Starting a local management session – Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual
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Chapter 2: Starting a Management Session
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Section I: Basic Operations
Starting a Local Management Session
To establish a local management session with an AT-9400 Series switch,
connect a terminal or a computer with a terminal emulator program to the
terminal port on the front panel of the switch, using the management cable
included with the switch.
Note the following before starting a local management session:
Starting a local management session on a master switch of an
enhanced stack allows you to easily transition to the other switches in
the same stack. For further information, refer to “Enhanced Stacking
Overview” on page 90.
Starting a local management session on a slave switch, a switch with
an enhanced stacking status of unavailable, or a switch that is not part
of an enhanced stack gives you management access to just that
switch.
A switch does not need a routing interface or an IP address to be
managed locally.
Starting a Local
Management
Session
To start a local management session, perform the following procedure:
1. Connect one end of the RJ-45 to RS-232 management cable included
with the switch to the serial terminal port on the front panel of the
switch, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Connecting the Management Cable to the RJ-45 Serial Terminal
Port
2. Connect the other end of the cable to an RS-232 port on a terminal or
PC with a terminal emulator program.
FAULT
MASTER
POWER
STATUS
Gigabit Ethernet Switch
24
L/A
000 LINK / A
CT
GBIC