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C H A P T E R 5 Accessing the Switch
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Telnet session is lost inadvertently, the switch terminates the
session within two hours.
Before you can start a Telnet session, you must set up the IP
parameters described in the section "Configuring Switch IP
Parameters" on page 55.. Telnet is enabled by default.
To open the Telnet session, you must specify the IP address of the
device that you want to manage. Check the user manual supplied
with the Telnet facility if you are unsure of how to do this.
After the connection is established, you will see the switch prompt
and you can log in.
Connecting to Another Host Using Telnet
Use this command to Telnet from the current CLI session to another
host:
telnet [<ipaddress> | <hostname>] {<port_number>}
If the TCP port number is not specified, the Telnet session defaults
to port 23. Only VT100 emulation is supported.
Configuring Switch IP Parameters
To manage the routing switch through Telnet connection or by
using an SNMP Network Manager, you must first configure the
switch IP parameters.
Using a BOOTP Server
If you are using IP and you have a Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)
server set up correctly on your network, you must add the following
information to the BOOTP server:
• Media Access Control (MAC) address found on the rear label of
the switch (or use the
show switch command)
• IP address
• Subnet address mask (optional)
Find the switch’s MAC
address on the rear label
of the switch.
After this is done, the IP address and subnet mask for the routing
switch is downloaded automatically. You can then start managing
the switch without further configuration.