Specifications

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4.3 First boot of the RackSwitch G8264 switch
When using a TOR switch, before you first boot the switch, connect a console to it to be able
to see the boot POST messages and log on to it. For a TOR model, you need to connect the
console cable to a serial port of your computer and to the console port of the switch. This
serial console is the only available method for you to connect to the switch in the first stage.
Use the following settings for your terminal client configuration (shown in Figure 4-3):
򐂰 Default baud rate: 9,600 bps
򐂰 Data bits: 8
򐂰 Stop bits: 1
򐂰 Parity: None
򐂰 Flow control: None
Figure 4-3 Serial terminal configuration
Typically, you need a serial to USB adapter, because most modern computers do not use
serial ports. The switch-side connector is a mini-USB type connector. After connecting this
cable to your system, you must identify the serial port you are using, and prepare console
software to connect to it.
For our demonstration, we used a Windows XP client, and we used the PuTTY open source
client as the serial console client.
If you are accessing a BladeCenter switch module, the task would be easier, because
perform the initial configuration by using the AMM interfaces, either web or CLI. We explain
the usage of these interfaces in 4.4, “First boot of the Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch Module
embedded switch” on page 142.