User guide

Logging Into the Switch Accessing the RS-232 Console Port
OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Switch Management Guide May 2014 page 1-7
Accessing the RS-232 Console Port
The following procedure is used for accessing the switch using the RS-232 console connection.
1 Connect the OmniSwitch to the serial port of your device using the micro USB to RJ-45 adapter.
Note: This adapter is not included with the switch but can be ordered separately.
2 Use your terminal emulation program to assign the OmniSwitch to the appropriate COM port.
3 At the login prompt, enter the default admin as the username and switch as the password or any valid
username and password. The switch’s welcome banner will display, followed by the CLI prompt.
Welcome to the Alcatel-Lucent OS6860 8.1.1.R01, April 05, 2014.
Copyright(c), 1994-2014 Alcatel-Lucent. All Rights reserved.
OmniSwitch(TM) is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent registered in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
The console port default settings are 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control. If
you wish to modify the default serial connection settings use the modify boot parameters command as
shown:
-> modify boot parameters
Boot > boot serialbaudrate 19200
Boot > boot serialparity even
Boot > boot serialwordsize 7
Boot > boot serialstopbits 2
Boot > boot serialmode modemControlOn
Boot > show
Serial (console) baud: 19200
Serial (console) parity: even
Serial (console) wordsize: 7
Serial (console) stopbits: 2
Serial (console) mode: modemControlOn
Boot > commit system
Boot > commit boot
Boot > exit
• Output to the terminal may become illegible due to incompatible serial connection settings between the
switch and the terminal emulation software.
• If you use the commit system command only, changes will not be saved to the switch's non-volatile
memory and will be lost if the switch is rebooted.