3Com 10014298 manual Connecting Two Switch 7750 Systems, Run Telnet

Setting Terminal Parameters 17

4Run Telnet on the PC by selecting Start > Run from the Windows desktop and entering Telnet in the Open field, as shown in Figure 8. Click OK.

Figure 8 Run Telnet

The terminal displays Login authentication and prompts you for the logon password.

5Enter the password. The terminal displays the command line prompt (<SW7750>).

If the message, All user interfaces are used, please try later! appears, try to reconnect later. At most, 5 Telnet users are allowed to log on to a Switch 7750 simultaneously.

6Use the appropriate commands to configure the Switch 7750 or to monitor the operational state. Enter ? to get immediate help. For details on specific commands, refer to the chapters in this guide.

When configuring the Switch 7750 by Telnet, do not modify the IP address unless necessary, because the modification might terminate the Telnet connection. By default, after passing the password authentication and logging on, a Telnet user can access the commands at login level 0.

Connecting Two Switch 7750 Systems

Before you can telnet the Switch 7750 to another Switch 7750, as shown in Figure 9, you must:

1Configure the IP address of a VLAN interface for the Switch 7750 through the console port (using the ip address command in VLAN interface view)

2Add the port (that connects to a terminal) to this VLAN (using the port command in VLAN view)

3Log in to the Switch 7750

After you telnet to a Switch 7750, you can run the telnet command to log in and configure another Switch 7750.