SMC Networks 8708L2, Management Manual

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4-3
After you configure the switch with an IP address, you can open a Telnet
session by performing these steps:
1. From the remote host, enter the Telnet command and the IP address
of the device you want to access.
2. At the prompt, enter the user name and system password. The CLI
will display the “Vty- n #” prompt for the administrator to show that
you are using privileged access mode (i.e., Privileged Exec), or
“Vty-
n >” for the guest to show that you are using normal access mode
(i.e., Normal Exec), where n indicates the number of the current
Telnet session.
3. Enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks.
4. When finished, exit the session with the “quit” or “exit” command.
After entering the Telnet command, the login screen displays:
Note: You can open up to four sessions to the device via Telnet.
Username: admin
Password:
CLI session with the 8*10GE L2 Switch is opened.
To end the CLI session, enter [Exit].
Vty-0#