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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 the DB9 type of serial port of the Managed Metro
Switch.
Managed Switch
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal Emulation Software
Serial Port
RS232 to RJ45 Cable
Console Port
RJ45
Figure 4-1: Managed Metro Switch Console Connectivity
A terminal program, such as Tera Term or PuTTY, is required to make the
softwareconnectiontotheManagedMetroSwitch.
1. Run terminal program on the OS.
2.When the followingscreenappears, makesure thatthe COM port should be
conguredas:
Baud:115200
Databits:8
Parity:None
Stopbits:1
Flowcontrol:None
Figure 4-2: COM Port Conguration