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Command line interface 9
Establishing a console connection
To establish a console connection with the switch, you need:
• A null modem cable with a female DB-9 connector (See the HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch User
Guide for more information.)
• An ASCII terminal or a computer running terminal emulation software set to the parameters
shown in the table below
Table 1
Console configuration parameters
Parameter Value
Baud Rate 9600
Data Bits 8
Parity None
Stop Bits 1
Flow Control None
To establish a console connection with the switch:
1. Connect the terminal to the console port using the null modem cable.
2. Power on the terminal.
3. Press the Enter key a few times on the terminal to establish the connection.
4. You will be required to enter a password for access to the switch. (For more information, see the
“Setting passwords” section in the “First-time configuration” chapter.)
Setting an IP address
To access the switch via a Telnet or an SSH connection, you need to have an Internet Protocol (IP)
address set for the switch. The switch can get its IP address in one of the following ways:
• Management port access:
○ Using a Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server—When the /cfg/sys/dhcp
command is enabled, the management interface (interface 250) requests its IP address from
a DHCP server. The default value for the /cfg/sys/dhcp command is enabled.
○ Configuring manually—If the network does not support DHCP, you must configure the
management interface (interface 250) with an IP address. If you want to access the switch
from a remote network, you also must configure the management gateway (gateway 254).
• Uplink port access:
○ Using a Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) server—By default, the management interface is set up
to request its IP address from a BOOTP server. If you have a BOOTP server on the network,
add the Media Access Control (MAC) address of the switch to the BOOTP configuration file
located on the BOOTP server. The MAC address can be found in the System Information
menu. (See the “System information” section in the “Information Menu” chapter.) If you are
using a DHCP server that also does BOOTP, you do not have to configure the MAC address.
○ Configuring manually—If the network does not support BOOTP, you must configure the
management port with an IP address.