Configuration Methods 61
Menu

Through the Serial Port

To connect to the IOLAN through the serial port to configure/manage it using the CL I ( or Menu), see
Using a Direct Serial Connection to Specify an IP Address on page 76.
After you have established a connection to th e IOLAN, you will get a Login: prompt. You can login
as the admin user or as a user with Admin Level rights. If the login is successful, you will get a
prompt that displays the IOLAN model and number of po rts:
Login: admin
Password:
SDS2#
You will see a prompt that displays the model and number of the IOLAN. You are now ready to start
configuring/managing your IOLAN using the CLI

Using the CLI

After you have successfully logged in, you can start configuring/managing the IOLAN by typing in
commands at the prompt. If you are not su re what commands are available, you can type a ?
(question mark) at any time during a command to see your opti ons.
See the Command Line Interface Reference Guide for mo re information about the CLI.

Menu

Overview
The Menu is a graphical representation of the CLI. You can look up Menu parame ter expl anations in
the Command Line Interface Reference Guide. The only operations that the Menu does not supp ort
are the downloading and uploading of files to/from th e IOLAN.
Access Platforms
The Menu is accessed by any application that supports a Telnet or SSH session to the IOLAN’s
IP address, such as Putty, SecureCRT, or from a command prompt. You can also access the Menu
from a dumb terminal or PC connected to a serial port.
Features
The Menu supports the following featu res:
zYou can access the IOLAN from any application that supports Telnet or SSH.
zFor existing IOLAN+ customers, the native IOLAN+ menu interface can be used by entering the
iolan+ command to display and use the native IOLAN+ menu interface. See your IOLAN
Users Guide for information on using the IOLAN+ interface. See IOLAN+ Interface on page
67 for more information about IOLAN+ interface.

Connecting to the IOLAN Using the Menu

To connect the IOLAN using the Menu, follow the directions for Connecting to the IOLAN Using
the CLI on page 60.