Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 11)

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Chapter 1
Local Management Sessions
A local management session on the AT-9400 Switch is conducted through
the Terminal Port on the front panel of the switch. Commonly referred to as
out-of-band management because it does not take place over a network,
this type of session must be performed at the switch, hence the word
“local.” It uses the management cable included with the unit and requires a
terminal or a computer with a terminal emulation program and an unused
RS-232 DE-9 pin port.
Note
The initial configuration of a switch must be from a local
management session.
A local management session supports both the menus interface and the
command line interface.