Logging In Through The Console Port - 3Com 7757 Configuration Manual

3
Introduction
Logging in through
the Console Port
L
OGGING IN THROUGH THE
P
ORT
To log in through the Console port is the most common way to log into a switch.
It is also the prerequisite to configure other login methods. Normally, you can log
into a Switch 7750 Ethernet switch through its Console port.
To log into an Ethernet switch through its Console port, the communication
configuration of the user terminal must be in accordance with that of the Console
port.
Table 11 lists the default settings of a Console port.
Table 11 The default settings of a Console port
Setting
Baud rate
Flow control
Check mode (Parity)
Stop bits
Data bits
After logging into a switch, you can perform configuration for AUX users. Refer to
"Console Port Login Configuration" on page 37 for more.
Following are the procedures to connect to a switch through the Console port.
1 Connect the serial port of your PC/terminal to the Console port of the switch, as
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Diagram for setting the connection to the Console port
RS-232
Configuration cable
PC
2 If you use a PC to connect to the Console port, launch a terminal emulation utility
(such as Terminal in Windows 3.X or HyperTerminal in Windows 9X) and perform
the configuration shown in Figure 2 through Figure 4 for the connection to be
created. Normally, the parameters of a terminal are configured as those listed in
Table 11. And the type of the terminal is set to VT100.
Default
9,600 bps
None
None
1
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Console port
Switch
C
ONSOLE