HP 5500 Ei 5500 Si Switch Series Installation Guide

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Removing an interface card  
  CAUTION: 
Do not touch the surface-mounted components directly with your hands. 
 
To remove an interface card: 
1.
 Wear an ESD-preventive wrist strap and make sure  it makes good skin contact and is properly 
grounded.  
2.  Use a Phillips screwdriver to completely loosen th e captive screws at both sides of the interface 
card. 
3.  Gently pull the interface card along the guide rail s until it completely comes out of the switch 
chassis.  
4.  If no new card is to...

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Verifying the installation 
After you complete the installation, verify that:  
•  There is enough space for heat dissipation around th e switch, and the rack or workbench is stable.  
•   The grounding cable is securely connected. 
•   The correct power source is used.  
•   The power cords are properly connected. 
•   All the interface cables are cabled indoors. If any  cable is routed outdoors, verify that the socket 
strip with lightning protection and lightning a rresters for network ports...

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Accessing the switch for the first time 
Setting up the configuration environment 
The first time you access the switch you must use a console cable to connect a console terminal, for 
example, a PC, to the console port on the switch.  
Figure 24  Connecting the console port to a terminal 
 
 
Connecting the console cable 
A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable, with  a crimped RJ-45 connector at one end for connecting 
to the console port of the switch, and a DB-9 female connector at the other...

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  NOTE: 
•  The serial ports on PCs do not support hot swapping. If the switch has been powered on, connect the 
console cable to the PC before connecting to th e switch. When you disconnect the cable, first 
disconnect from the switch. 
 
Setting terminal parameters 
To configure and manage the switch, you must run a te rminal emulator program on the console terminal.  
The following are the required terminal settings: 
•   Bits per second—9,600 
•   Data bits—8 
•   Parity—None 
•   Stop bits—1 
•...

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Figure 27  Setting the serial port used  by the HyperTerminal connection 
 
 
4. Set  Bits per second to  9600, Data bits  to 8, Parity to  None, Stop bits  to 1, and  Flow control  to 
None , and click  OK.  
Figure 28  Set the serial port parameters 
 
 
5.  Select  File > Properties  in the HyperTerminal window.  

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Figure 29  HyperTerminal window 
 
 
6.  On the Settings  tab, set the emulation to  VT100 and click  OK.  

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Figure 30  Setting terminal emulation in  Switch Properties dialog box 
 
 
Powering on the switch 
Before powering on the switch, verify that:  
•   The power cord is properly connected.  
•   The input power voltage meets the requirement of the switch. 
•   The console cable is properly connected, the terminal  or PC used for configuration has started, and 
the configuration parameters have been correctly set.  
The system has two startup modes: full  startup and fast startup. By default, the...

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            Creation date   : Feb 18 2011, 17:01:57 
            CPU Clock Speed : 533MHz   
            BUS Clock Speed : 133MHz 
            Memory Size     : 256MB 
            Mac Address     : 00e0fc005502 
 
 
Press Ctrl-B to enter Boot Menu... 1 
Press  Ctrl +  B at the prompt within one second to access the Boot menu, or wait for the system to 
automatically start up.  
•   If you press  Ctrl + B within one second, the system displays a prompt for password:  
Password: 
Press Enter at the...

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Item Description
9.  Set switch startup mode  Set the startup mode to full mode or fast mode, as described in 
“
Changing the startup mode .” 
10. Reboot 
Restart the switch. 
 
 NOTE: 
The system by default has no Boot ROM password.  HP recommends that you set a Boot ROM password 
immediately after you access the Boot menu. 
 
•   If you don’t do anything or press any key other than  Ctrl + B within one second, the system 
automatically starts up when the remaining time becomes zero, and displays...

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Changing the startup mode 
By default, the system starts  up in fast mode. To change to the full startup mode, press  Ctrl + B within one 
second to access the Boot menu:  
         BOOT  MENU 
 
1. Download application file to flash 
2. Select application file to boot 
3. Display all files in flash 
4. Delete file from flash 
5. Modify bootrom password 
6. Enter bootrom upgrade menu 
7. Skip current configuration file 
8. Set bootrom password recovery 
9. Set switch startup mode 
0. Reboot 
 
Enter...