Installation Manual
H3C SecPath F100-A Firewall
Chapter 4 Firewall Configuration
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Chapter 4 Firewall Configuration
4.1 Booting
For the initial use of the H3C SecPath F100-A firewall, you can only make CLI
configuration through the console port.
4.1.1 Setting Up a Configuration Environment
I. Connecting a console terminal to the firewall
Connect the RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console port on the firewall
and the DB9 connector to the serial interface on the PC (see Figure 4-1).
RS-232 serial interface
Console cable
PC
H3C SecPath F100-A
Console port
Figure 4-1
Local configuration through the console port
II. Setting terminal parameters
Step 1: Start the PC (or the console terminal), run on the PC the emulation (the Terminal
on Windows3.1, or the HyperTerminal on Windows95/Windows98/Windows NT for
example) and create a new connection. Enter the name of the new connection in the
[Name] field and click <OK>. See Figure 4-2.