Setting Up Over The Network - 3Com SuperStack 3 4900 SX Getting Started Manual

Setting Up Over the
Network
To connect the cable:
a Attach the female connector on the cable to the male connector on
the console port of the Switch.
b Tighten the retaining screws on the cable to prevent it from being
loosened.
c Connect the other end of the cable to your terminal, terminal
emulator, or modem. Make sure that the terminal, terminal emulator,
or modem have the same settings as the console port:
8 data bits
no parity
1 stop bit
To configure the settings of the terminal, terminal emulator, or modem,
see the documentation that accompanies it. If the Switch containing the
console port has auto-configuration enabled (default), the line speed
(baud) is detected automatically. The Switch can auto-detect a maximum
line speed of 19,200 baud.
3 Access the command line interface using a valid user name and
password. Default user names and passwords are described in
in as a Default User"
To manage a Switch using the command line interface over a network
using Telnet:
1 Set up the Switch with IP information. To do this:
a Access the command line interface of the Switch through the console
port. See "Setting Up Through the Console Port"
b Use the protocol ip basicConfig command to enter suitable
IP information for the Switch.
For more information about IP, see
Network" on page
2 If you are using a terminal emulator, check that you have an IP stack
correctly installed on the terminal emulator.
3 Check that your terminal or terminal emulator is connected to the Switch
using a port that is in VLAN 1. By default, all ports on the Switch are in
VLAN 1.
Setting Up Command Line Interface Management
on page 33.
"Managing a Switch Over the
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"Logging
on page 28.