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CHAPTER 2
Intel Express 10/100 Fast Ethernet Switch
Accessing the Console
Manager
The Console Manager software is contained in the switch’s
nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM). You don’t need to install any software.
To access the Console Manager:
1 Use the null-modem cable (included with the switch) to connect a
workstation’s COM port to the Console port on the switch.
2 Open a terminal emulation program (such as HyperTerminal in
Windows 95).
3 Select the COM port and these communication parameters:
9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, Xon/Xoff flow control
(To set these parameters in HyperTerminal, choose Properties
from the File menu. Then click the Configure button.)
4 Press E. The login prompt appears:
Please Login
username:
password:
By default, no username or password is assigned. If you enter a
password, it becomes active only after you reset the switch or turn
off the power. If you want the password to take effect
immediately, use the
set-passwd command.
Accessing the Console Manager remotely
To access remotely through Telnet, first set the IP configuration of the
switch using the
set-ip-conf command through the Console port (see
page 21 for instructions). Then use Telnet to reach the switch.
All commands work as if a terminal were directly connected to the
Console port. Only one console session can be active at a time (either
local or remote). After the first Telnet session is established, other
Telnet connections are refused until the current session is closed.
NOTE
In HyperTerminal, you must
set flow control (unrelated to
the switch’s flow control
feature) to Xon/Xoff.
NOTE
For more information about
any of the commands used in
this chapter, see Chapter 3,
Console Command Refer-
ence.