Chapter 5: Operation of CLI Management
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5. Operation of CLI Management
5.1 CLI Management
Refer to Chapter 3 for basic installation. The following briefly describes the network connection.
- Locate the correct DB9 null modem cable with female DB9 connector. Null modem cable comes with the management switch. Refer
to Chapter 8 for null modem cable configuration.
- Attach the DB9 female connector to the male DB9 serial port connector on the Management board.
- Attach the other end of the DB9 cable to an ASCII terminal emulator or PC Com-1, 2 port. For example, PC runs Microsoft Windows
HyperTerminal utility.
- At “Com Port Properties” Menu, configure the parameters as shown below:
Baud rate
115200
Stop bits
1
Data bits
8
Parity
N
Flow control
none
5.2 Login
The command-line interface (CLI) is a text-based interface. Users can access the CLI through either a direct serial connection to the
device or a Telnet session. The default values of the managed switch are listed below:
Username: admin
Password: admin
After you login successfully, the prompt will be shown as “
#
“ if you are the first person to login and your authorization is
administrator; otherwise it may show “
$
“. See the following two figures. The former means you are an administrator and have access
rights to the system. The latter means you area guest and are only allowed to view the system without permission to configure
settings for this switch.
Figure 5-1
Figure 5-1.
5.3 Commands of CLI
To see the commands of the mode, input “
?
” after the prompt, then all commands will be listed in the screen. All commands can be
divided into two categories, including global commands and local commands. You can use global commands regardless of the mode
you are in. The modes are “exit,” “end,” “help,” “history,” “logout,” “save start,” “save user,” “restore default,” and “restore
user”. For more details, refer to Section 5.3.1.
Managed Switch
Login: Admin
Password: *****
Managed Switch#