Installing the Switch

Installation Procedures

Direct Console Access

To connect a console to the switch, follow these steps:

1.Connect the PC or terminal to the switch’s Console Port using the console cable included with the Switch. (If your PC or terminal has a 25-pin serial connector, first attach a 9-pin to 25-pin straight-through adapter at one end of the console cable.)

2.Turn on the terminal or PC’s power and, if using a PC, start the PC terminal program.

Console port

Console cable supplied with the switch

PC running a terminal emulator program, or

a VT-100 terminal

Switch the Installing

3. Press [Enter] two or three times and you will see the

copyright page and the message “Press any key to continue”. Press a key, and you will then see the switch console command (CLI) prompt, for example:

ProCurve Switch 6400cl-6XG#

If you want to continue with console management of the switch at this time, see chapter 3, “Getting Started With Switch Configuration” for some basic configuration steps. For more detailed information, refer to the Management and Configuration Guide, which is on the Documentation CD-ROM that came with the switch.

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