3Com 4500 PWR 26-Port Configuration Manual page 33

Figure 1-1 Use the console cable to connect your PC to your switch
Identify the interface to avoid connection errors.
Beca use the serial port of a PC is not hot swappable, do not plug or unplug the console cable when your
switch is po wered on. When connecting the PC to your switch, first plug the DB-9 connector of the
cons ole cable into the PC, and then pl
When disconnecting the PC from
connector.
2) Launch a terminal emulation utility on your PC. In
is used as an example. Click Start > All Programs
HyperTerminal to enter the HyperTerminal windo
shown in Figure 1-2
box, and click OK.
ug the RJ-45 connector of the console cable into your switch.
your switch, first unplug the RJ-45 connector and then the DB-9
appears. Type a connection na
1-2
this chapter, the HyperTerminal in Windows XP
> Accessories > Communications >
w. The Connection Description window as
me (Switch, for example) in the Name input