Administration
RS400 15 ROS™ v3.5
1 Administration
The Administration menu covers the configuration of administrative parameters of both device
and network (local services availability, security methods employed, system identification and
functionality related to the IP network):
• IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address (static or dynamically obtainable)
• Management VLAN
• Management Connection Inactivity Timeout
• TFTP Server Permissions
• System Identification
• Passwords
• Time and Date
• SNTP to keep the time and date synchronized
• SNMP Management
• Radius Server
• DHCP Relay Agent
• Remote Syslog
1.1 The ROS™ User Interface
1.1.1 Using the RS232 Port to Access the User Interface
Attach a terminal (or PC running terminal emulation software) to the RS232 port. The terminal
should be configured for 8 bits, no parity operation at 57.6 Kbps. Hardware and software flow
control must be disabled. Select a terminal type of VT100.
Once the terminal is connected, pressing any key on the keyboard will prompt for the username
and password to be entered.
The switch is shipped with a default administrator username “admin” and password “admin”.
Once successfully logged in, the user will be presented with the main menu.