Quickstart — unbox, boot, and reach management

This guide takes a new OKTET switch from the box to a reachable management interface. Plan on about fifteen minutes. You will need the switch, the supplied power cable, one Ethernet patch cable, and a laptop.

1. Unbox and inspect

Each unit ships with the switch, a power cable, a rack-mount kit, and a printed label card carrying the unit’s serial number and default management address. Before powering on:

• Confirm the model and serial on the chassis match the label card and your order.
• Inspect for shipping damage. A unit that rattles or shows a bent chassis should not be powered on — open an RMA instead (see Warranty & RMA).
• Note the default management IP and the device-unique default password printed on the label card. The default password is unique per unit, not a shared factory password.

2. Mount or bench it

For a bench bring-up you can leave the switch on a flat, ventilated surface. For a permanent install, fit the rack-mount kit now and observe the airflow direction marked on the chassis — OKTET switches pull air front-to-back. Do not block the intakes or exhaust.

3. First boot

1. Connect the power cable. The switch begins its boot sequence immediately; there is no power switch on most models.
2. Watch the SYS indicator. It blinks during boot and goes solid when the system is up. First boot takes up to 90 seconds while the unit runs its power-on self-test.
3. If the SYS indicator shows a fault pattern, note the pattern and check the LED reference in the hardware guide before proceeding.

4. Connect for management

Out of the box the switch listens for management on its default address on a dedicated management VLAN.

1. Connect your laptop to the port marked MGMT with the supplied patch cable. If your model has no dedicated MGMT port, use port 1.

2. Set your laptop’s interface to a static address in the same subnet as the printed default management IP. For example, if the default is 192.168.88.1/24, set your laptop to 192.168.88.10 with mask 255.255.255.0.

3. Confirm reachability:

   ping 192.168.88.1

   Replace the address with the one printed on your label card.

5. Log in and change the password

Open a browser to https://<default-management-ip> and log in with username admin and the device-unique default password from the label card. You will be required to set a new password on first login. Choose a strong, unique password and record it in your password manager.

For CLI access instead, open an SSH session:

ssh admin@192.168.88.1

Accept the host key on first connection and complete the same forced password change.

6. Set a permanent management address

The default address is for bring-up only. Assign the management interface a permanent address that fits your network. From the CLI:

configure
set management ip 10.0.10.5/24
set management gateway 10.0.10.1
commit
save

After commit, your current session may drop if you changed the subnet — reconnect on the new address. save writes the change to startup configuration so it survives a reboot.

Next steps

• CLI basics — learn the configuration model, show commands, and how commit/save differ.
• Firmware upgrade — bring the unit to the current release before production.
• PoE budgeting — if this model supplies PoE, plan the power budget before connecting devices.