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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release8.4
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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands
Switch CLI
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:
Step1 From the Cisco Systems Console prompt, press Return.
Step2 At the prompt, enter the system password. The Console> prompt appe ars, indi cating that you have
accessed the CLI in normal mode.
Step3 Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.
Step4 When finished, exit the session by entering the quit command.
After connecting through the console port, you see this displa y:
Cisco Systems Console
Enter password:
Console> <password>
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:
Step1 From the remote host, enter the telnet command and the host name or IP address of the switch that you
want to access.
Step2 At the prompt, enter the password for the CLI. If no password has been configured, press Return.
Step3 Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.
Step4 When finished, exit the Telnet session by entering the quit command.
After connecting through a Telnet session, you see this display:
host% telnet cat6000-1.cisco.com
Trying 172.16.44.30 ...
Connected to cat6000-1.