Startup and configuration, Startup, Setting up the configuration environment – H3C Technologies H3C MSR 20-1X User Manual
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Startup and Configuration
Startup
Configure MSR 20-1X routers only through the console interface for the first time.
Setting Up the Configuration Environment
Connecting the router to a console terminal
To set up a local configuration environment, you need to connect the RJ-45 connector of the console
cable to the console interface on the router, and the DB-9 connector to the serial interface of a PC, as
shown in the following figure.
Figure 28 Local configuration through the console interface
Devece
PC
Console cable
Setting the parameters for the console terminal
Step1
Open the console terminal and set up a new connection. Select the serial interface to be connected in
the Connect using field in the Connect to box as shown in the following figure. Note that the serial
interface should be the one connected to the console cable.