Setting Terminal Parameters; Powering On The Switch - HPE 5510 HI Series Installation Manual

Figure 36 Completing the device driver installation wizard

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:
Bits per second—9,600.
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Data bits—8.
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Parity—None.
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 Stop bits—1.
Flow control—None.
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Powering on the switch

Before powering on the switch, verify that the following conditions are met:
The power cord is correctly connected.
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The input power voltage meets the requirement of the switch.
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 The console cable is correctly connected.
The configuration terminal (a PC, for example) has started, and its serial port settings are consistent
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with the console port settings on the switch.
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