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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release8.1
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Chapter1 Command-Line Interfaces
Switch CLI
Note EIA/TIA-232 was known as RS-232 before its acceptance as a standard by the Electronic Industries
Alliance and Telecommunications Industry Association.
Accessing the Switch CLI via the Console Port (EIA/TIA-232)
To access the switch through the console (EIA/TIA-232) port, perform these steps:
After connecting through the console port, you see this displa y:
Cisco Systems Console
Enter password:
Console>
Console>
Accessing the Switch CLI via Telnet
To access the switch through a Telnet session, you must first set the IP address for the switch. You can
open multiple sessions to the switch via Telnet.
To access the switch from a remote host with Telnet, perform these steps:
Task Command
Step1 From the Cisco Systems Console
prompt, press Return.
Step2 At the prompt, enter the system
password. The Console> prompt
appears, indicating that you have
accessed the CLI in normal mode.
<password>
Step3 Enter the necessary commands to
complete your desired tasks. Appropriate commands
Step4 When finished, exit the session. quit
Task Command
Step1 From the remote host, enter the
telnet command and the name or
IP address of the switch you want
to access.
telnet hostname | ip_addr
Step2 At the prompt, enter the password
for the CLI. If no password has
been configured, press Return.
<password>
Step3 Enter the necessary commands to
complete your desired tasks. Appropriate commands
Step4 When finished, exit the Telnet
session. quit