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26 CHAPTER 2: LOGGING INTO AN ETHERNET SWITCH
Common Configurations Tabl e 12 lists the common configurations of Console port login.
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CAUTION: The change to Console port configuration takes effect immediately, so
the connection may be disconnected when you log in through a Console port and
then configure this Console port. To configure a console port, you are
recommended to log into the switch in other ways. To log into a switch through its
Console port after you modify the Console port settings, you need to modify the
corresponding settings of the terminal emulation utility running on your PC
accordingly in the dialog box shown in
Figure 4.
Console Port Login
Configurations for
Different Authentication
Modes
Table 13 lists Console port login configurations for different authentication modes.
Tabl e 12 Common configuration of Console port login
Configuration Remarks
Console port
configuration
Baud rate Optional
The default baud rate is 19,200 bps.
Check mode Optional
By default, the check mode of the Console port is set
to “none”, which means no check bit.
Stop bits Optional
The default stop bits of a Console port is 1.
Data bits Optional
The default data bits of a Console port is 8.
AUX user
interface
configuration
Configure the
command level
available to the
users logging into
the AUX user
interface
Optional
By default, commands of level 3 are available to the
users logging into the AUX user interface.
Terminal
configuration
Make terminal
services available
Optional
By default, terminal services are available in all user
interfaces
Set the maximum
number of lines
the screen can
contain
Optional
By default, the screen can contain up to 24 lines.
Set history
command buffer
size
Optional
By default, the history command buffer can contain up
to 10 commands.
Set the timeout
time of a user
interface
Optional
The default timeout time is 10 minutes.
Tabl e 13 Console port login configurations for different authentication modes
Authentication
mode
Console port login configuration Remarks
None Perform common
configuration
Perform common
configuration for
Console port login
Optional
Refer to Table 12.