Using The Console Interface; Accessing The Ci Menus And Screens - Nortel 1000ASE-XD Using Manual

Chapter 3

Using the console interface

This chapter describes how to configure and manage the BayStack 420 Switch
using the menu-driven console interface (CI).
This chapter covers the following topics:
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Accessing the CI menus and screens

You can access the CI menus and screens locally through a console terminal
attached to your BayStack 420 Switch, remotely through a dial-up modem
connection, or in-band through a Telnet session (see
You can connect your console cable into any unit in a BayStack 420 Switch-only
stack for a unified stack interface. For the mixed stack management functions to
become fully operational, you must connect your console terminal into a
BayStack 420 Switch port within your mixed stack.
For information about SNMP, see your network management documentation.
"Accessing the CI menus and
"Using the CI menus and screens" on page 88
"Main menu" on page 90
Note: If you have a properly configured BootP server in your network,
it detects the IP address; you will not need to configure the IP address.
screens," next
"Console port" on page
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