Cli Configuration; What Is Cli; Entering The Cli; Entering Cli Through The Console Port - 3Com 4500 PWR 26-Port Configuration Manual

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CLI Configuration

This chapter includes these sections:

What Is CLI?

Entering the CLI

3Com Products CLI Descriptions
Tips on Using
CLI Config
Wha t Is CLI?
The command line interface (CLI) is an interface where you can interact with your device by typing text
commands. At the CLI, you can instruct your device to perform a given task by typing a text command
and then pressing Enter to subm
your switch, and verify the configuration based on the output. Thus, the CLI facilitates your switch
configuration and manag
Ente ring the CLI
The Switch 4500 provides multiple methods of entering the CLI, as follows:
Through the console port. For more information, see
Through Telnet. For more information, see
Through SSH with encryption. For more
Enter ing CLI Through the Console Port
When you use the CLI of a
through the console port only. Follow these steps to log in to your 3Com switch and enter the CLI
thro ugh the console port:
1) Use the console cable shipped with your switch to connect your PC to your switch
(female) connector of the console cable into the 9-pin serial po
connector of the console cable into the console port of your switch
the CLI
urations
it it to your device. At the CLI, you can enter commands to configure
ement.
3Com switch for the first time, you can log in to the switch and enter the CLI
Entering CLI Through the
Entering CLI Through
information, see SSH Configuration.
1-1
Console Port
Telnet.
. Plug the DB-9
rt of your PC. Then plug the RJ-45
.
.