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Chapter 4 Console Interface
The console, using VT100 terminal emulation, can be accessed from the RS232 serial port or a telnet
connection. The switch offers password protection for this interface. All of the following examples of the
Console’s User Interface show a screen capture from a telnet session.
When attached to the User Interface via a telnet session, make sure that your telnet application is configured
to use VT100 emulation.
Please refer to Chapter 6 Switching Concepts to review any features that are not familiar to you.
4.1 User Interface
The switch offers a menu-driven interface. The initial welcome screen requires a password entry in order to
proceed. If there is no password set on the system, the Main Menu will be displayed and access is granted
immediately. By default, password protection is disabled. If enabled, the default password is Asante. To
enable password protection, see Chapter 2.4.
Note: Asante is case sensitive and must appear exactly as it is shown here.
4.2 Characteristics
There are several characteristics to the User Interface pages that are necessary to know before proceeding
to use it. The arrow keys may be used to move within menus and sub-screens. At the bottom of every
screen are some key commands available to the user for that particular screen, as well as some helpful
information. The common keystrokes and their definitions and intricacies are listed below:
• ESC Return to the previous menu or screen, or abort editing
• Ctrl-L Refresh the screen
• Ctrl-D Log off
• Ctrl-W Saves current configuration to NVRAM
• Spacebar Toggles between possible settings for a field
• Enter Select a menu item, edit a field, or accept a value after editing a field
• Ctrl-X Delete a table entry
4.3 Main Menu
The main menu displays all the sub-menus that are available. By pressing Enter at a highlighted option you
will confirm the choice of the specified sub-menu. There are ten menu items to choose from:
• System Manager
• Port Manager
• Address Manager
• Spanning Tree
• VLAN Setup
• Port Trunking
• Port Mirroring
• SNMP Management
• IGMP Management
• Statistics
To log out of the user interface, press Ctrl+D at anytime during your telnet session. You will be brought back
to the login screen.