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DEBUGGING THE SYSTEM
Setting up | Connect a terminal (a PC in Figure 56) to the switch with a console cable. | ||
Configuration | Figure 56 Networking environment for switch configuration | ||
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To the console port
To the serial port
Console cable
PC
Connecting the Cables
1Insert the
2Insert the
Setting the Terminal Set baud rate to 9600, data bits to 8, parity check to none, stop bits to 1, flow Parameters 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 Hyper Terminal as an example.
Step 1: Start PC, and run terminal emulation program (such as Terminal of Windows3.1, or Hyper Terminal of Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows 2000/Windows NT/Windows XP/Windows ME) on PC.
Step 2: Set parameters in the Hyper Terminal of Windows98.