Accessing The Switch For The First Time; Setting Up The Configuration Environment; Connecting The Console Cable; Console Cable - H3C S5830V2 Series Installation Manual

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.
Figure 25 Connecting the console port to a terminal

Connecting the console cable

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 on the switch, and a DB-9 female connector at the other end for
connecting to the serial port on the console terminal.
Figure 26 Console cable
A side
Pos.9
Pos.1
Table 4 Console port signaling and pinout
RJ-45
1
2
3
A
Signal
RTS
DTR
TXD
Main label
DB-9
8
6
2
21
B side
8
B
1
Signal
CTS
DSR
RXD