Telneting To A Switch; Telneting To A Switch From A Terminal - Huawei Quidway S3900 Series Operation Manual

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[Quidway-ui-vty0] history-command max-size 20
# Set the timeout time to 6 minutes.
[Quidway-ui-vty0] idle-timeout 6

3.5 Telneting to a Switch

3.5.1 Telneting to a Switch from a Terminal

1) Assign an IP address to the interface of the management VLAN of a switch. This
can be achieved by executing the ip address command in VLAN interface view
after you log in through the Console port.
Connect the serial port of your PC/terminal to the Console port of the switch, as
shown in Figure 3-4
Figure 3-4 Diagram for establishing connection to a Console port
Launch a terminal emulation utility (such as Terminal in Windows 3.X or
HyperTerminal in Windows 9X) on the PC, with the baud rate set to 9,600 bps,
data bits set to 8, parity check set to none, and flow control set to none.
Turn on the switch and press Enter as prompted. The prompt (such as <Quidway>)
appears, as shown in the following figure.
RS-232 port RS-232 port
Configuration cable Configuration cable
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Chapter 3 Logging in through Telnet
Console port Console port
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