Accessing The Switch - Cisco MDS 9020 Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Initial Configuration
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Accessing the Switch

After initial configuration, you can access the switch in the following ways:
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Figure 3-2
Console
connection
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Serial console access—You can use a serial port connection to access the CLI.
Out-of-band (10/100BASE-T Ethernet) access—You can use Telnet or SSH to access a Cisco MDS
9020 Fabric Switch or use SNMP to connect to Cisco Fabric Manager.
To use Cisco Fabric Manager, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager
Note
Configuration Guide.
Figure 3-2 illustrates serial console access and out-of-band access.
Switch Access Options
Out of band
management
subnetwork
Switch 2
mgmt 0
(IP address:
172.16.1.2)
Management LAN
(Ethernet connection)
Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch Configuration Guide and Command Reference
Router
IP address
172.16.1.1
Telnet or CLI
SSH
DNS server
GUI
SNMP
Accessing the Switch
IP
network
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