How to change the IP address of the appliance, if you cannot access webUI and cannot get to CLI

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Question:

How to change the IP address of the appliance, if you cannot access webUI and cannot get to CLI

Answer:

Connect a monitor and a ps2 keyboard to the appliance.
Reboot the appliance.
Device will boot up and prompt you for login.
Please login with your WebUI admin username and password.
You will get SNWLCLI:> Prompt
at the Prompt type the following to check the IP on the device.
SNWLCLI:>interface (Hit the Enter key to see results)
Now type the following command to change the IP to the new IP using the following snytax
SNWLCLI:> interface eth0 192.168.50.5 255.255.255.0 ( Hit Enter) ( this is the new IP and new subnet mask)
SNWLCLI:>

It will come back to the prompt after changing the IP, to verify the IP has been changed you can run the "interface" command again from CLI prompt.

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