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Logging In Through the Console Port
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Introduction
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Setting Up a Login Environment for Login Through the Console Port
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Console Port Login Configuration
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Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being None
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Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Password
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Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Scheme
Introduction
To log in through the console port is the most common way to log in to a switch. It is also the
prerequisite to configure other login methods. By default, you can locally log in to an S5100-SI/EI
Ethernet switch through its console port only.
Table 2-1 lists the default settings of a console port.
Table 2-1 The default settings of a console port
Setting Default
Baud rate 9,600 bps
Flow control None
Check mode (Parity) None
Stop bits 1
Data bits 8
To log in to a switch through the console port, make sure the settings of both the console port and the
user terminal are the same.
After logging in to a switch, you can perform configuration for AUX users. Refer to Console Port
Login Configuration for more.
Setting Up a Login Environment for Login Through the Console Port
Following are the procedures to connect to a switch through the console port.
1) Connect the serial port of your PC/terminal to the console port of the switch, as shown in Figure
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