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Setting Up Command Line Interface Management, User Interface Overview

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Setting Up Command Line Interface Management 69 Setting Up Command Line Interface Management This section describes how to set up command line interface management using a local console port connection or over the network. User Interface The switch provides a user interface so that you can configure and Overview manage the port data. There are two types of user interfaces, AUX and VTY: ■ Use the AUX user interface to log into your switch through the console port. A fabric can have up to eight AUX user interfaces. ■ Use the VTY user interface to Telnet to the switch. The switch can have up to five VTY user interfaces. CLI Management through the Console Port To manage a switch using the command line interface through the local console port connection, ensure that you have connected your workstation to the console port as described in "Connecting to the Console Port" on page 61. You can now continue to manage and configure your switch using the CLI through its console port. CLI Management over To manage a switch using the command line interface over a network the Network using Telnet: 1 Ensure that you have already set up the switch with IP information as described in "Methods of Managing a Switch" on page 56. 2 Check that the IP protocol is correctly installed on your management workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide Web. If you can browse, the IP is installed correctly. 3 Check that 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 switch's IP address) If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been entered correctly and that the switch is powered up. 4 To open a Telnet session, from the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of the switch that you wish to manage in the following format: >telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

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Setting Up Command Line Interface Management
69
Setting Up
Command Line
Interface
Management
This section describes how to set up command line interface
management using a local console port connection or over the network.
User Interface
Overview
The switch provides a user interface so that you can configure and
manage the port data. There are two types of user interfaces, AUX and
VTY:
■
Use the AUX user interface to log into your switch through the
console port. A fabric can have up to eight AUX user interfaces.
■
Use the VTY user interface to Telnet to the switch. The switch can
have up to five VTY user interfaces.
CLI Management
through the Console
Port
To manage a switch using the command line interface through the local
console port connection, ensure that you have connected your
workstation to the console port as described in “Connecting to the
Console Port” on page 61.
You can now continue to manage and configure your switch using the
CLI through its console port.
CLI Management over
the Network
To manage a switch using the command line interface over a network
using Telnet:
1
Ensure that you have already set up the switch with IP information as
described in “Methods of Managing a Switch” on page 56.
2
Check that the IP protocol is correctly installed on your management
workstation. You can check this by trying to browse the World Wide
Web. If you can browse, the IP is installed correctly.
3
Check that 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 switch’s IP address)
If you get an error message, check that your IP information has been
entered correctly and that the switch is powered up.
4
To open a Telnet session, from the DOS prompt, enter the IP address of
the switch that you wish to manage in the following format:
>telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx