Figure 25: Console Port; Table 10: Serial Terminal Program Configuration - Mellanox Technologies TX6100 MetroX Series Hardware User Manual

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Make sure to connect to the Console RJ-45 port of the switch and not to the (Ethernet)
MGT port.
No remote IP connection is available at this stage.
Configure a serial terminal program (for example, HyperTerminal, minicom, or Tera Term) on
Step 2.
your host PC with the settings described in
Table 10 - Serial Terminal Program Configuration
Parameter
Baud Rate
Data bits
Stop bits
Parity
Flow Control
Login (from a serial terminal program) as admin and use admin as password. This starts the
Step 3.
Mellanox configuration wizard.
Go through the Mellanox configuration wizard. Table 11 shows an example of a wizard session.
Step 4.
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Figure 25: Console Port

MGT
12
CONSOLE
Setting
9600
8
1
None
None
TX6100
Connect the host
PC to here.
.
Table 10
Installation