User's Manual

Configuration Guide of XGS-5240-Series
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Chapter 3 witch Management
3.1 Management Options
After purchasing the switch, the user needs to configure the switch for network management.
Switch provides two management options: in-band management and out-of-band management.
3.1.1 Out-Of-Band Management
Out-of-band management is the management through Console interface. Generally, the user
will use out-of-band management for the initial switch configuration, or when in-band management is
not available. For instance, the user must assign an IP address to the switch via the Console
interface to be able to access the switch through Telnet.
The procedures for managing the switch via Console interface are listed below:
Step 1: setting up the environment:
Fig 1-1 Out-of-band Management Configuration Environment
As shown in above, the serial port (RS-232) is connected to the switch with the serial cable
provided. The table below lists all the devices used in the connection.
Device Name
Description
PC machine Has functional keyboard and RS-232, with terminal emulator
installed,
such as HyperTerminal included in Windows
9x/NT/2000/XP.
Serial port cable
One end attach to the RS-232 serial port, the other end to the
Connect with serial port