Install Guide

NOTE: You must have a password configured on a virtual terminal line

before you can Telnet into the system. Therefore, use a console

connection when connecting to the system for the first time. Before

starting this procedure, be sure that you have a terminal emulation

program already installed on your PC.

NOTE: If you are configuring a stack of switches, serial console access

to the stack manager is available from any serial port using the local CLI.

Only one serial console session at a time is supported.

1. Install an RJ-45 copper cable into the console port. Use a rollover cable

to connect the console port to a terminal server.

2. Connect the other end of the cable to the DTE terminal server.

3. Set the default terminal settings as follows.

• 9600 baud rate.

• No parity.

• Eight data bits.

• One stop bit.

• No flow control.

Accessing the RJ-45 Console Port with a

DB-9 Adapter

If the DTE has a DB-9 interface, you can connect to the console using an

RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter along with the RJ-45 rollover cable.

Table 1. Pin Assignments Between the Console and a DTE Terminal Server

Console Port RJ-45 to

RJ-45

Rollover

Cable

RJ-45 to

RJ-45

Rollover

Cable

RJ-45 to

DB-9 Adapter

Terminal

Server Device

Signal RJ-45 Pinout RJ–45 Pinout DB-9 Pin Signal

RTS 1 8 8 CTS

NC 2 7 6 DSR

TxD 3 6 2 RxD

GND 4 5 5 GND

GND 5 4 5 GND

Installing the Software