- Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch Owner's Manual

86 CLI Basics

You can also use the unit/port convention with a standalone Ethernet

Routing Switch 2500 Series as long as the unit number is 1.

Accessing CLI

You access the CLI using Telnet or through a direct connection to the switch

from a terminal or personal computer (PC). You can use any terminal or PC

with a terminal emulator as the CLI command station. Make sure that the

terminal has the following features:

•

9600 bits per second (b/s), 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, no ﬂow

control

•

Serial terminal-emulation program such as Terminal or Hyperterm for

Windows* 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows

NT*

•

Cable and connector to match the male DTE connector (DB-9) on the

Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Console port, with the DCE/DTE

switch on the switch management module set to DTE

•

VT100 Arrows checked in the Terminal Preferences window under

Terminal Options, and Block Cursor unchecked; VT-100/ANSI checked

under Emulation

To access CLI, use the following procedure:

Step Action

When you access the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series, the

following banner appears.

Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series banner

Press Ctrl+Y, and the CLI prompt appears.

2500>

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Conﬁguration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

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