1. Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide
  2. Startup

4 Startup

This chapter describes Acme Packet 4900 startup that involves two tasks:
  • Powering on the Acme Packet 4900
  • Creating the first console connection to the Acme Packet 4900
You can perform these actions in any order. However, if your console connection is configured first, you can observe the booting processes as your Acme Packet 4900 goes online.

The last section of this chapter explains how to login to your system.

Attention:

Immediately after powering on the system, upgrade to Release 9.0p1 or later to receive the latest fixes for the Acme Packet 4900.

Creating a Console Connection

This section explains how to create a console connection.

Prerequisites

In order to create a console connection to the Acme Packet 4900, you must configure the terminal hardware and software appropriately.

Serial Connection Parameter Setting
Baud Rate 115,200 bps
Date Bits 8
Parity No
Stop Bit 1
Flow Control None

Your terminal application and serial port MUST be capable of operating at 115.2 Kbps for creating a console session.

Creating a Console Connection

To create a console connection:
  1. Set the terminal application’s parameters to match the Acme Packet 4900 default parameters.
  2. The Acme Packet 4900 console port is located on the rear panel. You should connect to the console port when initially booting the Acme Packet 4900.
  3. If the Acme Packet 4900 is already powered on, press the Enter key a few times to activate the console connection. When ACLI text is displayed on the screen, the console connection has been successfully created.
  4. If you have created the console connection before powering up the Acme Packet 4900, you can watch the boot process as it displays on your screen.

Powering On the Acme Packet

This section explains how to power on your Acme Packet 4900.

Prerequisites

The following procedure presumes that you know how to connect your Acme Packet 4900 to either AC or DC power.

Powering On

  1. Plug in the appropriate AC or DC power cords for your device.

    Note:

    When operating with redundant power supplies, both power supplies must be plugged in either simultaneously or within a few seconds of each other. If the second power supply is on long enough after the first, an alarm is generated.

    Note:

    When operating with a single power supply, the LED on the power supply will flash continuously. The device has properly noted the absence of the other power supply and is logging it.

Initial Log On

Once you have established the console connection, powered on the Acme Packet 4900 and a runtime image has been loaded, you are ready to login and begin configuring the system. After the Acme Packet 4900 has initialized, the ACLI login prompt appears in your terminal application as follows: 
User Access Verification
Password:

If the Acme Packet 4900 completed booting before you connected to the console port, press the Enter key on the console keyboard a few times to activate the console connection.

  1. Enter the string "acme" and press Enter to set the user account password.
    Password: 
%
% Only alphabetic (upper or lower case), numeric and punctuation 
% characters are allowed in the password.
% Password must be 8 - 64 characters,
% and have 3 of the 4 following character classes : 
%     - lower case alpha 
%     - upper case alpha 
%     - numerals 
%     - punctuation 
%
Enter New Password: 
Confirm New Password: 

Password is acceptable.


Notifications:
- No Valid License Present! (aid: 327702, tid: 2465)
- Product not initialized; Please use 'setup product' (aid: 327725, tid: 2465)
ORACLE>
    From the User prompt you can view various configuration states and operating statistics on the Acme Packet 4900 and perform configuration tasks.
  2. Type enable to enter Superuser mode.
    ACMEPACKET> enable
Password:
  3. Enter the string "packet" and press Enter to set the admin account password.

    The system prompt will end with a pound sign instead of a closed-angle-bracket to let you know are in Superuser mode.

    ACMEPACKET#
  4. You can now begin configuring your Acme Packet 4900. Refer to the Configuration Guide to learn how to establish an IP address.

If you have any questions about booting or powering on your system, please contact customer support.

Critical Setup Steps for Acme Packet Platforms

For any Acme Packet platform with Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), you must set up specific configurations in a timely manner after power on because failure to do so can lead to a system crash.

For Acme Packet 1100, 3950/4900, 4600, and 6300/6350 platforms that use the identified software versions, ensure system stability by configuring boot parameters, setting up passwords, setting up the product, and setting up entitlements within an hour or two of unit power on:
  • S-Cz8.4.0 and all patches
  • S-Cz9.0.0 and all patches
  • S-Cz9.1.0 and all patches
  • S-Cz9.2.0 to S-Cz9.2.0p9
  • S-Cz9.3.0 to S-Cz9.3.0p4

Complete the following steps promptly after platform power on:

  1. Configure bootparam. Bootparam changes are optional, so the hardware can boot without making a change.
  2. Set system passwords.
  3. Set up product.
  4. Set up entitlements.

    Note:

    If a system crash occurs, initiate recovery by typing reboot at the shell prompt, or by power cycling the system.