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Note
In serial port sessions, there is no prompt on
the line below the word
Ready
. Begin typing
commands in the blank line where the cursor
is resting. No username or password is
required for serial port access.
5 To verify that you have connected successfully,
type help after the Ready prompt and press
Enter.
If a list of all available commands does not appear
on the screen, review the steps in this section,
check the cable, or contact service personnel until
the problem is solved.
If you have difficulty using the serial port, verify
that you have the correct settings and that your
serial cable is less then two meters long.
Use Telnet
Up to three Telnet sessions can be conducted
simultaneously. A serial port session can use the
CLI while Telnet sessions are open. Whichever
session issues the first “set” CLI command can
continue to issue set commands, while the other
sessions can only issue “get” commands or
display information. Once a connection is
established, refer to
CLI provides an ASCII-
based interface
on page v of the Appendix..
1 Connect to the FastStream VT 5300 from a
computer on the same Ethernet network.
2 Start a Telnet session.
Note
There is more than one way to connect to the
FastStream VT 5300 using a telnet
program.Your telnet program may operate
differently than in the following instructions.
3 At the telnet prompt, issue the open command
where x.x.x.x is the IP address of the
FastStream VT 5300.
telnet > open x.x.x.x
4 If you have to specify a port type, type in the
port type “telnet” and the terminal type “vt100”.
port type: telnet
terminal type: vt100
5 Type in the default values for the username,
“root”, and the password, “Password”, if you did
not set new values in Discover the IP address
on page 5.