Alcatel-Lucent 6600 Series User Manual

OmniSwitch 6600 Series Chassis and Hardware Components

Console Port

OmniSwitch 6600 Series Hardware Users Guide

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The console port, located on the chassis front panel, provides a serial connection to the switch and is 
required when logging into the switch for the first time (refer to the OmniSwitch 6600 Series Getting 
Started Guide for more information). By default, this connector (a female DB-9 on OmniSwitch 6624 and 
6648 switches and an RJ-45 port on OmniSwitch 6600-U24 switches) provides a DCE console connec-
tion.

The factory default settings for the serial connection are as follows:

If you wish to modify the default serial connection settings (i.e., baud rate, parity, data bits, and stop bits), 
refer to the following steps. 

Note. You must be connected to the switch via the console port before attempting to change serial connec-

tion settings. Otherwise, an error message will display. In addition, if you are changing console port 

settings for switches in a stack, console port settings must be identical on all switches. Before configuring 

the console port settings for a stack, make sure each switch is operating in either primary or secondary 

status (you may be required to disconnect switches within the stack before beginning).

1 Enter modify boot parameters at the CLI prompt. The boot prompt displays:

Boot >

2 To change the baud rate, enter boot serialbaudrate, followed by the desired baud rate value. Options 
include 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 (default), 19200, 38400, 57600, 76800, and 115200. For example:

Boot > boot serialbaudrate 19200

Note. Setting the console port to speeds above 9600 baud can cause problems with Zmodem uploads.

3 To change the parity value, enter boot serialparity, followed by the desired parity value. Options 
include none (default), even, and odd. For example:

Boot > boot serialparity even

9600

none

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