Key Guidelines For Implementation; Access Methods - 3Com corebuilder 3500 Implementation Manual

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Key Guidelines for
Implementation

Access Methods

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This section describes guidelines for the different ways to access your
system.
There are several ways you can access your management application on
the system; locally through a terminal connection, or remotely using a
modem or an IP connection.
Table 3 describes these different methods.
Table 3 Management Access Methods
Access
Method Access Description
Terminal Connect directly to the Administration
Console and stay attached during
system reboots.
Modem Access the Administration Console by
dialing in from remote sites.
IP Access the Administration Console
with up to four Telnet sessions.
Use Web Management or an external
SNMP management application to
communicate with the CoreBuilder
SNMP agent.
Setting Up the Terminal Port
Use the Administration Console to set the baud rate to match the speed
of your terminal.
Baud setting changes take effect immediately after you confirm the
change. You must adjust the baud setting of your terminal or terminal
emulator to match your management interface port before you can
reestablish communication using the terminal port. When you change the
baud rate to something other than 9600, the new setting becomes the
new default, even after you issue a
You can use the
system serialPort terminalSpeed
through the terminal serial port or through an IP interface. However, if
you change the terminal speed while in a telnet session, you must reboot
the system for the change to take effect.
Interface
Terminal serial port (see
"Terminal Port Access").
Modem serial port (see
"Modem Port Access").
In-band or out-of-band
Ethernet port assigned to
an IP interface (see
"In-Band Management"
and "Out-of-Band
Management").
system nvdata reset
command
command.