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Chapter 5
| Switch Management
How to Connect to the Console Port
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Stop bit—One
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Data bits—8
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Flow control—none
Figure 21: Console Port Connection
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PC's DB-9 COM Port
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Switch's Console Port
Follow these steps to connect to the Console port:
1.
Attach one end of the included RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial cable to a DB-9 COM port
connector on a management PC.
2.
Attach the other end of the serial cable to the Console port on the switch.
3.
Configure the PC's COM port required settings using VT-100 terminal emulator
software (such as HyperTerminal) running on the management PC.
4.
For switches running DCSS software, log in to the command-line interface (CLI)
using default settings:
User—admin
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Password—null (there is no default password)
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For a detailed description of connecting to the console and using the DCSS
command line interface (CLI), refer to the Administrator's Guide.
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RJ-45 to DB-9 Console Cable
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