Accessing The Switch For The First Time; Setting Up The Configuration Environment; Connecting The Console Cable; Console Cable - NEC QX-S6648XP-6Q Installation Manual

Installation Guide
QX-S6600 Series Ethernet Switches

4 Accessing the switch for the first time

Setting up the configuration environment

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.

Connecting the console cable

4.2.1 Console cable

A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable, with a crimped RJ-45 connector at one end for
connecting to the 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.
4 Accessing the switch for the first time
Connecting the console port to a terminal
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