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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 RJ45 type serial (console) port of the Managed
Switch as shown in Figure 4-1.
Managed Switch
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal Emulation Software
Serial Port
RS232 to RJ45 Cable
Console Port
RJ45
Figure 4-1: Managed Switch Console Connectivity
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the
ManagedSwitch.TeraTermprogrammaybeagoodchoice.
1. Run terminal program on the OS.
2.When thefollowing screen appears, makesure thatthe COMport shouldbe
conguredas:
Baud:115200
Databits:8
Parity:None
Stopbits:1
Flowcontrol:None
Figure 4-2: COM Port Conguration