Connecting To Gbx24; Serial Connection To A Terminal/Hyperterminal (Com1/2); Out-Of-Band Ethernet Service Port (Mng) - GE GBX24 Hardware Reference Manual

4.2 Connecting to GBX24

The GBX24 is factory configured to provide Gigabit Ethernet switching straight out
of the box. As with other Ethernet devices, connections can be made and broken as
required while the system is operational. Full software configuration is possible;
however this is not necessary for proving initial operation.
Apart from providing switch ports, the GBX24 also has two COM ports for direct
switch access, and an out‐of‐band Ethernet service port.

4.2.1 Serial Connection to a Terminal/HyperTerminal (COM1/2)

The GBX24 has two EIA232 COM ports, both of which are configured as DTE. The
ports are used for the following purposes:
COM1
COM2
The ports are configured to 9600 baud, 8 bits/character, 1 stop bit and no parity,
which should be reflected in the terminal/terminal emulation software, together with
VT100 mode and flow control off. Since the COM ports are Tx/Rx only, any
handshaking options should also be turned off. COM1/COM2 are available on P2
(via the GBX24PIO), P25 (on build levels 1 to 3 only) and J16.

4.2.2 Out-of-band Ethernet Service Port (MNG)

This Fast Ethernet (full/half duplex 10/100BaseT) interface is wired for MDI
connection and so will connect to a switch (MDIX) using a straight through cable. If
direct connection to a PC is required, then a standard Ethernet cross‐over patch cable
is required.
The MNG port, which is available on P2 (via the GBX24PIO) and J10, provides an
out‐of‐band connection to the management software's Web interface or telnet
interface. This service port can be configured as a web interface, or used to perform
software upgrades or remote terminal access using the telnet port (see RFC 854 to
859). Configuration of the service port is described in the Getting Started with the
Switch Management Software application note.
20 GBX24 VME 24 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
NOTE
Full functionality is only possible after the GBX24 has been fully booted-up.
Management Software Command Line interface and BIT interface.
BIT fail interface (not required during normal operation).
LINK
Getting Started with the Switch Management Software Application Note, publication number
SWMANSW-AN1.
Publication No. GBX24-0HH/2