Installation guide

Brocade FastIron SX Series Chassis Hardware Installation Guide 51

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Attaching a management station

You can manage the FastIron X Series system in the following ways:

• Connect a PC or terminal to the serial (Console) port or 10/100/1000 Ethernet port on the

management module and access the system directly or through a Telnet connection to the PC

or terminal. Refer to “Attaching a PC or terminal to the console port or 10/100/1000 copper

port” on page 51.

• Connect the FastIron X Series switch to your existing management network and manage the

switch, along with other network devices, from a management station. To do this, you can

connect a switch to a Gigabit Ethernet port on the management module. Refer to “Attaching a

switch to an Ethernet port” on page 52.

NOTE

The management network into which you can connect a Gigabit Ethernet port must be separate and

isolated from the network over which user packets are switched and routed.

Attaching a PC or terminal to the console port

or 10/100/1000 copper port

The Console port on the management module has a male DB-9 serial connector, and

10/100/1000 Ethernet copper port or ports have RJ45 UTP connectors, which allow you to attach

a PC or terminal. From the Console port, you can access the system command line interface (CLI)

directly from the PC or terminal or through a Telnet connection. From the Ethernet port, you can

access the CLI or Web Management Interface directly or through a Telnet connection to the PC or

terminal.

Before performing this task, you need the following items:

• A PC running a terminal emulation application or a terminal.

• To connect the PC or terminal to the Console port, you need a straight-through EIA or TIA DB-9

serial cable with one end terminated in a female DB-9 connector and the other end terminated

in a male or female DB-9 or DB-25 connector, depending on the specifications of your PC or

terminal. You can order the serial cable separately from Brocade Communications, Inc. or build

your own cable. If you prefer to build your own cable, refer to the pinout information in “Serial

(console) port pinouts” on page 149.

• To connect the PC or terminal to a Gigabit Ethernet copper port, you need a category 5 UTP

crossover cable, which you must supply. For information about the port pin assignments, refer

to “10/100 and gigabit port pinouts” on page 150.

To attach a PC or terminal to the Console port or Gigabit Ethernet copper port, complete the

following tasks.

1. Connect a PC or terminal to the Console port or a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port using the

appropriate cable.

2. Open the terminal emulation program, and set the session parameters as follows:

• Baud: 9600 bps

• Data bits: 8

• Parity: None

• Stop bits: 1