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2-2 User Guide for the Avaya P580 and P882 Multiservice Switches, v6.0
Chapter 2
Setting Up Your Laptop or PC
You need a laptop or PC to make a serial line connection to the switch to
complete initial switch setup.
Table 2-1 lists the settings required for the
laptop or PC to communicate with the switch.
Performing Initial Setup of the Switch
Before you can use Telnet or the Web Agent to configure the switch, you
must connect a laptop or PC to the console port and assign the switch an IP
address and subnet mask.
Before Moving a
Supervisor Module
Before moving a supervisor module (either active or standby) to another
chassis, you must initialize NVRAM on the module (nvram initialize CLI
command).
If you do not initialize NVRAM before moving a supervisor module to
another chassis and assigning it a new IP address, the supervisor retains its
console IP address, console MAC address, and chassis information. This
problem may cause:
■
Duplicate IP addresses
■
Inaccurate chassis information that can cause the switch to not
operate correctly.
Assigning an IP
Address
To perform initial setup of the switch:
1. Attach a 9-pin straight-through male-to-female serial cable from the
serial port on your laptop or PC to the serial port on the supervisor
module’s front panel (
Figure 2-1 ).
Table 2-1. Laptop or PC Settings
Baud
Rate Stop
Bits Data
Bits Flow
Control Parity
9,600 1 8 Xon/Xoff None