Installation guide

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Accessing the switch for the first time
Setting up the configuration environment
The first time you access the switch you must use a console cable to connect a configuration terminal, for
example, a PC, to the console port on the switch.
Figure 25 Connecting the console port to a terminal
Connecting the console cable
A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable, with a crimped RJ-45 connector at one end for connecting
to the console port of the switch, and a DB-9 female connector at the other end for connecting to the
serial port on the configuration terminal.
Figure 26 Console cable
Table 7 Console cable pinouts
RJ-45 Signal DB-9 Signal
1 RTS 8 CTS
2 DTR 6 DSR
Main label
1
8
B side
B
Pos.9
Pos.1
A side
A