how do i login to a switch inband

[PP BIJU KRISHNAN]

Hi Folks,

I do not have ip access to the principal switch in a fabric.

Can anyone help me with the steps to login to the core via the subordinate switch in the fabric.

Regards,
BIJU

[Uwe Zessin]

It's been some time since I played with it. If I remember all things correctly:

- You need to set Fibre Channel IP addresses on both switches and to a different subnet in advance.

- Then add a route to this subnet on your client by using the subordinate's LAN IP address as a gateway.

[PP BIJU KRISHNAN]

Oh,

And say i cannot make changes to the management station.

Actually i login remotely to a windows server and then telnet from it. I dont think I can change the default gw of that host.

The principal switch however has an ip as shown in the fabricshow.

Is there another option.

Thanks for responding.

Regards,
BIJU

[Mark Poeschl_2]

You don't need to change the default gw of your Windows box, just add a specific route as in:

> ROUTE ADD MASK