Dell Force10 C150 Manual page 11

Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL into a Cisco Nexus Network Environment
Management Connectivity
The MXL switch provides a number of methods for connectivity to its management command-line
interface (CLI).
Out-of-band console connectivity is available via serial on a physical USB type-A port on the face of the
switch when used with the provided cable that is shipped with each MXL (see the previous section—
External Interfaces—for help identifying the port). Serial terminal settings to access the console are set
to 9600bps, no flow control, 8 character bits and 1 stop bit.
Out-of-band console access is also available via the CMC (Chassis Management Controller) "connect"
command. A simple example is shown here using ssh to attach to the CMC console. For more
information about accessing and using the CMC console, see the CMC User Guide.
~ % ssh root@172.25.188.40
root@172.25.188.40's password:
Welcome to the CMC firmware version 4
$ connect switch-b1
connect: acquiring remote port.
Connected to remote port.
Escape character is '^\'.
MXL1>
Out-of-band network connectivity is provided through the M1000e CMC's Ethernet connection and is
configurable on the MXL's CLI as the "managementethernet" interface. With the management Ethernet
interface configured, the telnet or SSH services can be enabled to provide remote access to the
command-line interface of the MXL. Example commands for configuring the management Ethernet
interface and the telnet and SSH services of the MXL can be found in the Initial Configuration section of
this document.
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