Connecting Serially To The Cisco Nac Appliance - Cisco NAC-3300 Series Quick Start Manual

Connecting Serially to the Cisco NAC Appliance

This section describes how to connect serially to the Cisco NAC Appliance to access the command line.
To use a serial connection, use a serial cable (DB-9, female-female) to connect your PC/laptop
Step 1
to the serial port on the Cisco NAC Appliance. (You can use the null modem cable shipped in
the box if needed.)
After physically connecting your workstation to the appliance, you can access the serial
connection interface using a variety of terminal emulation applications. The following steps
may vary depending on the software being used.
If using Microsoft® HyperTerminal, click Start > All Programs > Accessories >
Step 2
Communications > HyperTerminal to open the HyperTerminal window.
Type a name for the session and click OK.
Step 3
In the Connect using list, choose the COM port on the workstation to which the serial cable
Step 4
is connected (e.g. COM3 or COM1) and click OK.
Configure the Port Settings as follows: Bits per second – 9600, Data bits – 8, Parity – None,
Step 5
Stop bits – 1, Flow control – Hardware (CTS/RTS) (or None).
Click the Disconnect icon, then go to File > Properties to open the Properties dialog for the
Step 6
session. Click the Settings tab, and set the Emulation dropdown to VT100. Click OK, then
click the Call icon.
You should be able to access the command line interface of the appliance (it may take a
minute).
If a Cisco NAC Appliance is configured for high availability (HA), and serial heartbeat is
Note
being used for HA, then the serial port can no longer be used for serial console.
Continue to Installing Software via CD on Cisco NAC Appliance, page 28 or Running the Configuration
Utility, page 32.
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