Cli Management Over The Network - 3Com SuperStack 3 3870 Getting Started Manual

CLI Management over
the Network
Your Switch is now ready to continue being managed and/or configured
through the CLI via its console port.
To manage the 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 "Overview of Management Setup" on page 30.
2 Check that you have the TCP/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 TCP/IP protocol is installed.
3 Verify that you can communicate with the Switch by entering a ping
command at the DOS prompt in the following format:
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 on.
4 To start a Telnet session via the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of the
Switch that you want to manage in the following format:
telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch)
When starting a Telnet session via third-party software, you need to enter
the IP address in the format suitable for that software.
5 At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and
press Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if
you have already modified the default passwords).
If the login prompt does not display immediately, press Return a few
times until it starts.
6 If you have logged on correctly, the top-level menu of the command line
interface for the Switch you want to manage appears, as shown in
Figure 8 on page 35.
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