Olicom 8600, 8605 manual Connecting a Network Management Console, Connecting the Console

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5.Connecting a Network Management Console

Console interfacing can be established by connecting to the MANAGEMENT serial port on the front panel of the CrossFire 8600 Token-Ring Switch and/or the CrossFire 8605 Token-Ring Fiber Switch. Use this connection to set up in-band management, which is the management of the switch through the network, or out- of-band management, which is management outside of the network:

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In-band management is a network management system that works through the network:

—Olicom Switch Manager for HP OpenView for Windows

—Other Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) based applications

—Telnet sessions

Out-of-band management is a direct console connection to create a console session for configuring and monitoring switches.

Network management applications (in-band management) are beyond the scope of this guide. See the Olicom Switch Manager for HP OpenView—Guide to Operations or the documentation supplied with you network management application. How to connect the serial console (out-of-band management) for configuring and monitoring the switch is described in this chapter.

Refer to the section “Console/Telnet Sessions” on page 130 for information on configuring serial console and/or telnet console sessions.

Connecting the Console

The following steps explain connecting a serial terminal to the switch:

1.Connect the switch to a PC or other DTE (Data Terminal Equipment) device using a straight, 25-pin to 9-pin TIA/EIA-232 cable (commonly known as a RS- 232 cable) and a null modem adapter or a 9-pin to 9-pin cable. See Appendix B for a description of the cables and adapters.

2.Connect the TIA/EIA-232 cable to the DB-9 MANAGEMENT connector on the front panel of the switch. This male DB-9 connector on the switch is configured as a DTE device.

See Figure 20 to view the location of the cable connection on the front panel of the switch.

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