Setup Guide

Z9100-ON

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

TxD 3 6 2 RxD

GND 4 5 5 GND

GND 5 4 5 GND

RxD 6 3 3 TxD

NC 7 2 4 DTR

CTS 8 1 7 RTS

Default Configuration

When you install the Dell Networking OS onto your Z9100–ON system, it is not configured when you

power up for the first time (except for the default host name, which is Dell).

You must configure the system using the CLI.

Configuring Layer 2 (Data Link) Mode

To enable Layer 2 data transmissions through an individual interface, use the switchport command in

INTERFACE mode.

NOTE: For detailed information about configuring Layer 2, see the Dell Networking Configuration

Guide for the Z9100-ON System.

You cannot configure switching or Layer 2 protocols such as spanning tree protocol (STP) on an interface

unless the interface has been set to Layer 2 mode.

1. Enable the interface.

INTERFACE mode

no shutdown

2. Place the interface in Layer 2 (switching) mode.

INTERFACE mode

switchport

To view the interfaces in Layer 2 mode, use the show interfaces switchport command in EXEC

mode.

Configuring a Host Name

The host name appears in the prompt. The default host name is Dell.

Host names must start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and must have characters, letters, digits, and

hyphens in the string.

• Create a host name.

Dell Networking OS