Re: Accessing CI of BayStack 350T switch via serial connection
On Saturday 05 March 2005 06:10, Roger Ellison wrote:
> I've been googling around and apparently my old brain can't solve
> what should be a fairly easy problem. I've got a donated BayStack
> 350T switch and need to access the Console Interface to setup the
> switch. Accessing the CI thru a network connection isn't possible
> without the switch's IP, which we don't have. (I'm running an nmap
> ping sweep against the private address ranges to see if I get lucky,
> but no joy so far). The switch's default IP is 0.0.0.0,; so,
> resetting the switch to it's deaults doesn't do any good and can't be
> done outside of the CI anyhow. I had hoped the switch was setup to
> get it's IP over the network via BootP; so, I setup DHCP with the
> switches MAC address, hoping to give the swtich a static IP on
> powerup, but no luck there. (Can DHCP satisfy BootP requests?) So, a
> proper serial cable is connected between the switches management port
> and ttyS1 of the computer and the port is set to 9600,N,8,1. How do
> I get a terminal emulator pointed at ttyS1, so I can send the switch
> Ctrl-C to access the CI? I tried minicom, but apparently it wants to
> use a modem, unless I'm missing something?
>
> Roger
minicom should work. Did you go through the serial port setup?
Tom
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