Serial Cable Pinouts; Assigning Permanent Passwords - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade VDX 6710-54 Quick Start Manual

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In a Windows environment, enter the following values: 9600 bits per second, 8 databits, no parity, 1 stop
bit, and no flow control.
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In a UNIX environment using TIP, enter the following string at the prompt:
tip /dev/ttyb -9600
If ttyb is already in use, use ttya instead.

Serial cable pinouts

The serial port is located on the port side of the VDX 6710. The switch uses an RJ-45 connector for the serial port. An
RJ-45 to DB9 adaptor is also provided with the VDX 6710. The cable supplied with the switch is a rollover cable.
NOTE
To protect the serial port from damage, keep the cover on the port when not in use.
The serial port can be used to connect to a workstation to configure the VDX 6710 IP address before connecting the
switch to a fabric or IP network. The serial port's parameters are fixed at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, and no parity, with
flow control set to None.
Table 2 lists the serial cable pinouts.
TABLE 2
Serial cable pinouts
PIN Signal
1 Not supported
2 Not supported
3 TXD
4 GND
5 Not supported
6 RXD
7 Not supported
8 Not supported

Assigning permanent passwords

When you log in for the first time, Brocade recommends that you change the passwords for the default accounts.
The factory-configured default accounts on the switch are admin, user, and root. Use the default administrative
account as shown in Table 3
The root account is reserved for development and manufacturing. The user account is read-only and used primarily
for system monitoring.
TABLE 3
Default administrative account names and passwords
Account type Login name
Administrative admin
User account (read-only) user
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Description
NA
NA
Transmit data
Logic ground
NA
Receive data
NA
NA
to log in to the switch for the first time and to perform the basic configuration tasks.
Password
password
password
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