Operation Manual – Login
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 2 Logging in through the Console Port
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Chapter 2 Logging in through the Console Port
2.1 Introduction
To log in through the Console port is the most common way to log into a switch. It is also
the prerequisite to configure other login methods. By default, you can locally log into an
S3100 Ethernet switch through its Console port only.
Table 2-1 lists the default settings of a Console port.
Table 2-1 The default settings of a Console port
Setting Default
Baud rate 9,600 bps
Flow control None
Check mode (Parity) None
Stop bits 1
Data bits 8
To log into a switch through the Console port, make sure the settings of both the
Console port and the user terminal are the same.
After logging into a switch, you can perform configuration for AUX users. Refer to
section
2.3 “Console Port Login Configuration” for more.
2.2 Logging in through the Console Port
Following are the procedures to connect to a switch through the Console port.
1) Connect the serial port of your PC/terminal to the Console port of the switch, as
shown in
Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1 Diagram for connecting to the Console port of a switch