Setting Terminal Parameters - HP A-F5000 Installation Manual

CAUTION:
When you connect the console cable, HP recommends connecting the DB-9 connector of the console
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cable to the serial port, and then the RJ-45 connector to the console port of the firewall.
When you remove the console cable, HP recommends removing the RJ-45 connector, and then the DB-9
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connector.

Setting terminal parameters

To configure and manage the firewall, you must run a terminal emulator program on the configuration
terminal, for example, a PC. This section uses Windows XP HyperTerminal as an example.
Follow these steps to set terminal parameters on a PC:
Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Communications > HyperTerminal to enter the
1.
HyperTerminal window. The Connection Description dialog box appears, as shown in
Figure 34 Connection description of the HyperTerminal
Type the name of the new connection in the Name text box and click OK. The following dialog box
2.
appears. Select the serial port to be used from the Connect using drop-down list.
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Figure 34.