3com 5500-SI Manual De Usuario

This section describes how to log in to the switch.

Perform the following procedure to set up the configuration environment through 
the console port.

1 To set up the local configuration environment, connect the serial port of a PC (or a 

terminal) to the console port of the Switch with the console cable (see Figure 2).

Figure 2   Setting up the Local Configuration Environment through the Console Port

2 Run terminal emulator (such as Terminal on Windows 3X or the Hyper Terminal on 

Windows 9X) on the PC. Set the terminal communication parameters as follows:

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Baud rate = 19200

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Databit = 8

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Parity check = none

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Stopbit = 1

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Flow control = none

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Terminal type = VT100

Management and 
Maintenance

Command line interface configuration

Configuration through console port

Remote configuration through Telnet or SSH

Configuration through dialing the Modem

SNMP v1/2c/3

System log

Level alarms

Output of debugging information

Ping and Tracert

Remote maintenance with Telnet, Modem and SSHv2

Loading and updates

Loading and upgrading of software through the XModem 
protocol

Loading and upgrading of software through File Transfer 
Protocol (FTP) , Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) and Secure File 
Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

Table 4   Function Features (continued)

Console port

Console cable