3Com 9400 manual Initial Management Access, Changing the Console Port Baud Setting

With an IP interface and either the in-band or the out-of-band port, you use the rlogin or Telnet commands to access the Administration Console using TCP/IP from a host computer. You can also use the IP interface to manage the system with an external management application via SNMP or the Web Management software.

Initial Management Access

The first time that you access your system, you connect through the Console port using a terminal or terminal emulator. These are the default settings for this port: 9600 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop bit, No parity.

When you access the Administration Console using the Console port, you see this prompt:

Select access level (read, write, administer):

1At the prompt, enter:

administer

2 At the password prompt, press Return. The following menu appears:

Menu options:

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system	- Administer system-level functions
management	- Administer system management interface
ethernet	- Administer Ethernet ports
bridge	- Administer bridging/VLANs
ip	- Administer IP
snmp	- Administer SNMP
analyzer	- Administer Roving Analysis
script	- Run a script of console commands
logout	- Logout of the Administration Console

Type ? for help.

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Select menu option:

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Use this menu to change the Console port baud setting for the terminal or to configure your system for another management access mechanism.

Changing the Console Port Baud Setting

To change the baud setting of the Console port:

1From the top level of the Administration Console, enter:

system serialPort serialPortMode

2At the prompt, if the default value shown in brackets is modem, enter console. Otherwise, press Return.

3Enter baudRate.

4Enter 9600 for the Console port. The system supports these baud settings: 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, and 1200.

The system displays this message:

Enter new value (1200-19200) [1200]: 9600 Error setting baud rate to 9600.

Baud rate will change upon next connection.