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Brocade 5300 configuration

1. Connect the serial cable to the serial port on the switch and to an RS-232 serial port on

the workstation.

If the serial port on the workstation is RJ-45 instead of 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. Open a terminal emulator application (such as HyperTerminal on a PC, or TERM, TIP, or Kermit

in a UNIX environment), and configure the application as follows:

• In a Windows environment:

• In a UNIX environment, 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

Switch IP address

You can configure the Brocade 5300 with a static IP address, or you can use a DHCP (Dynamic

Host Configuration Protocol) server to set the IP address of the switch. DHCP is enabled by default.

The Brocade 5300 supports both IPv4 and IPv6.

Using DHCP to set the IP address

When using DHCP, the Brocade 5300 obtains its IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway

address from the DHCP server. The DHCP client can only connect to a DHCP server that is on the

same subnet as the switch. If your DHCP server is not on the same subnet as the Brocade 5300,

use a static IP address.

Setting a static IP address

1. Log into the switch using the default password, which is password.

2. Use the ipaddrset command to set the Ethernet IP address.

If you are going to use an IPv4 IP address, enter the IP address in dotted decimal notation as

prompted.

Ethernet IP Address: [192.168.74.102]

If you are going to use an IPv6 address, enter the network information in semicolon-separated

notation as prompted.

switch:admin> ipaddrset -ipv6 --add 1080::8:800:200C:417A/64

Parameter Value

Bits per second 9600

Databits 8

Parity None

Stop bits 1

Flow control None

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