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Accessing the switch for the first time
Setting up the configuration environment
An HP FlexFabric 5930 switch supports the following ways to connect the configuration terminal:
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Through the console port by using the serial console cable
The switch comes with the serial console cable. This way is preferred.
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Through the USB mini console port by using the user-supplied USB mini console cable
The example uses a console cable to connect a console terminal (PC) to the serial console port on the
switch.
Figure 22
Connecting the serial console port to a terminal
Connecting the console cable
Serial console cable
A serial console cable is an 8-core cable, with a crimped RJ-45 connector at one end for connecting to
the serial console port of the switch, and a DB-9 female connector at the other end for connecting to the
serial port on the console terminal.
