Enterasys S8-Chassis-POE4 - Connecting to the COM Port for Local Management; What Is Needed; Connecting to a PC or Laptop

Connecting to the COM Port for Local Management
3-28 Chassis Setup
Connecting to the COM Port for Local Management
ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallaUTPcablewithRJ45connectorsandoptionaladaptersto
connectaPCorVTseriesterminaltoanEnterasys NetworksdevicetoaccessLocalManagement.
Thissectionalsodetailsadapterpinoutassignments.
What Is Needed
Thefollowingisalistofthepartsthatmaybeneededdependingontheconnection:
•RJ45‐to‐DB9femaleadapter(suppliedwiththe S8chassis)
•UTPcablewithRJ45connectors(suppliedwiththeS8chassis)
•RJ45‐to‐DB25femaleadapter(customer‐supplied)
UsingtheUTPcablewithRJ45connectorsandtheRJ45
‐to‐DB9adapter,youcanconnecttoanS8
chassisRJ45COMporttoaPCrunningaVTseriesemulationsoftwarepackage.
UsingtheUTPcableandanoptionalRJ45‐to‐DB25femaleadapter,youcanconnecttoanS8
chassisRJ45COMporttoaVTseriesterminalor
VTtypeterminalsrunningemulationprograms
fortheVTseries.
Connecting to a PC or Laptop
ToconnectaPCorlaptoprunningtheVTterminalemulationtoanS8chassisCOMport:
1. ConnecttheRJ45connectoratoneendofthecabletotheoneoftheCOMportsontheS8
chassis.
TheS8chassisCOMportthatyouconnecttomusthaveanI/O
fabricmoduleinthe
correspondingslot.
2. PlugtheRJ45connectorattheotherendofthecableintotheRJ45‐to‐DB9adapter.
3. ConnecttheRJ45‐to‐DB9adaptertothecommunicationsportonthePC.
4. ConfiguretheVTemulationpackageonyourPCorlaptopasfollows:
Whentheseparametersare
set,theLocalManagementpasswordscreenwilldisplay.Refertothe
“CompletingtheInstallation”onpage 3‐31forfurtherinformation.
Parameter Setting
Mode 7 Bit Control
Transmit Transmit=9600
Bits Parity 8 Bits, No Parity
Stop Bit 1 Stop Bit