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FORE Systems ES-2810 Ethernet Switch User's Manual
Console Port Use and Troubleshooting
7.2 Use of the Console Port
7.2.1 Purpose of Console Port
If you lose contact with the switch and the Recovery Manager in FORE Stack View or Local
Management over the LAN cannot contact it, then local management and maintenance is pos-
sible via the Console port on the front of the switch.
7.2.2 Local Management
During normal operation (the switch is running and the Status LED is green) the Console port
will give access to a menu, identical to the one accessible via a telnet connection to the switch.
The menu allows configuration of basic parameters, extensive monitoring, flash operations,
reset of the switch etc.
7.2.3 Maintenance Mode
If the switch is failing for some reason (System LED goes red), and cannot start correctly after
a reset, this could be caused by either hardware failure, corruption of the software, or corrup-
tion of the switch configuration. The maintenance mode is provided to allow recovery from a
situation when the Recovery Manager of FORE Stack View cannot be applied. In the following
sections, various problems are described as well as solutions using maintenance mode. “Using
Maintenance Mode” on page 7-6 describes how to start and use the maintenance mode.
NOTE
Loading software to the switch in Maintenance
Mode should only be done as a last resort, the
reason being that the software and configuration
are already resident in the flash memory is
overwritten and lost.
7.2.4 Switch Software
The software for the switch (including a default configuration) resides in the switch’s flash
memory. A backup of the software is provided on the CD delivered with the switch, and the
newest software versions may be downloaded via the Internet. The software files may be used
for restoring or upgrading the switch software.
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