Connecting To The Nortel Snas; Establishing A Console Connection; Nortel Secure Network Access Switch; Using The Command Line Interface - Nortel 325 series Cli Manual

378 The Command Line Interface

Connecting to the Nortel SNAS

You can access the CLI in two ways:
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Establishing a console connection

Use a console connection to perform the initial setup and when reinstalling
the Nortel SNAS software as the boot user. You must also use a console
connection when logging in as root user for advanced troubleshooting
purposes.
Requirements
To establish a console connection with the Nortel SNAS, you need the
following:
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Table 58
Console configuration parameters
Parameter
Baud rate
Data bits
Parity
Stop bits
Flow control
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Procedure steps
Step
1
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using a console connection through the console port (see
a console connection" (page
using a Telnet connection or SSH connection over the network (see
"Establishing a Telnet connection" (page 379)
connection using SSH" (page
An ASCII terminal or a computer running terminal emulation software
set to the parameters shown in
parameters" (page 378):
A serial cable with a female DB-9 connector. For more specific
information, see the chapter about connecting to the Nortel SNAS
in Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 Installation Guide ,
(NN47230-300).
Action
Connect the terminal to the Console port using the correct serial
cable.

Nortel Secure Network Access Switch

Using the Command Line Interface

NN47230-100 03.01 Standard
28 July 2008
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Table 58 "Console configuration
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