Allied Telesis AT-8324 - Manual (Page 18)

Hardware Description
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RS232 Connector
The RS232, DB-9 female port on the front of the switch (shown in
Figure 1-6) is used with a VT100 terminal to manage the system. By
connecting a terminal to the connector (or by using a personal
computer with a terminal emulation program, such as the MS-
Windows’ Hyper Terminal emulation program), you can access the
pre-installed Omega management program and configure the
switch.
Figure 1-6 RS232 Port
This method for accessing the Omega program is referred to as “local
access” or “out-of-band” access. You can also access the program
over the web with a web browser or remotely via Telnet or an SNMP
management program.
In an IP environment, after you have initially installed the switch you
will be required to access the Omega program through the RS232
port in order to assign the switch its IP address and, if necessary, a
gateway address. Once these addresses have been assigned, you can
either continue to manage the switch through the RS232 port or
access the program via one of the other available methods.
Note
Only the RS232 port on the master switch in a stack can be used to
configure a stack locally. The RS232 ports on the slave switches are
inactive and cannot be used. (For an explanation of master and
slave switches, refer to , Chapter 3, Installing the Switch.)
Additionally, a straight-through cable is required in order to
connect a terminal to the RS232 port on the master switch.
STATUS
RESET
FAULT
MASTER
RPS
PWR
10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX
FAST ETHERNET SWITCH
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX
1X 3X 5X 7X
2X 4X 6X 8X
9X 11X 13X 15X
10X 12X 14X 16X
17X 19X 21X 23X
18X 20X 22X 24X
A
B
RS-232 TERMINAL PORT 100M LINK / ACTIVITY 10M LINK / ACTIVITY
HALF DUP/ COL FULL DUP
PORT ACTIVITY
L /A
L /A
D/C
D/C
L /A
D/C
STATUS
RE
FAULT
MASTER
RPS
PWR
21
22
23
24
RS-232
TERMINAL PORT
ACTIVITY
COL