Reference Guide

12 Management Networks for Dell EMC Networking
most PCs today is USB. See Table 3 to identify the type of console port you are using on the switch. The
console port of the switch being configured will be identified with the symbol “IOIOI”. Once you have
identified the two connectors being linked, it is easy to determine which console cable to used. PCs without
an RS-232 serial port require a “USB to serial” adapter to connect to a switch with only an RS-232 console
port.
Note: On a switch, RJ45, DB9, and USB Type A console port connectors (showing the “IOIOI” symbol) are
RS-232 serial signal connectors. The USB Type B console ports are USB data ports that connect directly to a
PCs USB port.
Use the steps below to connect to a single switch through the console port, and allow the user access to the
CLI command prompt.
1. Using a console cable, attach your computer to the console port on the switch as shown in Figure 5.
Console Port Connection
Switch
Network
Administrator
IOIOI
Connecting to a single device through the console port
2. If the port on the switch is a USB Type B, download and install the associated driver from Table 6.
3. Install a terminal emulator onto your workstation using the documentation that comes with the
terminal emulator.
Note: Several terminal emulators are available for Windows, Linux, and other operating systems. PuTTY is
one example and can be found at https://www.putty.org.
4. Open the terminal emulator.
5. Using the console port settings in Table 5, configure your terminal emulator to connect to the switch.
Console port settings
Dell EMC switch
Console port settings
• S Series Force10: S25, S50, S55, S60, S4810, S4820,
S5000, S6000
• Z Series Force10 OS9: Z9000, Z9500
• Chassis Series: m6220, m6348, 8024, m8024-k, MXL,
IOA, C9010
• N Series: N1500, N2000, N3000, N4000
• PowerConnect Series: 2700, 2800, 3400, 3500, 5400,
5500, 6200, 7000, 8024, 8100
• X Series: X1000, X4000
• Speed (baud rate) = 9600
• Data bits = 8
• Parity bits = none
• Stop bits = 1
• Flow control = none
• ON Series: N1100-ON, N2100PX-ON, N3100PX-ON,
N3000E-ON, S3048-ON, S4048-ON, S4100-ON,
S4810-ON, S5000-ON, S5100-ON, S5200-ON, S6000-
ON, Z9100-ON, Z9200-ON
• Chassis Series: MX7000, FN410S, FN410T, FN2210S
• Speed (baud rate) = 115200
• Data bits = 8
• Parity bits = none
• Stop bits = 1
• Flow control = none