Chapter 4 Powering On The Switch For The First Time; Setting Up The Configuration Environment; Connecting Console Cable; Setting Terminal Parameters - H3C LS-5500-28C-PWR-SI-OVS Installation Manual

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Chapter 4 Powering on the Switch for the First

4.1 Setting up the Configuration Environment

Set up the configuration environment as shown below:
Connect a terminal (a PC in this example) to the Console port on the switch with a
Console cable.
PC
Figure 4-1 Network diagram for the first power-on of the switch

4.2 Connecting Console Cable

Step 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.
Step 2: Connect the RJ-45 connector of the Console cable to the Console port of the
switch.

4.3 Setting Terminal Parameters

Step 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.
Step 2: Set terminal parameters (take the HyperTerminal of Windows 98 as an
example).
Time
Console port
Serial port
Console cable
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