Accessing The Switch For The First Time; Logging In To The Cli; Setting Up Configuration Environment; Connecting The Console Cable - HP NJ5000-5G-PoE+ Getting Started Manual

Accessing the switch for the first time

Logging in to the CLI

Setting up configuration environment

The first time you access the switch you must use a console cable (RJ-45 connector for console cable,user
supplied) to connect a configuration terminal, for example, a PC, to the console port on the switch, as
shown in Figure
Figure 10 Connecting the console port to a terminal
PC

Connecting the 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 configuration terminal.
Figure 11 Console cable
A side
Pos.9
Pos.1
Table 2 Console cable pinouts
RJ-45
1
2
10.
PoE Switch
A
Signal
RTS
DTR
Main label
DB-9
8
6
10
B side
8
B
1
Signal
CTS
DSR