Accessing The Switch For The First Time; Setting Up The Configuration Environment; Connecting The Console Cable; Console Cable - HP A5500 HI Series Installation Manual

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.
Figure 26 Connecting the console port to a terminal

Connecting the console cable

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.
Figure 27 Console cable
A side
Pos.9
Pos.1

Connection procedure

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.
A
Main label
22
B side
8
B
1