Installation guide
Connecting to COM Port for Local Management
Matrix DFE-Diamond Series Installation Guide 3-21
5. Whentheseparametersareset,theLocalManagementpasswordscreenwilldisplay.Referto
theappropriateEnterasysMatrixDFE‐Diamond/PlatinumSeriesConfigurationGuideforfurther
information.
Figure 3-15 Connecting an IBM PC or Compatible
Connecting to a VT Series Terminal
ToconnectaVTSeriesterminaltoanEnterasys NetworksDFEmoduleCOMport(Figure 3‐16),
useaUTPstraight‐throughcablewithRJ45connectorsandanRJ45‐to‐DB25femaleadapter,and
proceedasfollows:
1. ConnecttheRJ45connectoratoneendoftheUTPstraight‐throughcabletothe
COMporton
theEnterasys Networksmodule.
2. PlugtheRJ45connectorattheotherendoftheUTPstraight‐throughcableintotheRJ45‐to‐
DB25femaleadapter.
3. ConnecttheRJ45‐to‐DB25adaptertotheportlabeledCOMMontheVTterminal.
4. TurnontheterminaltoaccesstheSetupDirectoryand
setthefollowingparameters:
Whentheseparametersareset,theLocalManagementpasswordscreenwilldisplay.Refertothe
EnterasysMatrixDFE‐Diamond/PlatinumSeriesConfigurationGuideforfurtherinformation.
1 UTP straight-through cablewith RJ45 connectors 3 RJ45-to-DB9 PC adapter
2 RJ45 COM port 4 IBM PC or compatible device
7GR4280-19
Parameter Setting
Mode 7 Bit Control
Transmit Transmit=9600
Bits Parity 8 Bits, No Parity
Stop Bit 1 Stop Bit