3Com Switch 7700 Configuration Manual page 17

Connecting the PC to the Switch 7700
To connect the PC and Switch 7700 through Telnet:
1 Authenticate the Telnet user through the console port before the user logs in by
Telnet.
By default, a password is required for authenticating the Telnet user to log in the
Switch 7700. If a user logs in by Telnet without a password, the user sees the
message:
Login password has not been set!
2 Enter system view, return to user view by pressing Ctrl+Z.
<SW7700> system-view
[SW7700] user-interface vty 0 4
[SW7700-ui-vty0] set authentication password simple/cipher xxxx
(xxxx is the preset login password of Telnet user)
3 To set up the configuration environment, connect the Ethernet port of the PC to
that of the Switch 7700 through the LAN. See Figure 7.
Figure 7 Setting Up the Configuration Environment Through Telnet
Workstation
Ethernet
Server Workstation
4 Run Telnet on the PC by selecting Start > Run from the Windows desktop and
entering Telnet in the Open field, as shown in Figure 8. Click OK.
Figure 8 Run Telnet
The terminal displays User Access Verification and prompts you for the logon
password.
5 Enter the password. The terminal displays the command line prompt (
If the message,
Too many users!
Telnet users are allowed to log on to a Switch 7700 simultaneously.
Ethernet port
PC (for configuring
the switch through Telnet)
appears, try to reconnect later. At most, 5
Setting Terminal Parameters
<SW7700>
9
).