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CLI Management via To manage a Switch using the command line interface via the local the Console Port console port connection:
1Ensure you have connected your workstation to the console port correctly as described in “Connecting to the Console Port” on page 33.
2Your Switch is now ready to continue being managed and/or configured through the CLI via its console port.
CLI Management over | To manage a Switch using the command line interface over a network |
the Network | using Telnet: |
1Ensure you have already set up the Switch with IP information as described in “Setting Up Overview” on page 30.
2Check that you have the IP protocol correctly installed on your management workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide Web. If you can browse, the IP protocol is installed.
3Check you can communicate with the Switch by entering a ping command at the DOS prompt in the following format:
ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch)
If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been entered correctly and the Switch is powered up.
4To open a Telnet session via the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of the Switch that you wish to manage in the following format:
telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch)
If opening a Telnet session via third party software you will need to enter the IP address in the format suitable for that software.
5At the login and password prompts, enter admin as your user name and press Return at the password prompt (or the password of your choice if you have already modified the default passwords).
If the login prompt does not display immediately, press Return a few times until it starts.
6If you have logged on correctly, the
