Logging In To The Router And Configuring Basic Settings; Login Methods; Logging In Through The Console Port; Setting Up A Configuration Environment - H3C SR6604 Installation Manual

Logging in to the router and configuring basic
settings
This chapter includes these sections:
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Login methods

Logging in through the console port

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Powering on the router
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Logging in to the router through Telnet
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Logging to the router through the AUX port
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Configuring basic settings
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Login methods
The following logins methods are available for you to log in to the router:
Logging in through the console port, which is the most common way to log in to a router and also
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the prerequisite for configuring other login methods.
Logging in through Telnet or SSH
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• Logging in through the AUX port
Logging in through the console port
You can log in only through the console port the first time you log in to your router. Prepare a console
cable and a configuration terminal.

Setting up a configuration environment

Follow these steps to connect a configuration terminal to the router by using the console cable:
Select a configuration terminal, which can be a character terminal with an RS232 serial port, or a PC.
Step1
The OS of a configuration terminal can be Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
Plug the DB-9 female connector to the serial port of the configuration terminal.
Step2
Connect the RJ-45 connector to the console port of the router.
Step3
The console cable connection procedures are the same for the SR6604 and SR6608. The following uses
an SR6608 as an example.
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