3com 8807 User Manual

Connect a terminal (a PC in Figure 56) to the switch with a console cable.

Figure 56   Networking environment for switch configuration

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.

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