Chapter 2 Logging In Through The Console Port - H3C S7500 Series Operation Manual

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H3C S7500 Series Ethernet Switches

Chapter 2 Logging in through the Console Port

When logging into a switch through its console port, go to these sections for information
you are interested in:
Introduction
Logging in through the Console Port
Console Port Login Configuration
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being None
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Password
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Scheme
2.1 Introduction
To log in through the console port is the most common way to log into a switch. It is also
the prerequisite to configure other login methods. By default, you can log into an S7500
series Ethernet switch locally through its console port.
To log into an Ethernet switch through its console port, the communication configuration
of the user terminal must be in accordance with that of the console port.
Table 2-1
Table 2-1 The default settings of a console port
Baud rate
Flow control
Check mode (Parity)
Stop bits
Data bits
After logging into a switch, you can perform configuration for AUX users. Refer to
section Console Port Login Configuration
2.2 Logging in through the Console Port
Following are the procedures to connect to a switch through the console port.
1) Connect the serial port of your PC/terminal to the console port of the switch, as
shown in
lists the default settings of a console port.
Setting
Figure 2-1.
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