Accton Technology ES4710BD - Manual (Page 79)

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E ES4710BD 10 Slots L2/L3/L4 Chassis Switch
Chapter 4 Switch Management
4.1 Management Options
After purchasing the switch, the user needs to configure the switch for network management.
ES4710BD provides two management options: in-band management and out-of-band management.
4.1.1 Out-of-band Management
Out-of-band management is the management through Console interface. Generally,
out-of-band management is used for initial switch configuration, or when in-band management is
not available. For instance, the user must assign an IP address to the switch via the Console interface
to be able to access the switch through Telnet.
The procedures for management via Console interface are listed below:
Step 1: Setting up the environment:
Fig 4-1 ES4710BD Out-of-band Management Configuration Environment
As shown in Fig 4-1, the serial port (RS-232) of a PC is connected to the switch with the serial
cable provided. The table below lists all the devices used in the connection.
Device Name Description
PC Has functional keyboard, RS-232, and a terminal emulator
installed, such as the HyperTerminal which is included in
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP.
Serial port cable One end attaches to the RS-232 serial port, the other end to the
Console port of ES4710BD.
ES4710BD Functional Console port required.
connected with serial
port cable