Direct console access, Direct console access -19 – HP 6400CL User Manual

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Installing the Switch

Installation Procedures

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Direct Console Access

To connect a console to the
switch, follow these steps:

1.

Connect the PC or
terminal to the switch’s
Console Port using the
console cable included
with the Switch. (If your
PC or terminal has a 25-pin
serial connector, first
attach a 9-pin to 25-pin
straight-through adapter
at one end of the console
cable.)

2.

Turn on the terminal or
PC’s power and, if using a
PC, start the PC terminal
program.

3.

Press

[Enter]

two or three

times and you will see the
copyright page and the message “Press any key to continue”. Press a key,
and you will then see the switch console command (CLI) prompt, for
example:

ProCurve Switch 6400cl-6XG#

If you want to continue with console management of the switch at this time,
see chapter 3,

“Getting Started With Switch Configuration”

for some basic

configuration steps. For more detailed information, refer to the Management
and Configuration Guide,

which is on the Documentation CD-ROM that came

with the switch.

PC running a terminal

emulator program, or

a VT-100 terminal

Console cable supplied

with the switch

Console port

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