Accessing The Interface; Exiting The Interface - 3Com SuperStack II Manual

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Accessing the
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Exiting the Interface

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To access the command line interface, take the following steps:
1 Set up your network for command line interface management; for more
information, see "Setting Up Command Line Interface Management"
page 36. The login sequence for the command line interface begins as
soon as a relevant Switch in the stack detects a connection to its console
port, or as soon as a Telnet session is started.
If the login sequence does not begin immediately, press the [Return] key a
few times until it does begin. If the sequence still does not begin, see
"Solving Command Line Interface Problems"
2 At the login and password prompts, enter your user name and password.
If you have been assigned a user name and password, enter those
details.
If you are accessing the command line interface for the first time,
enter a default user name and password to match your access
requirements. The defaults are described in
User" on page
suggest that you log in as
If you have logged on correctly, the top-level menu of the command line
interface is displayed as described in
page 97. If you have not logged on correctly, the message
is displayed and the login sequence starts again.
password.
To prevent unauthorized configuration of the stack, we recommend that
you change the default passwords as soon as possible. To do this using
the command line interface, you need to log in as each default user and
then follow the steps described in
page 147.
You may experience a slow CLI response if differing community strings
are configured for units in a stack. You should ensure that all units in a
stack are configured with matching community strings.
You can exit the command line interface at any time; to do this, enter the
command
logout
there is a period if inactivity lasting longer than 30 minutes, you exit from
the command line interface automatically. After the exit, the first key that
you press returns you to the login sequence.
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39. If you are setting up the stack for management, we
(which has no default password).
admin
"About the Interface Menus"
"Changing Your Password"
from the top level of the command line interface. If
on page 216.
"Logging in as a Default
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