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Setup and assign IP to Alcatel Switch

Equipment quality
Enterprise level equipment has a longer mtbf - mean time between failure. Look for a mtbf of 10 years.

Assigning Switch IP Address
There were a few problems installing the USB to serial bridge. The supplied disks did not contain the correct drivers for Snow Leopard. The correct drivers installed almost seamlessly on Windows 7. Coolterm was used to connect to the switch Alcatel 6648 Omniswitch . The correct serial port was loaded when the Rescan Serial Ports button was clicked.

The Mac drivers were later downloaded from here.



Figure 1. Coolterm settings.

Commands used:
Login password: admin
password: switch

>ip interface vlan-1 address 192.168.16.254 vlan 1

>write memory

Understanding the underlying design of the switches helped in understanding the commands used. There are two operating systems in the switch - working and certified. The certified system is the one that is referenced if there are inconsistencies between the two. Changes are made to the working system and copied to the certified operating system.

>copy working certified

>reload - reboots the switch

>Show IP interface - used to identify the new IP address.






Figure 2. Results of show IP interface command.

Reference List

Alcatel 6600 and 6800 Series Reference Manuals

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2005, March). Alcatel OmniSwitch: CLI Reference Guide (Part No. 060158-10, Rev. G). Retrieved from http://www.scribd.com/doc/27892885/Omniswitch-CLI-Refernce-Guide

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2005, March). OmniSwitch 6600 Family: Advanced Routing Configuration Guide (Part No. 060187-10, Rev D) Retrieved from http://wedophones.com/Manuals/Alcatel/OmniSwitch%206600%20Advanced%20Routing%20Configuration%20Guide%20R5-1.pdf

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2005, March). OmniSwitch 6600 Family: Getting Started Guide (Part No. 060178-10, Rev. E). Retrieved from http://wedophones.com/Manuals/Alcatel/OmniSwitch%206600%20Getting%20Started%20Guide%20R5-1.pdf

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2005, March). OmniSwitch 6600 Family: Switch Management Guide (Part No. 060180-10, Rev. E). Retrieved from https://service.esd.alcatel-lucent.com/search/query/display.jsp?type=file&f_url=new_search_docs%2Ftarget%2Fdocs%2Fomniswitch_6600%2Fmanuals%2FOS66_Switch_Management_Guide_Rev_E.pdf#search="ipv6"

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2007, December). OmniSwitch 6800 Series, OmniSwitch 6850 Series, OmniSwitch 9000 Series: Advanced Routing Configuration Guide (Part No. 060216-10, Rev. E). Retrieved from http://www.alcatel-lucentbusinessportal.com/private/active_docs/os68-90_ar_631r01.pdf

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2007, December). OmniSwitch 6800 Series, OmniSwitch 6850 Series, OmniSwitch 9000 Series: Network Configuration Guide (Part No. 060198-10, Rev. B). Retrieved from http://ligf.cn/doc/6800/os68_net.pdf

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2007, December). OmniSwitch 6800 Series, OmniSwitch 6850 Series, OmniSwitch 9000 Series: Switch Management Guide (Part No. 060215-10, Rev. E). Retrieved http://dinf.ru/Doc_base/omniswitch_6850_user_guide_SW.pdf

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2007, June). OmniSwitch 6800 Series: Getting Started Guide (060195-10, Rev. D). Retrieved from http://wedophones.com/Manuals/Alcatel/OmniSwitch%206800%20Getting%20Started%20Guide%20R6.pdf

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2007, June). OmniSwitch 6800 Series: Hardware Users Guide (Part No. 060196-10, Rev. G). Retrieved from http://wedophones.com/Manuals/Alcatel/OmniSwitch%206800%20Hardware%20Users%20Guide%20R6.pdf

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2006, April). OmniSwitch 6600 Family: Network Configuration Guide (Part No. 060179-10, Rev. F). Retrieved from http://wedophones.com/Manuals/Alcatel/OmniSwitch%206600%20Network%20Configuration%20Guide%20R5-1.pdf

Alcatel Internetworking Inc. (2006, September). OmniSwitch 6600 Family: Hardware Users Guide (Part No. 060181-10, Rev. G). Retrieved from http://www.alcatelbusinesspartner.com/private/active_docs/os6600_hdw_541.pdf?CFID=122707&CFTOKEN=98828638