3Com 5500-EI PWR - Methods of Managing a Switch; Command Line Interface Management

30 CHAPTER 3: SETTING UP FOR MANAGEMENT
Methods of
Managing a Switch
To manage your Switch you can use one of the following methods:
■ Command line interface management
■ Command line interface management using SSH
■ Web interface management
■ SNMP management
Command Line
Interface
Management
Each Switch has a command line interface (CLI) that allows you to
manage the Switch from a workstation, either locally via a console port
connection (see Figure 7
), or remotely over the network (see Figure 8).
Figure 7 CLI Management via the Console Port
Figure 8 CLI Management over the Network
Refer to “Setting Up Command Line Interface Management” on
page 44
.
There are two main views in the CLI:
User View — this view is shown when you first connect to the Switch
and shows basic information about operation and statistics. The prompt
for user view is <SW5500-XX> (where xx is either SI or EI).
System View — this view enables you to configure the system
parameters. To display this view, from user view enter system-view.
The prompt for system view is [SW5500-XX].
Console Port
Connection
Workstation
(with terminal emulation
software installed)
Console Cable
Switch
Switch
Workstation
Connect over Network
via Telnet
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