Quick Guide
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4. Terminal Setup
To congure the system, connect a serial cable to a COM port on a PC or
notebook computer and to serial (console) port of the L3 Managed Switch. The
consoleportoftheL3ManagedSwitchisDCEalready,sothatyoucanconnectthe
consoleportdirectlythroughPCwithouttheneedofNullModem.
Managed Switch
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal Emulation Software
Serial Port
RS232 to RJ45 Cable
Console Port
RJ45
Figure 4-1: L3 Managed Switch Console Connectivity
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the L3
Managed Switch.TeraTerm program maybe a good choice. The TeraTerm can be
accessedfromtheStartmenu.
1. Click STARTmenu,thenPrograms,andthenTera Term.
2.When the following screen appears, make sure that the COM port should be
conguredas:
Baud:115200
Parity:None
Databits:8
Stopbits:1
Flowcontrol:None
Figure 4-2: Tera Term COM Port Conguration