3com 5500-ei pwr Installation Instruction

 

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Console Port Login Configuration 

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To log in through the console port is the most common way to log in to a switch. It is also the prerequisite 

to configure other login methods. By default, you can locally log in to an Ethernet switch through its 

console port only. 

 lists the default settings of a console port. 

Table 2-1 The default settings of a console port 

Baud rate 

19,200 bps 

Flow control 

None 

Check mode (Parity) 

None 

Stop bits 

1 

Data bits 

8 

 

To log in to a switch through the console port, make sure the settings of both the console port and the 

user terminal are the same. 

After logging in to a switch, you can perform configuration for AUX users. Refer to 

Following are the procedures to connect to a switch through the console port. 

1)  Connect the serial port of your PC/terminal to the console port of the switch, as shown in 

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Figure 2-1 Diagram for connecting to the console port of a switch