Quick Installation Guide
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3. Terminal Setup
To configure the system, connect a serial cable to a
COM port
on a PC or
notebook computer and to serial (console) port of the Managed Switch.
The console port of the Managed Switch is DCE already, so that you can
connect the console port directly through PC without the need of Null
Modem.
Figure 3-1
Serial / Console connection
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the
Managed Switch
. Windows'
Hyper Terminal
program may be a good
choice. The Hyper Terminal can be accessed from the
Start
menu.
1. Click
START
, then
Programs
,
Accessories
and then
Hyper
Terminal
.
2.
When the following screen appears, make sure that the COM port
should be configured as:
♦
Baud
: 57600
♦
Parity
: None
♦
Data bits
: 8
♦
Stop bits
: 1
♦
Flow Control : None
