3Com 4800G - Initial Power-On; Configuration Environment Setup; Console Cable Connection; Terminal Parameter Configuration

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INITIAL POWER-ON
Setting Up the
Configuration
Environment
Set up the configuration environment as follows:
■ Connect a terminal (a PC in this example) to the console port on the switch
with a console cable.
Figure 54 Network diagram for configuration environment setup
Connecting the
Console Cable
1 Plug the DB-9 female connector of the console cable to the serial port of the PC or
terminal where the switch is to be configured.
2 Connect the RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console port of the
switch.
Setting Terminal
Parameters
1 Start the PC and run the terminal emulation program such as the Terminal of
Windows 3.1 or the HyperTerminal of Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
2 Set terminal parameters (take the HyperTerminal of Windows XP as an example) as
follows:
3 Bits per second: 9,600
4 Data bits: 8
Console cable
PC
Switch
Serial port
Console port