Initial Power -O N; Setting Up The Configuration Environment; Connecting The Console Cable; Setting Terminal Parameters - 3Com 4800G Getting Started Manual

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Setting Up the
Configuration
Environment
Connecting the
Console Cable
Setting Terminal
Parameters
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Set up the configuration environment as follows:
Connect a terminal (a PC in this example) to the console port on the switch
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with a console cable.
Figure 54 Network diagram for configuration environment setup
Serial port
PC
1 Plug the DB-9 female connector of the console cable to the serial port of the PC or
terminal where the switch is to be configured.
2 Connect the RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console port of the
switch.
1 Start the PC and run the terminal emulation program such as the Terminal of
Windows 3.1 or the HyperTerminal of Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
2 Set terminal parameters (take the HyperTerminal of Windows XP as an example) as
follows:
3 Bits per second: 9,600
4 Data bits: 8
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Switch
Console port
Console cable