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Accessing Ports
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Accessing the Console Port
• Accessing the Ethernet Management Port on page 24
• Accessing CX4 Ports on page 24
• Accessing XFP Ports on page 25
Accessing the Console Port
You must first connect the console port to a management terminal in order to use the Command Line
Interface (CLI) to set up alternative management interfaces, such as an SFTOS Web User Interface
connection to the Ethernet Management port (see
Accessing the Ethernet Management Port on page 24 ).
For more on using alternative management interfaces, see the S2410 Quick Reference or the Getting
Started chapter of the SFTOS Configuration Guide for the S2410 .
To access the console port, use the following the procedure:
CAUTION: You must use a rollover cable (same as used for the E-Series) to connect to the console port. This
is in contrast to the straight-through cable used on other S-Series models. In more detail, the cable
connections are pin 1 to pin 8, pin 2 to pin 7, pin 3 to pin 6, pin 4 to pin 5, and the inverse for pins 5 through 8.
Connect the RJ-45/DB-9
adapter that is shipped with
the S2410 system to the RJ-
45 cable.
Console port pinout:
Pin 1 = NC (unused)
Pin 2 = DTR (output)
Pin 3 = TxD (output)
Pin 4 = GND
Pin 5 = GND
Pin 6 = RxD (input)
Pin 7 = DSR (input)
Pin 8 = NC
Figure 5-1. S2410 Console Port
Set your initial console terminal settings
to match the default console settings on
the switch:
• 9600 baud rate
• No parity
• 8 data bits
• 1 stop bit
• No flow control (console port only)
After establishing a connection, you can
modify the settings to match at each end
of the connection.
Step Task
1
If necessary, connect the RJ-45/DB-9 adapter that is shipped with the S2410 system to the end of the RJ-45 cable
that will connect to your terminal.
2
Verify your terminal default settings match the default settings, as listed above, on the console port: