Chapter 2 Installing the SN 5428 Storage Router

Connecting to the Console Port

Connecting to the Console Port

Connect a PC serial port to the console port for local administrative access to the SN 5428 Storage Router. The PC must support VT100 terminal emulation. The terminal-emulation software—frequently a PC application such as HyperTerminal or Procomm Plus—makes communication between the storage router and your PC possible during setup and configuration.

Perform the following steps to connect to the console port:

Step 1

Configure the PC terminal emulation program to match these console port default

 

characteristics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bits Per Second

9600

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Bits

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parity

None

 

 

 

 

 

Stop Bits

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flow Control

None

 

 

 

 

Step 2

Connect the supplied RJ-45-to-DB-9 female adapter to the PC serial port.

Step 3

Connect one end of the supplied console cable (a rollover RJ-45-to-RJ-45 cable)

 

to the console port. Connect the other end to the RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter at the PC

 

serial port. (See Figure 2-18.)

 

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