3Com 3CR17561-91-US Getting Started Guide - Page 56
Setting Up Command Line Interface Management, User Interface Overview
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56 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT Setting Up Command Line Interface Management This section describes how you can set up command line interface management using a local console port connection or over the network. User Interface User interface configuration is provided by the Switch to configure and Overview manage the port data. There are two types of user interfaces: AUX User Interface - used to log in to your Switch via the console port. A fabric can have up to eight AUX user interfaces. VTY User Interface - used to Telnet to the Switch. The Switch can have up to five VTY user interfaces. CLI Management via To manage a Switch using the command line interface via the local the Console Port console port connection: 1 Ensure you have connected your workstation to the console port correctly as described in "Connecting to the Console Port" on page 47. 2 Your Switch is now ready to continue being managed and/or configured through the CLI via its console port. CLI Management over To manage a Switch using the command line interface over a network the Network using Telnet: 1 Ensure you have already set up the Switch with IP information as described in "Methods of Managing a Switch" on page 42. 2 Check that you have the IP protocol correctly installed on your management workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide Web. If you can browse, the IP protocol is installed. 3 Check you can communicate with the Switch by entering a ping command at the DOS prompt in the following format: c:\ ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Switch) If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been entered correctly and the Switch is powered up. 4 To open a Telnet session via the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of the Switch that you wish to manage in the following format: >telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx