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Direct Console Access, Installing the Switch, HP ProCurve Switch 2848 - 2824

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Installing the Switch Installing the Switch Installation Procedures If you want to operate the console using a different configuration, make sure you change the settings on both the terminal and on the switch so they are compatible. Change the switch settings first, save your changes, then change the terminal settings, then reboot the switch and reestablish the console session. 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. Console port Console cable supplied with the switch PC running a terminal emulator program, or a VT-100 terminal This picture demonstrates the Switch 2848. Remember the console port on the Switch 2824 is in front. 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: HP ProCurve Switch 2848# If you want to continue with console management of the switch at this time, see chapter 3, "Configuring the Switch" 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. 2-23

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Installing the Switch
Installation Procedures
Installing the Switch
If you want to operate the console using a different configuration, make sure
you change the settings on both the terminal and on the switch so they are
compatible. Change the switch settings first, save your changes, then change
the terminal settings, then reboot the switch and reestablish the console
session.
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:
HP ProCurve Switch 2848#
If you want to continue with console management of the switch at this time,
see chapter 3,
“Configuring the Switch”
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.
This picture demonstrates the
Switch
2848. Remember the console
port on the Switch 2824 is in front.
PC running a terminal
emulator program, or
a VT-100 terminal
Console cable supplied
with the switch
Console port