Using The Serial Port; Using Telnet - ATTO Technology FastStream VT 5700 Installation And Operation Manual

Using 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 5700 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

Using 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 list information.
Once a connection is established, refer to
Provides an ASCII-based Interface
Appendix..
1 Connect to the FastStream VT from a computer
on the same Ethernet network.
2 Start a Telnet session.
Note
There is more than one way to connect to the
FastStream VT using a telnet program.Your
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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.
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telnet > open x.x.x.x
CLI
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port type: telnet
terminal type: vt100
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e. Click OK.
After you connect to the FastStream VT, start-
up messages appear. 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
CLI Provides an ASCII-based Interface
vii of the Appendix..
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.
To verify that you have connected successfully,
type help after the Ready prompt and press
Enter.
telnet program may operate differently than in
the following instructions.
At the telnet prompt, issue the open command
where x.x.x.x is the IP address of the
FastStream VT.
If you have to specify a port type, type in the
port type "telnet" and the terminal type "vt100".
Type in the default values for the user name,
root , and the password, Password , if you did
not set new values in Discovering the IP
address on page 5.
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