Connect To The Console Port With Mac Os X - Cisco ASA 5506W-X Hardware Installation Manual

Connect to the Console Port with Mac OS X

The LED for the console port turns green and within a few moments the Found New Hardware Wizard appears.
Step 5 Follow the instructions to complete the driver installation.
Step 6 To communicate with the ASA, start a terminal emulator application. This software should be configured with the
following parameters:
• 9600 baud
• 8 data bits
• no parity
• 1 stop bit
• no flow control
Connect to the Console Port with Mac OS X
Follow these steps to connect a Mac OS X system USB port to the console using the built in OS X Terminal
utility, or alternatively you can use a separate terminal emulator application.
Step 1 Use the Finder to go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal.
Step 2 Connect the OS X USB port to the ASA.
Step 3 Enter the following commands to find the OS X USB port number:
Example:
macbook:user$ cd /dev
macbook:user$ ls -ltr /dev/*usb*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 9, 66 Apr 1 16:46 tty.usbmodem1a21
DT-macbook:dev user$
Step 4 Connect to the USB port with the following command followed by the ASA USB port speed:
Example:
macbook:user$ screen /dev/tty.usbmodem1a21 9600
Step 5 Enter Ctrl-z followed by Ctrl-\ to disconnect the OS X USB console from the Terminal window.
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