Installation
Rev 1.0
Mellanox Technologies
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To configure the switch:
1. Connect the host PC to the Console (RJ-45) port of the switch system using the supplied
cable. The Console ports for systems are shown below as examples.
The port labelled
must be connected to a local host PC. This must be used the first time
the switch is connected. This must be done before any remote management is available.
Hook up the supplied harness cable (HAR00028) from the connector labelled
to the DB9
connector of the local host PC.
Figure 27: Console Port
2. Configure a serial terminal program (for example, HyperTerminal, minicom, or Tera Term)
on your host PC with the settings described in
Table 12
.
3. Login (from a serial terminal program) as
admin
and use
admin
as password. This starts the
Mellanox configuration wizard.
4. Go through the Mellanox configuration wizard. Table 13 shows an example of a wizard ses-
sion.
Externally managed switches do not get configured. The CONSOLE, Ethernet, and
USB connectors are not found on externally managed switches. Instead there is an
I2C connector.
Make sure to connect to the Console RJ-45 port of the switch and not to the (Ether-
net) MGT port.
No remote IP connection is available at this stage.
Table 12 - Serial Terminal Program Configuration
Parameter
Setting
Baud Rate
9600
Data bits
8
Stop bits
1
Parity
None
Flow Control
None
