Setting Up The Configuration Environment; Setting Terminal Parameters - HP 6125XLG Installation Manual

Blade switch
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Table 1 Console port signaling and pinout
RJ-45
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Setting up the configuration environment

To connect a terminal, for example, a PC, to the blade switch:
1.
Plug the DB-9 female connector of the console cable in the serial port of the PC.
2.
Plug the RJ-45 connector of the console cable in the console port of the blade switch.
IMPORTANT:
Identify the mark on the console port and make sure that you are connecting to the correct port.
Make sure a DB-9 female connector is available on the terminal. If not, prepare a converter.
Figure 6 Connecting a console port to a terminal

Setting terminal parameters

To configure and manage the switch through the console port, you must run a terminal emulator program,
HyperTerminal or PuTTY, on your configuration terminal. You can use the emulator program to connect a
network device, a Telnet site, or an SSH site. For more information about the terminal emulator programs,
see the user guides for these programs.
The following are the required terminal settings:
Signal
RTS
DTR
TXD
SG
SG
RXD
DSR
CTS
6
DB-9
8
6
2
5
5
3
4
7
Signal
CTS
DSR
RXD
SG
SG
TXD
DTR
RTS

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