3Com 8814, 8807, 8810 manual System Debugging, Setting up Configuration Environment

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SYSTEM DEBUGGING

Setting up

Configuration

Environment

Setting up	Connect a terminal (a PC in this scenario) to the switch with a Console cable.
Configuration	Figure 55 Networking environment for switch configuration
Environment
		Switch

To the console port

To the serial port

Console cable

PC

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.

Setting 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.