Installation Manual
H3C SecPath F1000-A Firewall
Chapter 4 Booting and Configuration
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Chapter 4 Booting and Configuration
4.1 Booting
You can only configure the H3C SecPath Series Firewall through the console port when
you use it for the first time.
4.1.1 Setting up a Configuration Environment
I. Connecting the device to a console terminal
Connect the RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console port on the firewall
and the DB9 connector to the serial port on the console terminal, as shown in Figure
4-1.
To RS-232 serial interface
PC
H3C SecPath F1000-A
To console port
Figure 4-1
Local configuration through the console port
II. Setting terminal parameters
Follow these steps to set terminal parameters on the console terminal, a PC running
Windows98 for example:
Step 1: When you perform the configuration on a PC, the terminal emulations, such as
the Windows 3.1 Terminal, the HyperTerminal of Windows95/Windows98/WindowsNT,
is needed for a connection. Enter the name of the new connection and click <OK>. See
Figure 4-2.
