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Connecting to the Switch
UsetheswitchCommand‐LineInterface(CLI)toperformadditionalconfiguration
tasks.YoucanaccesstheCLIusingtheserialconsoleportormanagementport.
Using the Serial Console Port
YoucanaccesstheswitchCLIthroughtheserialconsoleportonthefrontpanelof
theswitch.ThisportusesRS‐232serialcommunications.Usetheconsolecablekit
toconnecttheserialconsoleporttoaterminaloracomputerrunningaterminal
emulationprogram.
Theconsoleportterminal‐
emulationrequirementsareasfollows:
Defaultbaudrate=9,600bps
Charactersize=8characters
Parity=none
Stopbits=1
Databits=8
Flowcontrol=none
Using the Management Port
IftheswitchisconnectedtoanetworkthatemploysDHCP,youcanalsoaccessthe
switchCLIthroughtheRJ‐45managementport.ThisportusesEthernet
communicationsandcanbeaccessedusingTelnet,SNMP,oraWebbrowser via
theIPaddressprovidedbythenetwork’sDHCPserver.