IBM Brocade FCoE, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 6. Configuring the switch module
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Configuring the switch module through the mini-USB interface
The mini-USB port provides basic communication serial-data transfer through a terminal emulation
program (such as Hyperterminal). Because messages from the power-on self-test (POST) and all
initialization information are transmitted through the serial port, you can use the serial port to log in
to the switch module and access and configure the internal switching software.
To log in to the switch module, complete the following steps:
1. Connect one end of the specifically designed USB cable that comes with your device into the
mini-USB port and connect the other end to the management station.
FIGURE 13 USB cable connection
For additional information, see “Connecting the USB console cable” on page 19.
2. On the management station, open a console window and make sure that the serial port is
configured with the following settings:
9600 baud
8 data bits
No parity
1 stop bit
No flow control
3. Type the user name and password. The default user name is USERID. The default password is
PASSW0RD where the sixth character is a zero.
The mini-USB port is compatible with the standard 16550 Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter (UART) protocol. The port is enabled by default.
Connecting to the switch module using Web Tools
Perform these steps to connect directly to the switch module using the Brocade Web Tools without
using the management module. Brocade Web Tools is a graphical user interface you can use to
configure the switch directly.
1 USB console cable 2 mini-USB console port
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