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CHAPTER 8: MANAGEMENT PORTS
NOTE: Before starting this procedure, be sure you have a terminal emulation program already installed on your PC. You will need to
install the appropriate drivers to support the USB-B port. For assistance, contact Black Box Technical Support at 877-877-2269 or
[email protected] to download the drivers.
To access the USB-B console port, follow these steps.
1. Power on the PC.
2. Connect the USB-A end of cable into an available USB port on the PC.
3. Connect the USB-B end of cable into the USB-B console port on the switch.
4. Power on the switch.
5. Install the necessary USB device drivers.
To download the drivers, contact Black Box Technical Support at 877-877-2269 or [email protected]
6. Open your terminal software emulation program to access the switch.
7. Confirm the terminal settings on your terminal software emulation program are as follows:
115200 baud rate
No parity
8 data bits
1 stop bit
No flow control
8.1.2 USB STORAGE MOUNT
The USB storage supports the FAT file system. The USB storage does not automatically mount. To use USB storage, you must first
mount the device.
1. Create a mount directory for the USB.
ONIE:/ # mkdir /mnt/usb
2. View the fixed disks using the fdisk command.
ONIE:/mnt # fdisk -l
For internal storage:
Disk /dev/sda: 15.8 GB, 15829303296 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1924 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks
Id System
/dev/sda1
1
1925 1 ee EFI GPT
