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4.
Text-based User Interface
4.1 Setup the Connection
Out-of-band Connection (Console)
To activate console port connection, attach a RS-232 cable (Straight-through) to the serial port of a PC running
a terminal emulation program and configure the program as follows:
Baud rate:
57600
Parity:
None
Data bit:
8
Stop bit:
1
Flow control:
None
Press “Enter” key to begin login screen. Enter the username and password to login the management console.
The command-line interface (CLI) is a text-based interface. User 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 login person and your
authorization is administrator; otherwise it may show “$“. See the following two figures. The former means you
behave as an administrator and have the access right of the system. As to the latter, it means you behave as a
guest and are only allowed to view the system without the permission to do any setting for this switch.
To see the commands of the mode, please 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.
Global commands can be used wherever the mode you are. They are “exit”, “end”, “help”, “history”, “logout”,
“save start”, “save user”, “restore default” and “restore user”.
