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4. Terminal Setup
To configure the system, connect a serial cable to a COM port on a PC or notebook
computer and to the DB9 type of serial port of the Managed Metro Switch.
Managed Switch
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal Emulation Software
Serial Port
RS232 to RJ45 Cable
Console Port
RJ45
Figure 4-1:
Managed Metro Switch Console Connectivity
A terminal program, such as Tera Term or PuTTY, is required to make the software
connection to the Managed Metro Switch.
1. Run terminal program on the OS.
2. When the following screen appears, make sure that the COM port should be
configured as:
Baud : 115200
Data bits : 8
Parity : None
Stop bits : 1
Flow control : None
Figure 4-2:
COM Port Configuration
