10
Accessing the switch for the first time
Logging in to the CLI
Setting up configuration environment
The first time you access the switch you must use a console cable (RJ-45 connector for console cable,user
supplied) to connect a configuration terminal, for example, a PC, to the console port on the switch, as
shown in
Figure 10
.
Figure 10
Connecting the console port to a terminal
Connecting the console cable
A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable, with a crimped RJ-45 connector at one end for connecting
to the console port of the switch, and a DB-9 female connector at the other end for connecting to the
serial port on the configuration terminal.
Figure 11
Console cable
Table 2
Console cable pinouts
RJ-45
Signal
DB-9
Signal
1
RTS
8
CTS
2
DTR
6
DSR
PoE Switch
PC
Main label
1
8
B side
B
Pos.9
Pos.1
A side
A
