Chapter 5

Console Management

Login in to the Console Interface

To configure the system via console mode, connect a serial cable to a COM port on a PC or notebook computer and to RJ-45 type serial (console) port of the Managed Switch. The console port of the Managed Switch is DCE already, so that you can connect the console port directly through PC without the need of Null Modem.

Please refer to the Administration Console section on page 28 to get more information about how to connect to the console interface of GE-DS-82-PoE with HyperTerminal on Microsoft Windows platform.

Once the terminal has connected to the device, power on the GE-DS-82-PoE, the terminal will display that it is running testing procedures.

Then, the following message asks the login password. The factory default password as following and the login screen in Figure 96 appears.

Username: admin

Password: admin

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