Installation guide

Connecting to COM Port for Local Management
Installation 3-29
3.8.2 Connecting to an IBM PC or Compatible Device
To connect an IBM PC or compatible device, running the VT terminal emulation, to an
Enterasys Networks module COM port (Figure 3-17), proceed as follows:
1. Connect the RJ45 connector at one end of the cable
➀ to the communications COM port ➁ on
the Enterasys Networks module. (The COM port is also known as a Console port.)
2. Plug the RJ45 connector at the other end of the cable
➀ into an optional RJ45-to-DB9
adapter
➂.
3. Connect the RJ45-to-DB9 adapter
➂ to the communications port on the IBM PC ➃.
4. Turn on the PC and configure your VT emulation package with the following parameters:
5. When these parameters are set, the Local Management password screen will display. Refer to
the appropriate Enterasys Matrix DFE-Platinum Series Configuration Guide for further
information.
Parameter Setting
Mode 7 Bit Control
Transmit Transmit=9600
Bits Parity 8 Bits, No Parity
Stop Bit 1 Stop Bit