Reconfiguring the 6611 Routers.
The 6611 routers are MtPilot and Sarah. They use a bizzare interface
for configuration. This page explains how to do some of the basic tasks
of reconfiguring them.
Logging In:
- Telnet to the machine. You will get the message saying you're connected
and then things will appear to hang. This delay is normal. It make take
a minute or two but it will connect.
- Log in as "dirt". Use the "old root passwd". Find
someone who knows it if you don't.
- The system is configured to expect some strange terminal type and will
ask you if this is ok. Type "NO" and choose your terminal type
from the menu presented. (I usually choose "8. Vt100" when I'm
connecting through an xterm and that seems to work well.)
Cursor Movement:
^n moves to the next line.
^p moves to the previous line
Esc-# where # is a digit gives the effect of the corresponding
function key.
Configuration Examples:
Changing the IP address/netmask of an interface:
- Log-in as described above.
- Select "Configuration" by moving your cursor onto that option
and pressing return.
- Select "System Manager Configuration Utility".
- Hit return again, to confirm that you want to change the system configuration.
- Choose " Set Configuration Values for Single Object". (You
could choose " Show Configuration Values for Single Object" if
you just wanted to look at the configuration.)
- Choose " Port Level Parameters" in the pop-up menu. (An interface
is a "port" in IBM 6611 terminology).
- Choose the slot of the interface you want to change. You may have to
guess and look at the interface's configuration to see if it's the one
you want to change. I believe they are numbered in the same order they
are installed in the machine though. For this example, I choose "
Slot 2 :: 6611 Ethernet".
- Choose the appropriate Port. (All of the interfaces I've seen only
have one Port.)
- Choose "IP Parameters".
- Change the desired fields. It's best just to completely retype the
values you want instead of changing part of a field (e.g. just the last
octet of the ip address.) There screen image isn't always clear. You may
want to hit ESC-2 to redraw the screen. When you hit return your changes
will recorded but not applied. Hit ESC-3 to leave the "COMMAND STATUS"
window.
- Hit ESC-3 repeatedly to back out of the menus until you reach "Configuration".
- Choose "Commit Changes".
- Choose "applied and unapplied changes".
- Hit return on the "Are You Sure?" menu to commit your changes.
- After "the configuration is committed" appears, hit ESC-3
to back out to the System Manager menu.
- Hit ESC-0 to logoff.
Examining the IP routing information
- Log-in as described above.
- Select "Operations" by moving your cursor onto that option
and pressing return.
- Select "Routing Information".
- Choose " Route Tables".
- Choose " IP" in the Protocol Name pop-up menu.
- The routing information will be displayed
- Hit ESC-3 repeatedly to back out of the menus until you reach "System
Manager".
- Hit ESC-0 to logoff.
Changing ARP table entries
- Log-in as described above.
- Select "Operations" by moving your cursor onto that option
and pressing return.
- Select "ARP Table Management".
- Choose " Add IP ARP Entry".
- Choose the interface that is connected to the network you want to use
this arp entry on (note: only "active" interfaces
are shown. If an interface is not connected to a network it doesn't show
up in this list.)
- You can edit the IP address and hardware address fields (as well
as the other fields, presumably). When you hit enter your changes will
be applied.
- Hit ESC-3 repeatedly to back out of the menus until you reach "System
Manager".
- Hit ESC-0 to logoff.
Changing IP Routes (work in progress - just
use up to looking at the static route, changes don't seem to work):
- Log-in as described above.
- Select "Configuration" by moving your cursor onto that option
and pressing return.
- Select "System Manager Configuration Utility".
- Hit return again, to confirm that you want to change the system configuration.
- Choose " Add Configuration Element to a List Object". (You
could choose "List Configuration Elements in a List Object" if
you just wanted to just look at the configuration.)
- Choose " BoxLevel Parameters" in the pop-up menu. (An interface
is a "port" in IBM 6611 terminology).
- Choose "List of IP Static Routes".
- Change the desired fields. It's best just to completely retype the
values you want instead of changing part of a field (e.g. just the last
octet of the ip address.) There screen image isn't always clear. You may
want to hit ESC-2 to redraw the screen. When you hit return your changes
will recorded but not applied. Hit ESC-3 to leave the "COMMAND STATUS"
window.
- Hit ESC-3 repeatedly to back out of the menus until you reach "Configuration".
- Choose "Commit Changes".
- Choose "applied and unapplied changes".
- Hit return on the "Are You Sure?" menu to commit your changes.
- After "the configuration is committed" appears, hit ESC-3
to back out to the System Manager menu.
- Hit ESC-0 to logoff.
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Author: Mark Parris
Last updated: November 24, 1997