Installation Guide
QX-S6600 Series Ethernet Switches
4 Accessing the switch for the first time
4-1
4 Accessing the switch for the first time
Setting up the configuration environment
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.
Connecting the console port to a terminal
Connecting the console cable
4.2.1 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 console terminal.