3Com 5500-SI Configuration Manual page 32

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Figure 6 Setting up the Configuration Environment through Telnet
Workstation Workstation
Server Server
Workstation Workstation
3 Run Telnet on the PC and enter the IP address of the VLAN connected to the network
port on the PC.
Figure 7 Running Telnet
4 The terminal displays
logon password. After you enter the correct password, it displays the command line
prompt (such as
<SW5500>
appears, too many users are connected to the Switch through Telnet. At
try later!
most five Telnet users are allowed to log on to the SW5500 Switch simultaneously.
5 Use the corresponding commands to configure the Switch or to monitor the running
state. Enter to view online help. For details of specific commands, refer to the
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following chapters.
When configuring the Switch through Telnet, do not modify the IP address of the
Switch unnecessarily, for the modification might end the Telnet connection.
By default, when a Telnet user passes the password authentication to log on to the
Switch, the access level for commands will be Level 0.
Telneting a Switch through another Switch
After a user has logged into a Switch, it is possible to configure another Switch
through the Switch through Telnet. The local Switch serves as Telnet client and the
peer Switch serves as the Telnet server. If the ports connecting these two Switches are
in the same local network, their IP addresses must be configured in the same network
segment. Otherwise, the two Switches must establish a route to communicate with
each other.
As shown in Figure 8, after you Telnet to a Switch, you can run the
to log in to, and configure, another Switch.
Ethernet port Ethernet port
Ethernet Ethernet
PC ( for configuri n g the switch PC ( for configuri n g the switch
via Telnet ) via Telnet )
Login authentication
). If the prompt
and prompts the user to enter the
All user interfaces are used, please
command
telnet