Establishing A Serial Connection To The Brocade Dcx 8510-8 - Brocade Communications Systems PowerConnect B-DCX Quick Start Manual

FIGURE 6
DCX 8510 core/edge ICL topology

Establishing a serial connection to the Brocade DCX 8510-8

To establish a serial connection to the console port on the Brocade DCX 8510-8, complete the following steps.
1. Verify that the Brocade DCX 8510-8 is powered on and that POST is complete by verifying that all power LED
indicators on the port, control processor, and core switch blades display a steady green light.
2. Remove the shipping cap from the CONSOLE port on the active CP. Use the serial cable provided with the
Brocade DCX 8510-8 to connect the CONSOLE port on the active CP to a computer workstation. The active CP
blade is indicated by an illuminated (blue) LED.
ATTENTION
The CONSOLE port is intended primarily for the initial setting of the IP address and for service purposes.
3. Access the Brocade DCX 8510-8 using a terminal emulator application (such as HyperTerminal in a Windows
environment or tip in a UNIX environment).
4. Disable any serial communication programs running on the workstation (such as synchronization programs).
5. Open a terminal emulator application (such as HyperTerminal on a PC, or term, tip, or kermit in a UNIX
environment), and configure the application as follows:
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