Initial Login

Once you have established the console connection, powered on the Acme Packet 6400, and loaded a runtime image, you are ready to log in and begin configuring the system. After the Acme Packet 6400 has been initialized, the ACLI login prompt appears in your terminal application as follows: 

Password:

If the Acme Packet 6400 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 initial temporary user password acme.

    The system forces you to set the 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:

    From the User prompt you can view various configuration states and operating statistics on the Acme Packet 6400 System, but you cannot perform configuration tasks.

  2. To enter Superuser mode, type enable and enter the default admin password packet.

    The system forces you to set the password.

    ORACLE> enable
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:
  3. You can now begin configuring your Acme Packet 6400 System. Refer to the Configuration Guide to learn how to establish an IP address for your Acme Packet 6400.

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