Huawei Quidway S8500 Series Installation Manual

Installation Manual
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches Chapter 5 System Debugging
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Chapter 5 System Debugging
5.1 Setting up Configuration Environment
5.1.1 Setting up Configuration Environment
Connect a terminal (a PC in this scenario) to the switch with a Console cable.
PC
Switch
To the console port
To the serial port
Console cable
Figure 5-1 Networking environment for switch configuration
5.1.2 Connecting Cables
Step 1: Insert the DB-9 (or DB-25) female connector of the Console cable into the serial
port on the PC (the Console terminal).
Step 2: Insert the RJ-45 connector of the cable into the Console port on the switch.
5.1.3 Setting Terminal Parameters
Set baud rate to 9600, data bits to 8, parity check to none, stop bits to 1, flow control to
none, and terminal emulation to VT100.
This section will tell you how to set the terminal parameters, taking a PC running
Windows 98 HyperTerminal as an example.
Step 1: Start PC, and run terminal emulation program (such as Terminal of Windows3.1,
or HyperTerminal of Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows 2000/Windows NT/Windows
XP/Windows ME) on PC.
Step 2: Set parameters in the HyperTerminal of Windows98.
You are required to set the baud rate to 9600, data bits to 8, no parity check, stop bit to
1, and flow control to none, and select VT100 for terminal emulation. Specifically,

Huawei Quidway S8500 Series Specifications

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Brand	Huawei
Model	Quidway S8500 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English