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Hillstone Hardware Reference Guide
Connecting the Ground Wire
To meet safety requirements, you must correctly connect the grounding screw on
the chassis to the earth ground by a grounding wire. The grounding resistance
should be less than 5Ω.
Figure 3-5: Connecting the Ground Wire (1U Chassis as example)
Warning: The correct connection of the ground wire on the chassis is an
essential safeguard against lightning shocks and interference. You must
properly connect the ground wire when installing and using the device.
Connecting the Console Cable
Hillstone device provides an RS-232C asynchronous serial console (CON) port,
through which you can configure the device. The console cable is an 8-core shielded
cable, which has an RJ-45 connector that can be connected to the Console port of
the device and a DB-9 (female) connector that can be connected to the serial port
of a console terminal.
Perform the following steps to connect the device and the console terminal:
1. Select a console terminal. You may choose an ordinary PC or a standard
ASCII terminal with an RS-232C serial port.
2. Connect the console cable. Connect the RJ-45 end of the cable to the Console
port of the device, and then connect the DB-9 connector of the cable to the
console terminal.
Connecting the Ethernet Cable
Hillstone products provide 1000Mbps electrical Ethernet ports, SFP ports, XFP ports
and Ethernet Combo ports (Electrical port + Optical port). The electrical Ethernet
port can be connected by a straight-through cable (also called standard cable) or a
crossover cable. The SFP port should use a SFP optical module, which can be
connected with crossover cable or straight-through cable, or use a SFP electric
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