Connecting Your Device To The Network; Accessing The Device For The First Time; Setting Up The Configuration Environment - H3C S12500G-EF Series Installation Manual

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Connecting your device to the network

This chapter describes how to connect your device to a network.
The first time you access the device you must log in through the console port. On the device, you can
configure Telnet or SSH for remote access through Ethernet ports. You manage console login users
at AUX user lines, and manage Telnet and SSH users at VTY user lines. For more information about
login methods and user lines, see H3C S12500G-EF Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration
Guide.
NOTE:
• The device supports one AUX user when it has one MPU installed and supports a maximum of
two concurrent AUX users when it has two MPUs installed.
• The device supports a maximum of 32 concurrent VTY users.

Accessing the device for the first time

The first time you access the device you must use a console cable to connect a console terminal, for
example, a PC, to the console port on the device.

Setting up the configuration environment

To connect a terminal (for example, a PC) to the device:
1. Plug the DB-9 female connector of the console cable to the serial port or the USB connector of
the console cable to the USB port of the PC.
2. Plug the RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console port of the device.
3. Power on the PC.
NOTE:
• Identify the mark on the console port and make sure you are connecting to the correct port.
• The serial ports on PCs do not support hot swapping. To connect a PC to an operating device,
first connect the PC end. To disconnect a PC from an operating device, first disconnect the
device end.
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