Before you begin
Power on the device
Follow these instructions to connect the laptop to the switch using an adapter and log into the terminal:
- Use the included power cables to supply power to the device, and power on all three servers and the TOR switch. 
- Connect a laptop to the uplink management port (port 10) on the switch.  
- Set the networking configuration of the laptop: - Set the Internet protocol (IP) address of the link on the laptop to
198.18.0.30.
- The subnet mask is 255.255.255.224.
- The default gateway is 198.18.0.1.
- DNS fields can be left blank, as you must connect to 198.18.0.6by using the IP address and not a hostname.
 
- Set the Internet protocol (IP) address of the link on the laptop to
- Verify that you can access the device by establishing a Secure Shell (SSH) connection to the server assigned the IP - 198.18.0.6using the username- applianceusrand default password- Bosco08!.- ssh applianceusr@198.18.0.6
What's next
Create an input configuration file