Connecting The Console Port To A Pc - Cisco MDS 9500 series Configuration Manual

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Connecting the Console Port to a PC

You can connect the console port to a PC serial port for local administrative access to the Andiamo 9500
switch.
Note The PC must support VT100 terminal emulation. The terminal emulation software—frequently a PC
application such as HyperTerminal Plus—makes communication between the Andiamo 9500 switch and
your PC possible during setup and configuration.
To connect the console port to a PC, follow these steps:
Configure the baud rate and character format of the PC terminal emulation program to match the
Step 1
following management port default characteristics:
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Connect the supplied RJ-45 to DB-9 female adapter or RJ-45 to DB-25 female adapter (depending on
Step 2
your PC connection) to the PC serial port.
Connect one end of the supplied console cable (a rollover RJ-45 to RJ-45 cable) to the console port. (See
Step 3
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port.
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Connecting the 10/100 Ethernet Management Port
The autosensing 10/100 Ethernet management port is located on the left side of the front panel (labeled
10/100 MGMT), to the right of the Console port (see
is used for out-of-band management of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Quick Configuration Guide
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9600 baud
8 data bits
1 stop bit
No parity
On Cisco terminal servers, issue the following commands starting in EXEC mode:
switch# config t
switch(config)# no flush-at-activation
switch(config)# exit
switch# copy running-config startup-config
This configuration ensures that the MDS switch does not receive random characters that might
cause it to hang.
2-4.) Connect the other end to the RJ-45 to DB-9 (or RJ-45 to DB-25) adapter at the PC serial
If you are using a Cisco MDS 9500 Series switch that has multiple supervisor modules, connect
the console port to the "active" supervisor. The active supervisor is the module with the green
Active LED.
Chapter 2
Figure 2-1, Figure 2-4, and
Initial Switch Configuration
Figure 2-4). This port
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