Chapter 1 Setting Up The Ace; Establishing A Console Connection On The Ace - Cisco ACE-4710-K9 Administration Manual

Establishing a Console Connection on the ACE

Establishing a Console Connection on the ACE
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You establish a direct serial connection between your terminal or a PC and the
ACE by making a serial connection to the console port on the rear panel of the
ACE. The ACE has one standard RS-232 serial port found on the rear panel that
operates as the console port. The integrated serial port uses a 9-pin male D-shell
connector. Use a straight-through cable to connect the switch to a DTE device,
such as a terminal or a PC. For instructions on connecting a console cable to your
ACE appliance, see the Cisco Application Control Engine Appliance Hardware
Installation Guide.
Any device connected to this port must be capable of asynchronous transmission.
Connection requires a terminal configured as 9600 baud, 8 data bits, hardware
flow control on, 1 stop bit, no parity.
Only the Admin context is accessible through the console port; all other contexts
can be reached through Telnet or SSH sessions.
Once connected, use any terminal communications application to access the ACE
CLI . The following procedure uses HyperTerminal for Windows.
To access the ACE by using a direct serial connection, perform the following
steps:
Launch HyperTerminal. The Connection Description window appears.
Enter a name for your session in the Name field.
Click OK. The Connect To window appears.
From the drop-down list, choose the COM port to which the device is connected.
Click OK. The Port Properties window appears.
Set the following port properties as follows:
Baud Rate = 9600
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Data Bits = 8
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Hardware Flow Control = On
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Parity = none
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Stop Bits = 1
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Click OK to connect.
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