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[Brocade] Setup console session brocade switch(serial connect)

when managing brocade switchs/directors following behaviors require serial connections:
• Some procedures require that you connect through the serial port; for example, setting the IP address.
• ED-24000B and ED-48000B: You can connect to CP0 or CP1 using either of the two serial ports.

To connect through the serial port
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, you can use ttya (enter tip /dev/ttya -9600).