(Revised 2013-06-21)
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Software Configuration
Command Line Interpreter
With the ‘-A’ option, you can configure and/or query all the important parameters of an N-Tron 500 series
industrial Ethernet switch using a command line interpreter. These functions may be accessed using the
serial port (marked COM).
To access the Command Line Interpreter (CLI), connect a PC serial port to the 500 Series V24 serial port
and use HyperTerminal or equivalent.
COM Parameters:
9600, 8, none, 1, none
After a successful connection and reboot, the boot menu should be displayed:
Self Test & System Initialization Complete..... OK!
N-TRON Industrial Ethernet Switch - Model Number: 526 FX-A.
N-Tron firmware version : 8.01
Copyright (c) 2005 N-TRON
MAC ADDRESS:00-07-AF-00-05-26
N-View is ENABLED.
Trunking (Link Aggregation) is DISABLED.
Mirroring is DISABLED.
Tagged QOS is DISABLED.
Port QOS is DISABLED.
VLAN is DISABLED.
IGMP Snooping is ENABLED.
Aging is ENABLED.
Managing IGMP Snooping.....................
Exit to return to Management Console Function.
Press [ESC] to Exit >
Note that example above is for a –A unit, and so has the login capability.
Only aging, N-View and IGMP Snooping are enabled by default on a –A unit.
Only aging and N-View are enabled on a –N unit.
Only aging is enabled on a basic (no dash) unit.
This information includes the model number, firmware version, and MAC address.
Also, information is presented as to which functions are enabled, for example in this case above:
-
N-View
TM
, Aging and IGMP Snooping are reported as enabled (default).
- Trunking, mirroring, Port QOS, Tagged QOS, and VLAN are reported as disabled (default).
Note: Prior to version 7.08 firmware, Tagged QOS was enabled by default on –A units.
