Setting Up Command Line Interface Management; User Interface Overview; Cli Management Using The Console Port; Cli Management Over The Network - 3Com 4500G Getting Started Manual

Setting Up
Command Line
Interface
Management
User Interface
Overview
CLI Management
using the Console
Port
CLI Management over
the Network
This section describes how you can set up command line interface
management using a local console port connection or over the network.
User interface configuration is provided by the switch to configure and
manage the port data. There are two types of user interfaces:
AUX User Interface—used to log in to your switch using the console
■
port. A fabric can have up to eight AUX user interfaces.
VTY User Interface—used to Telnet to the switch. The switch can have
■
up to five VTY user interfaces.
To manage a switch using the command line interface using the local
console port connection:
1 Ensure you have connected your workstation to the console port correctly
as described in "Connecting to the Console Port" on page 42.
2 Your switch is now ready to continue being managed and/or configured
through the CLI using its console port.
To manage a switch using the command line interface over a network using
Telnet:
1 Ensure you have already set up the switch with IP information as described
in "Methods of Managing a Switch" on page 36.
2 Check that you have the IP protocol correctly installed on your
management workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the
World Wide Web. If you can browse, the IP protocol is installed.
3 Check you can communicate with the switch by entering a ping command
at the DOS prompt in the following format:
c:\ ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the switch)
If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been
entered correctly and the switch is powered up.

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