Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 24)

Chapter 1: Overview
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Local Management Session
You establish a local management session with an AT-9400 Series switch
by connecting a terminal or a PC with a terminal emulator program to
the terminal port on the switch, using the RJ-45 to RS-232 management
cable included with the switch. The terminal port is located on the front
panel of the AT-9400 Series switch.
This type of management session is referred to as “local” because you
must be physically close to the switch, such as in the wiring closet where
the switch is located.
After the session starts, a menu is displayed from which you can make
selections to configure and monitor the switch. You can configure all of
a switch’s operating parameters from a local management session using
the menus or CLI interface.
Note
For instructions on starting a local management session, refer to
Chapter 2, “Starting a Local or Telnet Management Session” in the
AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide.
A switch does not need an Internet Protocol (IP) address for you to
manage it locally. You can start a local management session on a switch
at any time. It does not affect the forwarding of frames by the device.
Assigning an AT-9400 Series switch an IP address and designating it as a
master switch allows you to manage more than that switch. You can
manage all of the switches that support enhanced stacking that reside in
the same subnet, all from the same local management session.
Note
For further information on enhanced stacking, refer to Chapter 5,
“Enhanced Stacking,” in the AT-S63 Management Software Menus
Interface User’s Guide.