Connecting Your Switch To The Network; Accessing The Switch For The First Time; Setting Up The Configuration Environment - H3C S10500X Series Installation Manual

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Connecting your switch to the network

This chapter describes how to connect your switch to a network.
The first time you access the switch, you can only log in to the CLI through the console port or USB
console port. After login, you can configure remote access methods, including Telnet and SSH.
You manage console or USB console login users at AUX user interfaces, and manage Telnet and
SSH users at VTY user interfaces. For more information about login methods and user interfaces,
see H3C S10500X Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide.

Accessing the switch for the first time

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 or USB console port on the switch.

Setting up the configuration environment

If both the console port and the USB console port are used, you can only access the switch through
the USB console port.
Console cables
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Console cable connecting the console port on a switch and the serial port on a terminal
The console cable has a crimped RJ-45 connector for connecting to the console port of the
switch, and a DB-9 connector for connecting to the 9-core serial port on the terminal.
Figure 4-1
Figure 4-1 Console cable connecting the serial port and the console port
Table 4-1 Pinouts for the console cable connecting the serial port and the console port
RJ-45 pin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
shows the console cable and
Signal
RTS
DTR
TXD
CD
GND
RXD
DSR
CTS
Table 4-1 shows its pinouts.
DB-9 pin
8
6
2
5
5
3
4
7
4-1
Signal
CTS
DSR
RXD
SG
SG
TXD
DTR
RTS