Gigabit Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Console
Figure 7-9.  Console Setup window
This window allows you to select the protocol for communicating through the console port, 
Console
 or 
Slip, 
in
the
 
Serial Port
 
field. Use SLIP for out-of-band management. You can also specify the refresh rate in the
Console Timeout field and the desired setting in the Baud Rate field. Click 
Apply
 and then reboot the Switch
for console port settings to take effect.
The default serial port settings are:
Baud Rate=9600
Data Bits=8
Flow Control=XON/XOFF
Parity=None
Stop Bits=1
The information is described as follows:
♦
 
Console Timeout  
Choose 
Never
, 
15 minutes
, 
30 minutes, 45 minutes
, or 
60 minutes
 for the desired
refresh setting.
♦
 
Serial Port  
The options for the current console port setting are 
Console
 or 
Slip.
♦
 
Baud Rate
  Determines the serial port bit rate that will be used the next time the Switch is restarted.
Applies only when the serial port is being used for out-of-band (SLIP) management; it does not apply
when the port is used for the console port. Available speeds are 2400, 9600, 19200 and 38400 bits per
second. The default setting in this Switch version is 9600.