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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release 8.1
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Chapter 1 Command-Line Interfaces
Switch CLI
Note EIA/TIA-232 was known as RS-232 before its acceptance as a standard by the Electronic Industries
Alliance and Telecommunications Industry Association.
Accessing the Switch CLI via the Console Port (EIA/TIA-232)
To access the switch through the console (EIA/TIA-232) port, perform these steps:
After connecting through the console port, you see this display:
Cisco Systems Console
Enter password:
Console>
Console>
Accessing the Switch CLI via Telnet
To access the switch through a Telnet session, you must first set the IP address for the switch. You can
open multiple sessions to the switch via Telnet.
To access the switch from a remote host with Telnet, perform these steps:
Task Command
Step 1
From the Cisco Systems Console
prompt, press Return.
Step 2
At the prompt, enter the system
password. The
Console> prompt
appears, indicating that you have
accessed the CLI in normal mode.
<password>
Step 3
Enter the necessary commands to
complete your desired tasks.
Appropriate commands
Step 4
When finished, exit the session. quit
Task Command
Step 1
From the remote host, enter the
telnet command and the name or
IP address of the switch you want
to access.
telnet hostname | ip_addr
Step 2
At the prompt, enter the password
for the CLI. If no password has
been configured, press Return.
<password>
Step 3
Enter the necessary commands to
complete your desired tasks.
Appropriate commands
Step 4
When finished, exit the Telnet
session.
quit
