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User’s Manual of GS-4210-24P2S

3.3 Administration Console

The administration console is an internal, character-oriented, and command line user interface for performing system

administration such as displaying statistics or changing option settings. Using this method, you can view the administration

console from a terminal, personal computer, Apple Macintosh, or workstation connected to the PoE Managed Switch's console

port.

There are two ways to use this management method: via direct access or modem port access. The following sections describe

these methods. For more information about using the console, refer to Chapter 5 Command Line Interface Console

Management

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Figure 3-1:

Console Management

Direct Access

Direct access to the administration console is achieved by directly connecting a terminal or a PC equipped with a

terminal-emulation program (such as HyperTerminal) to the PoE Managed Switch console (serial) port. When using this

management method, a straight RS-232 to RJ-45 cable is required to connect the switch to the PC. After making this

connection, configure the terminal-emulation program to use the following parameters:

The default parameters are:

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