Starting A Session Through A Direct Serial Connection - HP 10Base-T Hub 24M Manual

Starting a Session Through a Direct Serial Connection

To serially connect a console to a hub, follow these steps:
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If you have previously set a username and password for the console, you will
first be prompted to enter those values. For more information on the password
response process, see "Responding to an Enter username Prompt" at the end
of this chapter.
You are now in the command prompt region of the console interface. You can
enter HE at the prompt to see what commands are available. To enter the
console menu system, enter MENU at the prompt.
For more information on the commands, see "The Command Prompt Region"
on page 2-7. For information on the console menus, go to the section, "The
Console Menu System" on page 2-9.
Connect an a PC emulating an ASCII terminal, or a standard ASCII
terminal to the Console port on the hub using the serial cable supplied
with your hub. (For pin-outs on the cable and Console port connector, see
the Cables and Connectors appendix in the HP 10Base-T Hubs Installa-
tion Guide.) If the PC or terminal has a 25-pin serial connector, first attach
a 9-pin to 25-pin "straight-through" adapter at one end of the console cable
and attach that end to the terminal.
Power on the PC and start the terminal emulation program, or power on
the terminal. Configure the terminal emulator or terminal as follows:
• ASCII, ANSI, or VT-100 emulation or terminal
• 8 bits per character
• 1 stop bit
• no parity
• Xon/Xoff flow control
• a baud rate of 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, or 1200.
Press [Enter] a few times until the console displays some hub version
information followed by the message:
Type MENU to access the ASCII menu system
or HE or ? for help on console commands.
and the => prompt is displayed. The baud rate for communication
between the hub and the terminal is set automatically when you press
[Enter].
Running the Hub Console
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