Connecting a serial console to the appliance

We must connect a serial console to the hardware appliance before proceeding with the configuration tasks through the command-line interface (CLI).

Connect the console device to the hardware appliance with a serial cable. The appliance package might contain a USB serial console cable and a DB-9 serial console cable, or the package might contain only a DB-9 serial console cable. If we use the USB serial console cable and your PC does not recognize the cable, we might need to install the device driver. The device drivers are available for download or from the driver supplier

If we use a computer as the console device, connect to the appliance with Microsoft Hyperterminal or another terminal emulation program using the following settings:

Follow the instructions in Common tasks to configure initial appliance settings.

Parent topic: Hardware appliance tasks