Connecting To A Vt Series Terminal; Connecting An Ibm Pc Or Compatible - Enterasys SecureStack C3G124-24P Installation Manual

Connecting to Console Port for Local Management
Figure 3-10
1 DB9 female cable connector
2 Serial interface cable
3 DB9 male Console port connector

Connecting to a VT Series Terminal

To connect a VT Series terminal to a switch Console port (Figure
interface cable terminated with a DB9 female connector and a DB25 female connector and
proceed as follows:
1. Connect the DB9 female connector at one end of cable to the DB9 male Console port
connector on the switch. (If there is a switch designated as the Manager, connect to its
Console port.)
2. Plug the DB25 female connector at the other end of the cable into the port labeled
COMM on the VT terminal.
3. Turn on the terminal and access the Setup Directory. Set the following parameters on
your terminal:
When these parameters are set, the Startup screen will display. Proceed to "Connecting to
the Network" on page 3‐22.
3-20 Hardware Installation

Connecting an IBM PC or Compatible

Parameter
Mode
Transmit
Bits Parity
Stop Bit
4 DB9 female connector
5 PC with VT emulation application
Setting
7 Bit Control
Transmit=9600
8 Bits, No Parity
1 Stop Bit
3‐11), use a UTP serial