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2. Command Line Interface (CLI)
This chapter guides you to use Command Line Interface (CLI) via Telnet connection, specifically in:
Configuring the system
Resetting the system
Upgrading newly released firmware
2.1 Remote Console Management-Telnet
You can use Command Line Interface to manage the Gateway controller via Telnet session. For first-
time users, you must first assign a unique IP address to the Gateway Controller before you can manage
it remotely. Use any one of the RJ-45 ports on the front panel as the temporary management console
port to login to the device with the default username & password and then assign the IP address using
IP command in Global Configuration mode.
Follow steps described below to access the Gateway Controller through Telnet session:
Step 1.
Use any one of the RJ-45 ports on the front panel as a temporary management console
port to login to the Gateway Controller.
Step 2.
Ask the DHCP server for IP address and run Telnet client and connect to the given IP
address. For first-time users, make sure the IP address of your PC or workstation is
assigned to an IP address between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.254 with subnet mask
255.255.255.0.
Step 3.
When asked for a username, enter “
admin
”. When asked for a password,
leave the
password field blank
and press Enter (by default, no password is required.)
Step 4.
If you enter CLI successfully, the prompt display
Switch>
(the model name of your
device together with a greater than sign) will appear on the screen.
Step 5.
Once you enter CLI successfully, you can set up the Switch’s IP address, subnet mask
and the default gateway using “IP” command in Global Configuration mode. The telnet
session will be terminated immediately once the IP address of the Switch has been
changed.
Step 6.
Use new IP address to login to the Gateway Controller via Telnet session again.
Limitation: Only one active Telnet session can access the Gateway Controller at a time.
