provided by HITACHI. The operation cannot be guaranteed if a memory card other than that is used. When installing a memory card using an option license for GR4000, make sure that the manufacturing number of a device put on the label of a memory card matches the serial number of an option license.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Procedure Power on GR4000-160E1. Set all the switches of GR4000-160E1 to ON. Comply with the following restriction when powering on GR4000-160E1. NOTE When powering on the GR4000-160E1, setting all its power switches to ON should be done within 8 seconds.
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NOTE Use a standard type of memory card provided by HITACHI. The operation cannot be guaranteed if a memory card other than that is used. When installing a memory card using an option license for GR4000, make sure that the manufacturing number of a device put on the label of a memory card matches the serial number of an option license.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Procedure Connect a setup terminal to GR4000-160E2. 1. Connect a setup terminal to the CONSOLE port of BCU (BCU0) using a RS-232C cross cable. 2. Start up a setup terminal. 3. Start up communication software NOTE GR4000-160E2 is pre-configured in a way that a setup terminal can be connected to a CONSOLE port of BCU0 when it is shipped from the factory.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Setup of GR4000-320E (AC) ●Setup procedures Procedure Attach a power cable. Procedure Power on GR4000-320E Procedure Check LED. Procedure Attach an interface cable. Procedure Install a memory card. Procedure Connect a setup terminal to GR4000-320E (AC). Figure 2-9 Procedures for GR4000-320E (AC) setup QSGGR4K00-10 5794047-1X...
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NOTE Use a standard type of memory card provided by HITACHI. The operation cannot be guaranteed if a memory card other than that is used. When installing a memory card using an option license for GR4000, make sure that the manufacturing number of a device put on the label of a memory card matches the serial number of an option license.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary NOTE When powering on the GR4000-320E (AC), setting all its power switches to ON should be done within 8 seconds. If you cannot do it within 8 seconds, there is the possibility that the BCU signals a temporal abnormality related to the status of power sources.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary ●Slot number The slot number for each option component (BCU number, PRU number and NIF number) of GR4000-320E (AC) is shown in the figure below. NIF14 NIF15 PRU7 NIF12 NIF13 PRU6 NIF10 NIF11 PRU5 NIF9...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Setup of GR4000-320E (DC) ●Setup procedures Procedure Attach a power cable. Procedure Power on GR4000-320E (DC). Procedure Check LED. Procedure Attach an interface cable. Procedure Install a memory card. Procedure Connect a setup terminal to GR4000-320E(DC). Figure 2-11 Procedures for GR4000-320E (DC) setup QSGGR4K00-10 5794047-1X...
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NOTE Use a standard type of memory card provided by HITACHI. The operation cannot be guaranteed if a memory card other than that is used. When installing a memory card using an option license for GR4000, make sure that the manufacturing number of a device put on the label of a memory card matches the serial number of an option license.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Procedure Power on GR4000-320E (DC). ・ Case of a single power supply Set all the switches of GR4000-320E (DC) to ON. GR4000-320E (DC) has a breaker on its backside. Comply with the following restriction when powering on GR4000-320E (DC).
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary ●Slot number The slot number for each option component (BCU number, PRU number and NIF number) of GR4000-320E (DC) is shown in the figure below. NIF14 NIF15 PRU7 NIF12 NIF13 PRU6 NIF11 PRU5 NIF10 NIF9...
GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Other Preparations ●Confirm the process GR4000 goes through until it starts to run. GR4000 goes through the following process until it starts to run after it is powered on. GR4000 powered GR4000 started Preparatory process Running Blinking in...
GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Configuration Information Setting This chapter describes about the process from starting up GR4000 to inputting basic configuration information into it through a setup terminal. 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Configuration Example 3.3 Configuration Information Settings QSGGR4K00-10 5794047-1X...
GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary 3.1 Introduction The configuration information should be set in order to start the communication using GR4000. This chapter describes about the procedures for configuration information settings based on configuration examples. Note that this guide book introduces you to only ABC of configuration information settings. Therefore, refer to the manuals listed in the section “6.5 Details about GR4000 operations”...
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BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 …Input “operator” as a user ID. login: operator All Rights Reserved,Copyright(C)2003,Hitachi,Ltd. *** Welcome to this system *** > (2) Set an exact time. The time set as a default is not accurate. Therefore, you must reset it to the accurate one according to the instructions written in the example below.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (A password is not set for administrators at the time of initial system introduction.) …Input “enable” command. enable > (4) Set a password of administrator. Set a password of administrato. …Input “password” command. password Changing local password for admin.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (5) Create a new user ID, and set a login password. The default user ID “operator “ does not have a login password set for it. Therefore, you must set a login password by yourself according to the following instructions in order to prevent the degradation of security.
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BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 …Input a new user ID. newuser login: …Input a login password. ******** Password: All Rights Reserved,Copyright(C)2003,Hitachi,Ltd. *** Welcome to this system *** …Register yourself as an administrator of GR4000. > enable …Input a password of administrator. ******** Password: …Delete the default user ID “operator”.
BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 …Input a user ID. newuser login: …Input a login password. Password: ******** All Rights Reserved,Copyright(C)2003,Hitachi,Ltd. *** Welcome to this system *** …Register yourself as an administrator of GR4000. > enable …Input a password of administrator. ******** Password: …Enter the edit mode.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary …Input a device name. system name GR1 (config)# …Input a name for SNMP Manager. snmp "NETWORK-A" 192.168.1.2 !GR1(config)# …Input a line name/IP address for an Ethernet port. !GR1(config)# line ethernet0/0 ethernet 0/0 [line ethernet0/0] ip 192.168.1.1/24 !GR1(config)#...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (3) Check configuration information you input. In order to check configuration information you input, display its contents on the screen. (If you have information to be shown over several pages, only the first page will be shown. In such a case, you can trun the pages by entering the [space] key.) …Display the contents of information you input.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (5) Log out of GR4000. Log out of GR4000 according to the following procedures. …Exit from the edit mode. GR1(config)# exit …Get back to the mode of general users. quit GR1# …Log out of GR4000. logout GR1>...
…Log into GR4000 by inputting a user ID. newuser login: …Input a login password. Password: ******** All Rights Reserved,Copyright(C)2003,Hitachi,Ltd. *** Welcome to this system *** …The operation status of an entire body of GR1> show system GR4000 is shown. QSGGR4K00-10 5794047-1X...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary 2003/09/02 19:30:15 System : GR4000-160E1, S-9182-11X 08-03 [OS-R] Node : Name=GR1 Contact=Contact Address Locate=Location Node Info : Duplex Mode PRU-Resource : router-b1 IP Routing Entry : Unicast : current number=5 , max number=256000 ARP : current number=2 , max number=128000 IPv6 Routing Entry : Unicast : current number=2 , max number=32000...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (2) Check the operation status of NIF. You can roughly check the operation status of network interface boards or lines. …The operation status of NIF0 will be shown. show nif 0 GR1> 2003/09/02 19:43:52 NIF0: active 12-port 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T retry:2 Average:103Mbps/20Gbps Peak:150Mbps at 08:10:30...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (3) Check the operation status of interfaces. You can check detail information related to the condition of each interface. …The operation status of each interface will be shown. show ip interface GR1> eth04: flags=80e3<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,NOARP,MULTICAST>...
GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary 4.2 Confirmation of Route Information This section describes how to check route information. All the commands introduced here can be used in the mode of general users. When executing commands, you can use the function of simplifying command inputs. For details, see the section “6.1 Convenient Functions”.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (3) Display of interfaces working as OSPF You can roughly check the information related to all interfaces working as OSPF. …The information related to interfaces working as show ip ospf interface GR1> OSPF will be shown.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Troubleshooting This chapter describes how to cope with the troubles related to the operations introduced in this guide book. Also, it gives you the information about the manuals you should refer to in case that you encounter the troubles related to the operations other than those introduced in this guide book.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary 5.1 Troubleshootings Related to the Operations Introduced in This Guide This section describes how to cope with the troubles which you might encounter while doing the operations introduced in this guide book, such as an abnormal reaction of GR4000 or communication glitches. Table 5-1 Troubles and troubleshootings Contents of troubles Toubleshootings...
GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary The communication The LINK LED of a Check if an interface cable is connected to GR4000 correctly. with other devices network interface board For details about the types of cables to be used, see the chapter “3. Preparing is not possible.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary Appendix This chapter describes how to edit configuration information you input in the chapter “3. Configuration Information Setting” and how to delete configuration information files. Also, some convenient functions to simplify the operations for a setup terminal are introduced here. 6.1 Convenient Functions 6.2 Case of Using the Network Interface Board NE100-48T 6.3 Editing of Configuration Information...
GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary 6.1 Convenient Functions Some convenient functions useful when inputting commands or setting configuration information are introduced in this section. (1) History function You can call a command you input before by entering the [↑] key, which is useful when reentering a long line of command characters.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary ●Simplification of the input of parameters/file names You can show a list of commands or parameters starting with the characters you’ve just input by entering the [Tab] key in the middle of inputting them. …Input just “li”...
BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 …Input a user login: newuser …Input a login password. ******** password: All Rights Reserved,Copyright(C)2003,Hitachi,Ltd. *** Welcome to the System *** …Register yourself as an administrator of GR4000. enable GR1> …Input your password as an administrator. ******** password: …Enter the edit mode of configuration information.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (2) Input configuration information. Set the interface mode to 8k. …Set an interface mode. GR1(config)# system interface_mode 8k !GR1(config)# NOTE The mark “!” will be shown at the beginning of a prompt if you change configuration information. However, you can delete this mark by saving configuration information you changed.
BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 …Input a user operator login: …Input a login password. password: ******** All Rights Reserved,Copyright(C)2003,Hitachi,Ltd. *** Welcome to the System *** …Enter the administrator mode. GR1> enable …Input a password of administrator. password: ******** …Enter the edit mode.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary …Show the contents you input. show GR1(config)# #startup configuration file system name "GR1" Line name Interface type Slot No./Line No. line ethernet0/0 ethernet 0/0 ip 192.168.1.1 mask 255.255.255.0 line ethernet0/1 ethernet 0/1 disable line ethernet0/2 ethernet 0/2 disable...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (3) Edit configuration information. When changing an IP address and a line name, reset them after deleting their related parameters. Deleting and reseting should be done in the following order. deleting: routing protocol -> line name reseting: line name ->...
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary (4) Check the information you edited. Check the settings for the following items by displaying the configuration information you edited. ・line name for the Ethernet port 1/0,IP address ・RIP for the Ethernet port 1/0 …Display the contents you input.
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GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary NOTE Configuration information will be saved into a file currently opened if you skip inputting a file name. In the example above, information will be saved into an active file on memory. You can save configuration information into a spare file you designated by inputting its file name after the “save”...
Delete a configuration information file according to the following procedures. BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 …Input a user newuser login: …Input a login password. ******** password: All Rights Reserved,Copyright(C)2003,Hitachi,Ltd. *** Welcome to the System …Enter the administrator mode. GR1> enable …Input a password of administrator. ******** password: …Delete a configuration information file.
GR4000 Quick Start Guide, Revision 1 - Preliminary 6.5 Details About GR4000 Operations As this guide book gives you only the basic knowledge related to GR4000 operations, it is recommended that you see the following manuals if you want to know more details about them. Table 6-1 Manuals related to the operations and management for GR4000 Items Related Manuals...
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