Connecting To An Ibm Pc Or Compatible Device - Enterasys Gold Distributed Forwarding Engine 4G4282-49 Hardware Installation Manual

Connecting to COM Port for Local Management
With a UTP straight‐through cable and an RJ45‐to‐DB25 male adapter, you can connect
products equipped with an RJ45 COM port to a Hayes compatible modem that supports
9600 baud.

Connecting to an IBM PC or Compatible Device

To connect an IBM PC or compatible device, running the VT terminal emulation, to an
Enterasys
1. Connect the RJ45 connector at one end of a UTP straight‐through cable to the
communications COM port on the Enterasys Networks module. (The COM port is
also known as a Console port.)
2. Plug the RJ45 connector at the other end of the UTP straight‐through cable into an
RJ45‐to‐DB9 adapter .
3. Connect the RJ45‐to‐DB9 adapter to the communications port on the IBM PC.
4. Turn on the PC and configure your VT emulation package with the following
parameters:
5. When these parameters are set, the Local Management password screen will display.
Refer to the appropriate Matrix DFE‐Gold Series Configuration Guide for further
information.
3-24 Installation
Networks module COM port (Figure
Parameter
Mode
Transmit
Bits Parity
Stop Bit
3‐15), proceed as follows:
Setting
7 Bit Control
Transmit=9600
8 Bits, No Parity
1 Stop Bit