Establishing a first-time serial connection

About this task

Perform the following steps to log in to the device through the serial connection.

Procedure

  1. Connect the device with the workstation.

    If the serial port on the workstation is RJ-45 instead of DB9-RS-232, remove the adapter on the end of the serial cable and insert the exposed RJ-45 connector into the RJ-45 serial port on the workstation.

  2. Disable any serial communication programs running on the workstation, such as any synchronization programs.
  3. Open a terminal emulator application, such as PuTTY, XShell or SecureCRT on a Windows PC or TERM, TIP, or CKermit in a Linux environment. Choose one of the following options to configure the application:
    • In a Windows environment, use the following values:

      Parameter

      Value

      Bits per second

      9600

      Data bits

      8

      Parity

      None

      Stop bits

      1

      Flow control

      None (must be disabled on the host side)
      Note: Flow control is not supported on the serial connection when it is attached to a remote terminal. The connection must be disabled on the customer-side remote terminal server in addition to the host-side clients.
    • In a UNIX environment using TIP, enter the following string at the prompt: 
      tip /dev/ttyb -9600

      If ttyb is already in use, use ttya instead and enter the following string at the prompt:

      tip /dev/ttya -9600
  4. When the terminal emulator application stops reporting information, press Enter to display the login prompt. 
    Switch Console Login:
  5. Log on to the device as admin, using the default password (password ). You are prompted to change the default password at the initial login. Record the new credentials and keep this information in a secure location. 
    Fabric OS (swDir) 
swDir login: admin 
Password: Please change your passwords now. 
Use Control-C to exit or press 'Enter' key to proceed. 
swDir:admin>
  6. Modify passwords. To skip modifying the password, press Ctrl+C.
    Note: Initial passwords can be 8 to 40 characters long. Passwords must begin with an alphabetic character and, they can include numeric characters, the period (.), and the underscore (_). No other special characters are supported. Passwords are case-sensitive, and they are not displayed when you enter them on the command line.