Prestige 202H User’s Guide

Chapter 3

Introducing the SMT

This chapter explains how to access the System Management Terminal and gives an overview of its menus.

3.1Introduction to the SMT

The Prestige’s SMT (System Management Terminal) is a menu-driven interface that you can access from a terminal emulator through the console port or over a telnet connection. This chapter shows you how to access the SMT (System Management Terminal) menus via console port, how to navigate the SMT and how to configure SMT menus.

3.2Accessing the Prestige via the Console Port

Make sure you have the physical connection properly set up as described in the hardware installation chapter.

When configuring using the console port, you need a computer equipped with communications software configured to the following parameters:

VT100 terminal emulation.

9600 Baud.

No parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, flow control set to none.

3.3Initial Screen

When you turn on your router, it performs several internal tests as well as line initialization.

3.3.1 Entering the Password

The login screen appears after you press [ENTER], prompting you to enter the password as shown in the following figure.

For your first login, enter the default password 1234. As you type the password, the screen displays an (X) for each character you type.

Introducing the SMT

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