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Setting Up

This section describes how to set up command line interface

Command Line

management using a local console port connection or over the network.

Interface

 

Management

 

User Interface The switch provides a user interface so that you can configure and Overview manage the port data. There are two types of user interfaces, AUX and

VTY:

Use the AUX user interface to log into your switch through the console port. A fabric can have up to eight AUX user interfaces.

Use the VTY user interface to Telnet to the switch. The switch can have up to five VTY user interfaces.

CLI Management To manage a switch using the command line interface through the local through the Console console port connection, ensure that you have connected your

Port workstation to the console port as described in “Connecting to the Console Port” on page 61.

You can now continue to manage and configure your switch using the

CLI through its console port.

CLI Management over

To manage a switch using the command line interface over a network

the Network

using Telnet:

1Ensure that you have already set up the switch with IP information as described in “Methods of Managing a Switch” on page 56.

2Check that the IP protocol is correctly installed on your management workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide Web. If you can browse, the IP is installed correctly.

3Check that you can communicate with the switch by entering a ping command at the DOS prompt in the following format:

c:\ ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

(where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the switch’s IP address)

If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been entered correctly and that the switch is powered up.

4To open a Telnet session, from the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of the switch that you wish to manage in the following format:

>telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

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5500G-EI, 5500-EI specifications

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