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Chapter 1: Overview
Console Port
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The Console port is a serial RS-232 port you use to access the
management software to configure the features. Management sessions
conducted through the Console port are called local management
sessions because you have to be at the location of the switch. Local
management sessions do not interfere with the network operations of the
switch and are not performed over the network. Consequently, the switch
does not have to have an IP address for this type of management.
Local management sessions require the following items:
Terminal or a personal computer with a terminal emulation
program
Management cable (provided in the shipping box)
To establish a local management session with the switch, connect a
Terminal or a personal computer with a terminal emulation program to the
Console port, which has an RJ-45 style (8P8C) connector, with a
management cable.
The Console port has the following settings:
Default baud rate: 9600 bps (Range is 9600 to 115200 bps)
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow control: None
Note
These settings are for a DEC VT100 or ANSI terminal, or an
equivalent terminal emulation program.
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