Installation Manual
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 4 Initial Power-On
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Chapter 4 Initial Power-On
4.1 Setting Up the Configuration Environment
Set up the configuration environment as follows:
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Connect a terminal (a PC in this example) to the console port on the switch with a
console cable.
Console cable
PC
Switch
Serial port
Console port
Figure 4-1
Network diagram for configuration environment setup
4.2 Connecting the Console Cable
1)
Plug the DB-9 female connector of the console cable to the serial port of the PC or
terminal where the switch is to be configured.
2) Connect the RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console port of the
switch.
4.3 Setting Terminal Parameters
1) Start the PC and run the terminal emulation program such as the Terminal of
Windows 3.1 or the HyperTerminal of Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
2)
Set terminal parameters (take the HyperTerminal of Windows XP as an example)
as follows:
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Bits per second: 9,600
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Data bits: 8
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Parity: None
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Stop bits: 1
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Flow control: None
