Accessing the CLI

The Switch’s serial port’s default settings are as follows:

A computer running a terminal emulation program capable of emulating a VT-100 terminal and a serial port configured as above are then connected to the Switch’s Console port.

With the serial port properly connected to a management computer, press the Enter key and enter the username and password.

Figure 1: EWS5912FP switch

Figure 2: sample of PuTTY client