User Manual

Table Of Contents
NETGEAR M4500 Series Switches CLI Command Reference Manual 3
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 63
1.1. Product Overview ....................................................................................... 63
1.1.1. Simplicity .................................................................................................... 63
1.1.2. High Availability .......................................................................................... 63
1.1.3. High-Performance L2/L3 Access Deployments.............................................. 63
1.1.4. Advance IPv4 and IPv6 Routing .................................................................... 64
1.1.5. Data Center Application .............................................................................. 64
1.2. Features ...................................................................................................... 64
1.3. Management Options.................................................................................. 66
1.4. Command Line Console Interface Through The Serial Port or Telnet ............. 66
1.5. SNMP-Based Management .......................................................................... 67
2. QUICK STARTUP ............................................................................................................... 70
2.1. Quick-Start the Switch ................................................................................. 70
2.2. Methods to Access the Switch CLI ................................................................ 70
2.2.1. Switch CLI Access Using a Console ............................................................... 71
2.2.2. Switch CLI Access Using SSH Standard Port 22 .............................................. 72
2.2.3. Switch CLI Access Using SSH Special Port 1234 ............................................. 72
2.2.4. Switch CLI Access Using Telnet Special Port 1223 ......................................... 73
2.2.5. Limitations for a Guest User Login ............................................................... 73
2.2.6. Limitations for SNMP Login ......................................................................... 73
2.3. System Information Setup ........................................................................... 73
2.3.1. Quick Startup Software Version Information ............................................... 73
2.3.2. Quick Startup Physical Port Data ................................................................. 73
2.3.3. Quick Startup User Account Management ................................................... 74
2.3.4. Quick Startup IP Address ............................................................................. 74
2.3.5. Quick Startup Downloading from TFTP Server .............................................. 75
2.3.6. Quick Startup Factory Defaults .................................................................... 76
3. CONSOLE AND TELNET ADMINISTRATION INTERFACE ....................................................... 77
3.1. Local Console Management ......................................................................... 77
3.2. Setup Your Switch Using Console Access ...................................................... 77
3.3. Setup Your Switch Using Telnet Access ........................................................ 78
3.3.1. Accessing the Switch CLI through the Network............................................. 78