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Direct Console Access, Installing the Switch, ProCurve Switch

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Installing the Switch Installing the Switch Installation Procedures Direct Console Access To connect a console to the switch, follow these steps: Console 1. Connect the PC or Console port 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 Console cable supplied with the switch attach a 9-pin to 25-pin straight-through adapter at one end of the console cable.) 2. Turn on the terminal or PC running a terminal emulator program, or a VT-100 terminal 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 # 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 your switch. 2-31

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Installing the Switch
Installation Procedures
Installing the Switch
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 #
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 your switch.
Console
Console port
Console cable supplied
with the switch
PC running a terminal
emulator program, or
a VT-100 terminal