Connecting To The Switch - ATTO Technology FibreConnect 1600 Getting Started Manual

Connecting to the Switch

Mac OS X
1 Begin by connecting the included USB to serial
adapter to an available USB port on your Mac.
2 Connect the included serial cable from the
adapter to the FC1600 or FC8300 serial port
3 Insert the included USB Serial Adapter CD into
your optical drive.
4 Locate the driver and copy the dmg file to the
desktop:
a. On the CD : /Driver/Mac/iMac 10.1 &
10.4or later/PL2303_1.2.1r2.dmg
b. Or find the latest driver on-line:
http://plugable.com/drivers/prolific/
c. Detailed installation instructions can be
found here:
http://plugable.com/category/product/pl230
3-db9/
5 Double click the dmg file to install the driver.
6 Reboot your machine.
7 Then use the Terminal program in OS X and
connect to the switch console:
a. Open Terminal (/Applications/Utilities)
b. Type screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600
c. Hit enter
d. Hit enter again – You should see the Fabric
OS console login prompt.
e. Login to the device with the default
username admin and password password
8 You are now logged into the switch, proceed to
Logging into Web Tools
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Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
1 Connect the included serial cable from the
FC1600 or FC8300 to the serial port on your
PC. Use the included USB to serial adapter, if
necessary.
2 Using a terminal emulation program on the
setup computer to connect to the device using
an application such as the native
HyperTerminal.
3 Open HyperTerminal by going to Start -> Run
-> type hypertrm.exe and hit enter.
4 Create a new connection with the following
COM port properties:
Bits per second: 9600
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow control: None
5 Login to the switch from HyperTerminal with
username: admin and password: password
6 You are now logged into the switch, proceed to
Logging into Web Tools
Windows Vista/7/8/Server 2008/2012
1 Connect the included serial cable from the
FC1600 or FC8300 to the serial port on your
PC. Use the included USB to serial adapter, if
neccessary.
2 Using a terminal program on the setup
computer, connect to the switch using an
application such as the shareware application
TeraTerm.
• Download, unzip, and install TeraTerm Pro
(shareware).
• Open TeraTerm.
• Under setup select Serial Port.
• Create a new serial connection to the COM
serial port using the following settings:
Bits per second: 9600
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow control: None
3 Enter the default username: admin and
password: password at the login prompt.
4 You are now logged into the switch, proceed to
Logging into Web Tools
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