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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Chapter 2 Command-Line Interfaces
Catalyst Command-Line Interface
After accessing the switch through the console port, you see this display:
Cisco Systems Console
Enter password:
Console>
Accessing the CLI through Telnet
Before you can open a Telnet session to the switch, you must first set the IP address for the switch. For
information about setting the IP address, see the
“Assigning the In-Band (sc0 and sc1) Interface IP
Address” section on page 3-7
. Up to eight simultaneous Telnet sessions are supported. Telnet sessions
disconnect automatically after remaining idle for a set time period.
To access the switch CLI from a remote host using Telnet, perform this task:
This example shows how to open a Telnet session to the switch:
unix_host%
telnet Catalyst_1
Trying 172.16.10.10...
Connected to Catalyst_1.
Escape character is '^]'.
Cisco Systems Console
Enter password:
Catalyst_1>
Accessing the MSFC from the Switch
These sections describe how to access the Multilayer Switch Feature Card (MSFC) from a directly
connected console port or from a Telnet session:
•
Accessing the MSFC from the Console Port, page 2-3
•
Accessing the MSFC from a Telnet Session, page 2-4
See the
“MSFC Command-Line Interface” section on page 2-8
.
Accessing the MSFC from the Console Port
You can enter the
switch console
command to access the MSFC from the switch CLI that is directly
connected to the supervisor engine console port. To exit from the MSFC CLI and return to the switch
CLI, press
Ctrl-C
three times at the Router> prompt.
To access the MSFC from the switch CLI, perform this task:
Task
Command
Step 1
From the remote host, enter the
telnet
command
and the name or IP address of the switch that you
want to access.
telnet
{
hostname
|
ip_addr
}
Step 2
At the prompt, enter the password for the CLI. If
no password has been configured, press
Return
.
–
Step 3
Enter the necessary commands to complete your
desired tasks.
–
Step 4
When finished, exit the Telnet session.
exit
