Initial Management Access; Setting The Console Port Baud - 3Com SuperStack II Switch 9300 Getting Started Manual

Initial Management Access

The first time that you access your system, you
connect through the Console port using a terminal.
These are the default settings for this port: 9600
baud, 8 bits, 1 stop bit, No parity.
When you first access the Administration Console
using the Console port, you see this prompt:
Select access level (read, write, administer):
At the prompt, enter:
1
administer
At the password prompt, press Return.
2
The Administration Console top-level menu appears:
Menu options (SuperStack II Switch-8C6AD7): -------------
system - Administer system-level functions
ethernet - Administer Ethernet ports
bridge - Administer bridging/VLANs
ip - Administer IP
snmp - Administer SNMP
analyzer - Administer Roving Analysis
script - Run a script of console commands
logout - Logout of the Administration Console
Use this menu to change the Console port baud
setting for the terminal or to configure your system
for another management access mechanism.

Setting the Console Port Baud

To change the baud setting of the Console port:
From the top level of the Administration Console, at
1
the
Select menu option
system serialPort serialPortMode
At the command prompt, if the default value shown
2
in brackets is
modem
Return.
Enter .
3
baudRate
At the prompt, enter a baud setting of 9600 for the
4
Console port. The system supports these baud
settings: 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, and 1200.
The system displays this message:
Enter new value (1200-19200) [1200]: 9600
Error setting baud rate to 9600.
Baud rate will change upon next connection.
Initial Management Access
prompt, enter:
, enter . Otherwise, press
console
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