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CHAPTER 3: INSTALLATION
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cannot be reset or recovered if lost or forgotten. Should you lose your password, please contact Black Box
Technical Support for assistance.
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to exit the Octet switching system Console menu.
You can configure other switch settings using the Terminal Applications menu. Refer to
Chapter 5 beginning on page 85 for more details.
To connect the Octet switch to the LAN:
Attach a UTP cable to the Network port on the back panel of the Octet switch and connect
the switch to the LAN.
3.5 Connecting Target Devices to the Octet Switch
Once the Octet switch is installed, attach servers or serial devices to the switch using Octet
server access modules. Figure 3-6 on page 32 illustrates how to connect target devices to
the switching system.
To connect servers to the Octet switching system:
1. Choose an appropriate Octet server access module and insert the connectors into the
corresponding ports on the back of the server.
Some Octet server accesss modules provide audio and serial connectors, which may
be left unattached if this functionality is not required for the switching system.
2. Attach one end of a UTP cable into the RJ-45 port on the Octet server access module.
Attach the other end of the cable to an RJ-45 server port on the Octet switch.