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DEBUGGING THE SYSTEM
Setting up
Configuration
Environment
Connect a terminal (a PC in Figure 56) to the switch with a console cable.
Figure 56 Networking environment for switch configuration
Connecting the Cables
1 Insert the DB-9 (or DB-25) female connector of the Console cable into the serial
port on the PC (the Console terminal).
2 Insert the RJ-45 connector of the cable into the Console port on the switch.
Setting the Terminal
Parameters
Set baud rate to 9600, data bits to 8, parity check to none, stop bits to 1, flow
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.
PC
Switch
To the console port
To the serial port
Console cable