Connecting To A Vt Series Terminal; Connecting A Vt Series Terminal - Enterasys A2H124-24FX Hardware Installation Manual

Connecting to Console Port for Local Management

Connecting to a VT Series Terminal

To connect a VT Series terminal to an Enterasys switch Console port (Figure
UTP serial interface cable terminated with a DB9 female connector and a DB25 female
connector and proceed as follows:
1. Connect the DB9 female connector at one end of cable to the Console port DB9 male
connector on the Enterasys switch. (If there is a switch designated as the Manager,
connect to its Console port.)
2. Plug the DB25 female connector at the other end of the cable into the port labeled
COMM on the VT terminal.
3. Turn on the terminal and access the Setup Directory. Set the following parameters on
your terminal.
When these parameters are set, the Startup screen will display. Proceed to "Connecting to
the Network" on page 3‐24.
Figure 3-13
1 DB9 female connector
2 Serial interface cable
3 DB9 male Console port connector
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Parameter
Mode
Transmit
Bits Parity
Stop Bit

Connecting a VT Series Terminal

Setting
7 Bit Control
Transmit=9600
8 Bits, No Parity
1 Stop Bit
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