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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Quick Configuration Guide
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Chapter 2 Initial Switch Configuration
Connecting the 10/100 Ethernet Management Port
Connecting the Console Port to a PC
You can connect the console port to a PC serial port for local administrative access to the Cisco MDS
9000 Family switch.
Note The PC must support VT100 terminal emulation. The terminal emulation software—frequently a PC
application such as HyperTerminal Plus—makes communication between the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
switch and your PC possible during setup and configuration.
To connect the console port to a PC, follow these steps:
Step 1 Configure the baud rate and character format of the PC terminal emulation program to match the
following management port default characteristics:
• 9600 baud
• 8 data bits
• 1 stop bit
• No parity
Step 2 Connect the supplied RJ-45 to DB-9 female adapter or RJ-45 to DB-25 female adapter (depending on
your PC connection) 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. (See
Figure 2-4.) Connect the other end to the RJ-45 to DB-9 (or RJ-45 to DB-25) adapter at the PC serial
port.
Note If you are using a Cisco MDS 9500 Series switch that has multiple supervisor modules, connect
the console port to the active supervisor module. The active supervisor is the module with the
green Active LED.
Connecting the 10/100 Ethernet Management Port
The autosensing 10/100 Ethernet management port is located on the left side of the front panel (labeled
10/100 MGMT), to the right of the console port (see Figure 2-1, Figure 2-3, and Figure 2-4). This port
is used for out-of-band management of the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches.
Make sure to connect the Ethernet management ports of both supervisor modules on a MDS 9500 Series
switch. Even though there are two Ethernet connections, only one management IP address is required
for a switch with dual supervisor modules.
Tip The two Ethernet connections should be connected to ports in different slots on the same LAN switch,
or the connections should be split between two different LAN switches.