Logging Into An Ethernet Switch; Introduction To The User Interface - 3Com 7757 Configuration Manual

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Logging into an
Ethernet Switch
Introduction to the
User Interface
Supported User
Interfaces
User Interface Number
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OGGING INTO AN
You can log into a Switch 7750 Ethernet switch in one of the following ways:
Logging in locally through the Console port
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Telneting locally or remotely to an Ethernet port
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Telneting to the Console port using a modem
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Logging in through NMS (network management station)
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Switch 7750 Ethernet switch supports two types of user interfaces: AUX and VTY.
Table 9 Description on user interface
User interface
AUX
VTY
n
The AUX port and the Console port of a 3Com switch are the same port. You will
be in the AUX user interface if you log in through this port.
Two kinds of user interface index exist: absolute user interface index and relative
user interface index.
1 The absolute user interface indexes are as follows:
AUX user interface: 0
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VTY user interfaces: Numbered after AUX user interfaces and increases in the
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step of 1
2 A relative user interface index can be obtained by appending a number to the
identifier of a user interface type. It is generated by user interface type. The
relative user interface indexes are as follows:
AUX user interface: AUX 0
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VTY user interfaces: VTY 0, VTY 1, VTY 2, and so on.
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Applicable user Port used
Users logging in Console port
through the
Console port
Telnet users and Ethernet port
SSH users
E
THERNET
Description
Each switch can accommodate one
AUX user.
Each switch can accommodate up to
five VTY users.
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WITCH