Specifications

Powering Up the Switch
Catalyst 1900 Series Installation and Configuration Guide
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Step 4 Connect the other end of the supplied rollover console cable to the adapter.
Step 5 From your management station, start the terminal emulation program.
Continue to the procedures in the “Powering Up the Switch” section on page 2-18.
Connector and cabling specifications for the console port are in Appendix B, “Connectors
and Cables.”
Powering Up the Switch
If your configuration has an RPS, see the “Power Connectors” section on page 1-12 and the
Cisco RPS documentation.
Note The Catalyst 1900 switches do not support the fully-redundant configurations that
are described in the Cisco RPS documentation. In addition, we recommend that you do not
use the redundant-with-reboot configuration with the switch connected to the RPS and to
the AC power plug, due to the reboot and downtime—approximately 30 seconds. If you do
use the redundant with reboot configuration, always power up the switch before you power
up the RPS to ensure correct operation. In circumstances where the RPS is first to power
up, the LEDs might not indicate the actual state.
To power up the switch internal power supply after you install and connect it to a
management station, follow these steps:
Step 1 Make sure that you have started the emulation software program (such as
ProComm, HyperTerminal, tip, or minicom) from your management station.
Step 2 Connect one end of the AC power cord to the AC power connector on the switch.
Step 3 Connect the other end of the power cord to an AC power outlet.
As the switch powers up, it starts the series of self-tests described in the
“Powering Up and Using POST to Test the Switch” section on page 2-6. When
the switch completes POST, the Management Console Logon Screen
(Figure 2-10) is displayed on the management station.
Continue to the procedures in the “Assigning IP Information and a Password to the Switch”
section on page 2-19.