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Logging In to an Ethernet Switch
Log
itch in one of the following ways:
sole Port
ging In to an Ethernet Switch
You can log in to an Ethernet sw
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Logging In Through the Con
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Logging In Through Telnet
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Logging In Using a Modem
Logging In Through the Web-based Network Management System
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Logging In Through NMS
Introduction to the User Interface
Supported User Interfaces
The auxiliary (AUX) port and the console port of a 3Com low-end and mid-range Ethernet switch are the
same port (referred to as console port in the following part). You will be in the AUX user interface if you
g in through this port.
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Switch 4500 support two types of user interfaces: AUX and VTY.
AUX user interface: A view when you log in through the AUX port. AUX port is a line
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device port.
ce: A view when you log in through VTY. VTY port is a
ccess the device by means of Telnet or SSH.
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Description on user interface
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Virtual type terminal (VTY) user interfa
logical terminal line used when you a
User interface
Applicable user
Port used
Remarks
AUX
Users logging in through the
Console port
ch can
AUX
console port
Each swit
accommodate one
user.
VTY
Telnet users and SSH users
Ethernet port
can
accommodate up to five
VTY users.
Each switch
User
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x and relative user interface index.
1) The absolute user interface indexes are as follows:
Interface Index
Tw kinds of user interface index exist: absolute user interface inde
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