USER GUIDE

HOW TO CONFIGURE THE EXTERNAL INTERFACE

This document describes how to (re)configure the external (internet) network settings of
an Open Systems device.

Step 1: Connect to device

• Connect with screen and keyboard:

The simplest way to access the host is with a VGA screen (the VGA connector is on the
back of the host) and a USB keyboard.

OR

• Connect with serial cable:

The serial cable may need an RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter.

a. Connect the serial cable from a PC to the port on the Open Systems device labeled
“console”.

b. Use PuTTY or another terminal emulator application of your choice for the serial
connection.

c. Find the correct serial line (COM) to connect:

• Device Manager

• Connections (COM & LPT1)

d. Click “Serial” to enter the serial line.

Check if speed is set to 115200 (if that doesn’t work, try 9600 *).

Note*: As part of our coverage of technology risk, Open Systems is replacing certain hard-
ware. This means the baud rate for the devices will change to 115200 in the long term.

If there are any problems,

contact Mission Control 24x7.

Open a ticket
https://control.open.ch
Hotline
+800 00 724 000
+41 58 100 11 11
1-800-724-2407 (US toll free) Configuration in PuTTY terminal emulator. See note above regarding Speed.

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 e. Click “Open”.
A new window opens.

Serial console: The name of the machine in this example is obsd.

f. Press the ENTER key a few times so that the serial connection is registered and
responds.

Step 2: Log in with “menu user” credentials.

Username: menu

Password:

If the login is successful, the following menu is displayed.

Menu if login is successful.

Note: All the images are examples only.

Refer to the text for actual changes that need to be done.

Step 3: Reconfigure network settings of the device.

a. Type 2.

b. Press ENTER.

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 Step 4: Enter the new network settings.

If the information in square brackets is already correct, press ENTER.

Those settings will then be used.

Configuring Network
Hostname : [ ]

Internet Interface Name : [ ]

dynamic/static ip config : [ ]

IP Address : [ ]

Netmask (IP or num) : [ ]

MTU : [ ]

Gateway (default route) : [ ]

NIC Speed : [ ]

The device should now automatically reboot. If this doesn’t happen, please perform this
action manually.

In this example, a change is made to the gateway only.

In this example, the following change is made to Gateway (default route): old gateway 172.31.0.1, new gateway
172.31.0.254. The other network settings are left unchanged.

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 After you enter all the required network settings, a confirmation screen is shown.

Confirmation screen.

Step 5: Confirm.
If the settings are defined as required, type y and press ENTER.

Step 6: Wait for the device to reboot.

After rebooting, the login screen is shown.

Serial console: Login screen after rebooting.

Step 7: Contact Mission Control.

An Open Systems engineer will verify and deploy the configuration.

Important: This step needs to be finished before you can proceed, so that all the interfaces on
Open Systems services are the device are enabled as required.
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