Terminal Operations; The Console Menu; Network Configuration - Avocent DSR Installer/User Manual

Terminal Operations

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The Console Menu

Each DSR switch may be configured at the appliance level through the Console menu interface
accessed through the SETUP, CONSOLE or 10101 port. All terminal commands are accessed
through a terminal or PC running terminal emulation software.
NOTE: The preferred method is to make all configuration settings in the DSView 3 software. See the DSView 3
Installer/User Guide for more information.
To connect a terminal to the DSR switch:
1. Using a null modem cable, connect a terminal or a PC that is running terminal emulation
software (such as HyperTerminal
panel of the DSR switch. For DSR switch models that support an RJ-45 port, an RJ-45 to
DB9 (female) adaptor is provided.
The terminal settings are 9600 bits per second (bps), 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity and no
flow control.
2. Power up each target device and then power up the DSR switch. When the DSR switch
completes initialization, the Console menu will display the following message: "Press any
key to continue."

Network Configuration

To configure network settings using the Console menu:
1. When you power up your DSR switch, the switch initializes for approximately one minute.
After it completes initialization, press any key on the terminal or on the PC running the
terminal emulation software to access the Console menu interface shown in See "Network
Configuration" on page 91.
NOTE: The terminal may be connected at any time, even when the switch is already powered.
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) to the SETUP, CONSOLE or 10101 port on the back
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