Logging In Through The Console Port; Introduction; Setting Up A Login Environment For Login Through The Console Port - H3C S5100-SI Operation Manual

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Logging In Through the Console Port

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Introduction

Setting Up a Login Environment for Login Through the Console Port

Console Port Login Configuration
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being None
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Password
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Scheme
Introduction
To log in through the console port is the most common way to log in to a switch. It is also the
prerequisite to configure other login methods. By default, you can locally log in to an S5100-SI/EI
Ethernet switch through its console port only.
Table 2-1 lists the default settings of a console port.
Table 2-1 The default settings of a console port
Baud rate
Flow control
Check mode (Parity)
Stop bits
Data bits
To log in to a switch through the console port, make sure the settings of both the console port and the
user terminal are the same.
After logging in to a switch, you can perform configuration for AUX users. Refer to
Login Configuration
Setting Up a Login Environment for Login Through the Console Port
Following are the procedures to connect to a switch through the console port.
1) Connect the serial port of your PC/terminal to the console port of the switch, as shown in
2-1.
Setting
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Default
Console Port
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