Administrator Guide

Accessing the Console Port
To access the console port, follow these steps:
For the console port pinout, refer to Accessing the RJ-45 Console Port with a DB-9 Adapter.
1. Install an RJ-45 copper cable into the console port. Use a rollover (crossover) cable to connect the switch console port to a terminal
server.
2. Connect the other end of the cable to the DTE terminal server.
3. Terminal settings on the console port cannot be changed in the software and are set as follows:
• 9600 baud rate
• No parity
• 8 data bits
• 1 stop bit
• No flow control
Pin Assignments
You can connect to the console using a RJ-45 to RJ-45 rollover cable and a RJ-45 to DB-9 female DTE adapter to a terminal server (for
example, a PC).
The pin assignments between the console and a DTE terminal server are as follows:
Table 2. Pin Assignments Between the Console and a DTE Terminal Server
Console Port RJ-45 to RJ-45
Rollover Cable
RJ-45 to RJ-45
Rollover Cable
RJ-45 to DB-9 Adapter Terminal Server Device
Signal RJ-45 Pinout RJ-45 Pinout DB-9 Pin Signal
RTS 1 8 8 CTS
NC 2 7 6 DSR
TxD 3 6 2 RxD
GND 4 5 5 GND
GND 5 4 5 GND
RxD 6 3 3 TxD
NC 7 2 4 DTR
CTS 8 1 7 RTS
Mounting an NFS File System
This feature enables you to quickly access data on an NFS mounted file system. You can perform file operations on an NFS mounted file
system using supported file commands.
This feature allows an NFS mounted device to be recognized as a file system. This file system is visible on the device and you can execute
all file commands that are available on conventional file systems such as a Flash file system.
Before executing any CLI command to perform file operations, you must first mount the NFS file system to a mount-point on the device.
Since multiple mount-points exist on a device, it is mandatory to specify the mount-point to which you want to load the system.
The /f10/mnt/nfsdirectory is the root of all mount-points.
To mount an NFS file system, perform the following steps:
Table 3. Mounting an NFS File System
File Operation Syntax
To mount an NFS file system:
mount nfs rhost:path mount-
point username password
The foreign file system remains mounted as long as the device is up and does not reboot. You can run the file system commands without
having to mount or un-mount the file system each time you run a command. When you save the configuration using the write command,
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