Connecting Your Switch To The Network - HP FlexFabric 12900E series Installation Manual

Connecting your switch to the network

This chapter describes how to connect your switch to a network.
The first time you access a switch you must log in through the console port. On the switch, you can
configure Telnet or SSH for remote access through Ethernet ports. You manage console login users
at AUX user lines, and manage Telnet and SSH users at VTY user lines. For more information about
login methods and user lines, see HPE 12900E & 12900 Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration
Guide.
NOTE:
• The switch supports one AUX user when it has one MPU installed and supports a maximum of
two concurrent AUX users when it has two MPUs installed. The total number of AUX users that
an IRF fabric supports equals the number of MPUs in the IRF fabric.
• The switch supports a maximum of 32 concurrent VTY users.
Accessing the switch for the first time
The first time you access the switch you must use a console cable to connect a console terminal, for
example, a PC, to the console port on the switch.
Setting up the configuration environment
To connect a terminal (for example, a PC) to the switch:
Plug the DB-9 female connector of the console cable to the serial port of the PC.
1.
Plug the RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console port of the switch.
2.
Power on the PC.
3.
NOTE:
• Identify the mark on the console port and make sure you are connecting to the correct port.
• The serial ports on PCs do not support hot swapping. To connect a PC to an operating switch,
first connect the PC end. To disconnect a PC from an operating switch, first disconnect the
switch end.
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