Console Menu Interface
Connecting By Using a Terminal Emulation Application
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STEP 5
If you connected to the switch with serial cable, select the COM port that links
your PC to the switch from the Connect drop-down list. Otherwise, select
TCP/IP
.
STEP 6
Continue to the
“Communicating by Using a Serial Cable Connection”
section
or the
“Communicating By Using a TCP/IP Connection”
section.
Communicating by Using a Serial Cable Connection
In this procedure, Com 1 is used for the example. The parameter on your system
might be different.
To display the console menu:
STEP 1
Configure the
COM1 Properties
>
Port Settings
with the following connection
parameters:
•
Rate in bits per second = 115,200
•
Data bits = 8
•
Parity = None
•
Stop bits = 1
•
Flow control = None
STEP 2
Click
OK
. The HyperTerminal window displays.
STEP 3
In the HyperTerminal window, press
Enter
once or twice until the login menu
displays. Press
Ctrl-R
to refresh the Menu CLI Login or to jump to the Menu CLI
Login from any other window.
STEP 4
Enter
cisco
(default) as the User Name.
STEP 5
Enter the password
cisco
(default).
STEP 6
Press
Enter
.
NOTE
If this is the first time you have logged in, or the switch has been reboots to factory
defaults, you are asked to change your password. (See the
Username & Password
Settings
section to create and save a new password.)
STEP 7
Enter the command
debug-mode
, then press
Enter
, then enter the command
menu.
The
Login
displays. Press
Ctrl-R
to refresh the Menu CLI Login or to jump
to the Menu CLI Login from any other window.