ATTO Technology FastStream VT 5300 Installation And Operation Manual page 33

Use the serial port
To connect to a terminal emulation program or
Telnet to manage the FastStream VT, use the
serial port.
1 Connect a cable from FastStream VT RS-232
serial port or header to the serial (COM) port on
a personal computer.
2 Turn on the FastStream VT.
3 Start a terminal emulation program on the
personal computer, and use it to connect to the
FastStream VT. For example, if you are using
HyperTerminal on a computer running a
Windows operating system,
a. Type FastStream VT 5300 in the New
Connection dialog box.
b. Click OK.
c. Select the COM port number to which your
serial cable is connected in the Connect
To dialog box, then click OK in the
Connect using field
d. In the COM Properties dialog box select
the following values:
• Bits per second: 115200
• Data Bits: 8
• Parity: None
• Stop Bits: 1
• Flow Control: None
• Terminal type: ASCII
• Echo: on
Use Telnet
Up to three Telnet sessions can be conducted
simultaneously. A serial port session can use the
CLI while Telnet sessions are open. Whichever
session issues the first "set" CLI command can
continue to issue set commands, while the other
sessions can only issue "get" commands or
display information.
Once a connection is established, refer to
provides an ASCII-based interface
of the Appendix..
1 Connect to the FastStream VT from a computer
on the same Ethernet network.
2 Start a Telnet session.
e. Click OK
4 After you connect to the FastStream VT, start-
up messages are displayed. The last line in the
start-up message sequence is Ready.
Make adjustments to the FastStream VT using
the Command Line Interface as described in
provides an ASCII-based interface
the Appendix..
5 To verify that you have connected successfully,
type help after the Ready prompt and press
Enter.
If a list of all available commands does not appear
on the screen, review the steps in this section,
check the cable, or contact service personnel until
the problem is solved.
If you have difficulty using the serial port, verify
that you have the correct settings and that your
serial cable is less then two meters long.
3 At the telnet prompt, issue the open command
where x.x.x.x is the IP address of the
CLI
FastStream VT.
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telnet > open x.x.x.x
4 If you have to specify a port type, type in the
port type "telnet" and the terminal type "vt100".
port type: telnet
terminal type: vt100
5 Type in the default values for the user name,
root, and the password, Password, if you did
not set new values in
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Note
In serial port sessions, there is no prompt on
the line below the word Ready. Begin typing
commands in the blank line where the cursor
is resting. No user name or password is
required for serial port access.
Note
There is more than one way to connect to the
FastStream VT using a telnet program.Your
telnet program may operate differently than in
the following instructions.
Discover the IP address
CLI
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