Accessing The Switch For The First Time; Setting Up The Configuration Environment; Connecting The Console Cable; Serial Console Cable - HP HPE FlexFabric 5930 Installation Manual

Accessing the switch for the first time

Setting up the configuration environment

The switch supports the following ways to connect the configuration terminal:
•
Through the console port by using the serial console cable
The switch comes with the serial console cable. This way is preferred.
•
Through the USB mini console port by using the user-supplied USB mini console cable
Do not use the two ways together on the same switch.
The example uses a console cable to connect a console terminal (PC) to the serial console port on
the switch.
Figure 39 Connecting the serial console port to a terminal

Connecting the console cable

Serial console cable

A serial console cable is an 8-core cable, with a crimped RJ-45 connector at one end for connecting
to the serial console port of the switch, and a DB-9 female connector at the other end for connecting
to the serial port on the console terminal.
Figure 40 Serial console cable
A side
Pin 9
Pin 1
A
Main label
31
B side
8
B
1