Figure 1-1
Use the console cable to connect your PC to your switch
Identify the interface to avoid connection errors.
Beca
switch is po
cons
ug the RJ-45 connector of the console cable into your switch.
your switch, first unplug the RJ-45 connector and then the DB-9
use the serial port of a PC is not hot swappable, do not plug or unplug the console cable when your
wered on. When connecting the PC to your switch, first plug the DB-9 connector of the
ole cable into the PC, and then pl
When disconnecting the PC from
connector.
2) Launch a terminal emulation utility on your PC. In
is used as an example. Click
Start
>
All Programs
HyperTerminal
to enter the
HyperTerminal
windo
shown in
Figure 1-2
this chapter, the HyperTerminal in Windows XP
>
Accessories
>
Communications
>
w. The
Connection Description
window as
appears. Type a connection na
box, and click
OK
.
me (
Switch
, for example) in the
Name
input
1-2