Connect the device

Follow these instructions to connect the laptop to the switch using an adapter and log into the terminal:

  1. Power on the device.

  2. Connect a laptop to the uplink management port (port 12) on the switch.

  3. Set the internet protocol (IP) address of the link on the laptop to 198.18.255.254.

  4. Establish a Secure Shell (SSH) connection to root@198.18.255.229 (bm02) using the default SSH key, which is the key that was generated in the Google lab and provided by Google.