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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 switch's console (serial) 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 3-3-1

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 Managed Switch console (serial) port.

When using this management method, a straight DB9 RS-232 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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115200 bps

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8 data bits

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No parity

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1 stop bit

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No Flow Control