[mdlug] Serial port use to connect to a network switch - Ubuntu 14 .04

[gib at juno.com]

Right.  If I connect with Ethernet I need to know the IP address.  Networking need to be running on the switch.   I've worked with some devices (AT&T Uverse, http://www.2wire.com) that has a web server that runs with a specific, known IP address right out of the box.  This switch has instructions that say to use the console port.   

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com>
To: "MDLUG's Main discussion list" <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Serial port use to connect to a network switch - Ubuntu 14.04
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:10:45 -0400

Most "managed" switches have a RS-232 serial console port for out-of-band
management:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-band_management

Reconfiguring the switch can cause an Ethernet connection to be dropped.
An out-of-band connection doesn't have that problem.

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Harry Burleson <hwburleson at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

>
> Gib,
>
> Sorry if I'm pointing out the obvious here but why don't you connect the
> existing Ethernet port of your laptop (Dell Latitude D830) to the Ethernet
> port
> of your switch (HP 5820-24XG-SFP) ? I don't believe RS-232 is directly
> compatible with Ethernet.
>
> - Harry
>
>
> HP 5820-24XG-SFP switch
>
> http://www8.hp.com/ca/en/products/networking-switches/product-detail.html?oid=4177509
>
>
> Dell Latitude D830
>
> http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/latitude-d830/manuals
>
>
>
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