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Accessing the switch for the first time
Connecting the console cable
The first time you access the switch you must use a console cable to connect a console terminal, for
example, a PC, to the console port on the switch.
To connect the console cable to the console port:
1.
Connect the DB-9 connector of the console cable to the 9-core serial port on the terminal.
2.
Connect the crimped RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console port on the switch.
Figure 14
Connecting the console port to a PC
Setting terminal parameters
To configure and manage the switch, you must run terminal emulator program, HyperTerminal or PuTTY
on the configuration terminal. You can use the terminal emulator program to connect a network device,
a Telnet, or an SSH site. For more information about the terminal emulator programs, see the user guides
for these programs.
The following are the required terminal settings:
•
Bits per second
—9600.
•
Data bits
—8.
