Switch Management; Connecting To The Console Port - Motorola EX-3524 Installation Manual

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4 Switch Management

The RJ-45 Console port on the front panel of the switch is used to connect a console device to the switch for
out-of-band console configuration. The console device can be a PC or workstation running a VT-100 terminal
emulator, or a VT-100 terminal. A console cable is supplied with the switch for connecting to a PC's RS-232 serial
DB-9 DTE (COM) port.
NOTE
The serial port default settings are as follows:
• Default Baud rate—115200 bps
• Character Size—8 Characters
• Parity—None
• Stop bit—One
• Data bits—8
• Flow control—None

4.1 Connecting to the Console Port

To connect to the console port:
1. Connect one end of the included RJ-45 to DB-9 serial cable to a DB-9 COM port connector on the network
management computer.
2. Plug in the RJ-45 end of the serial cable to the Console port on the switch.
To connect to notebooks or other PCs that do not have a DB-9 COM port, use a
USB-to-male DB-9 adapter cable (not supplied).
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