Preparing To Install The Blade Switch In The Bx600 System - Cisco 3040 Getting Started Manual

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Preparing to Install the Blade Switch in the BX600 System

Before you install the blade switch in the BX600 system, review the safety and compliance
information:
• Review and become familiar with the safety guidelines in the Regulatory Compliance and Safety
Information for the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3040 for FSC that accompanies this guide.
• Review and become familiar with the BX600 system safety guidelines in the BX600 system
documentation.
• Review and become familiar with any temperature, power, and grounding requirements specified
in the BX600 system documentation.
Warning Only trained and qualified personnel should be allowed to install, replace, or service
this equipment. Statement 1030
To prevent electrostatic-discharge (ESD) damage when installing blade switches, follow
Caution
your normal board and component handling procedures.
Note When you initially configure a blade switch, it should be in the same state as when it was
shipped, that is, unconfigured and with no assigned default username and password.
When you install a blade switch, you do not need to power down the BX600 system.
Overview of Steps for Installing and Configuring the Blade Switch
You can install and configure the blade switch by using either of two methods. In each, you start a
terminal-emulation program on a PC. The terminal-emulation software—a PC application such as
Hyperterminal or ProcommPlus—makes communication between the blade switch and your PC or
terminal possible. The PC communicates with the blade switch either through its console port or
through the console port of BX600 system management blade.
• To set up the blade switch through its console port, start with the next section, "Installing the
Blade Switch in the BX600 System."
• To set up the blade switch through the BX600 system management blade, first connect it to a PC
to run the terminal emulation program and to interact with the console menu. Do this before you
install the blade switch into the BX600 system. Start with the "Connecting through the BX600
System Management Blade" section on page 13.
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