Configure or Reset IBM 249824E Fibre Switch with IP and Zones

Using a serial cable to connect into the serial IOIOI port on the front of the unit, or telnet to the default IP address of 10.77.77.77 / 255.255.255.0.

Open Putty in this case from COM port 5 serial with the default settings shown below and connect:

Press Enter and the login box will appear, login as user: admin and password: password.

You will be asked to change all passwords for the many switch user accounts or Ctrl-C to exit:

Changing the switch user account passwords:

View the current IP address information with the command ipaddrshow

Set a new IP address with the command: ipaddrset

Change the switchname with the command switchname nameofswitch

and the same for the hostname with hostname nameofswitch

View the current configuration with configshow: