306 SAN Multiprotocol Routing: An Introduction and Implementation
11.2.2 Connecting to the switch through the serial port
To connect to the switch through the serial port, perform the following steps:
1. Connect the serial cable provided with the switch to the RJ-45 socket in the
switch, using the console port in the:
– Interface module in MDS 9216
– Supervisor module in slot 5/6 in the MDS 9506, MDS 9509, and MDS
9513
2. Connect the other end of the serial cable to an RS-232 serial port on the
workstation.
3. Disable any serial communication programs running on the workstation.
4. Open a terminal emulation application (such as HyperTerminal on a PC), and
configure it as follows:
Bits per second: 9600
Data bits: 8
Parity: none
Stop bits: 1
Flow control: ...