Table of Contents

Chapter 5 System Debugging. 5-1

5.1 Setting up Configuration Environment 5-1

5.1.1 Setting up Configuration Environment 5-1

5.1.2 Connecting Cables. 5-1

5.1.3 Setting Terminal Parameters. 5-1

5.2 Powering and Booting the Switch. 5-4

5.2.1 Verifying Installation before Powering the Switch. 5-4

5.2.2 Powering on the Switch. 5-4

5.2.3 Verifying after Power-on (Recommended) 5-5

5.2.4 Boot Interface. 5-5

 

Chapter 5  System Debugging

5.1  Setting up Configuration Environment

5.1.1  Setting up Configuration Environment

Connect a terminal (a PC in this scenario) to the switch with a Console cable.

Figure 5-1 Networking environment for switch configuration

5.1.2  Connecting Cables

Step 1: Insert the DB-9 (or DB-25) female connector of the Console cable into the serial port on the PC (the Console terminal).

Step 2: Insert the RJ-45 connector of the cable into the Console port on the switch.

5.1.3  Setting Terminal Parameters

Set baud rate to 9600, data bits to 8, parity check to none, stop bits to 1, flow control to none, and terminal emulation to VT100.

This section will tell you how to set the terminal parameters, taking a PC running Windows 98 HyperTerminal as an example.

Step 1: Start PC, and run terminal emulation program (such as Terminal of Windows3.1, or HyperTerminal of Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows 2000/Windows NT/Windows XP/Windows ME) on PC.

Step 2: Set parameters in the HyperTerminal of Windows98.

You are required to set the baud rate to 9600, data bits to 8, no parity check, stop bit to 1, and flow control to none, and select VT100 for terminal emulation. Specifically,

1)         Click [Start/Programs/Accessories/Communications/HyperTerminal] to access the Hyper Terminal window. Click icon  in the window to set up a new connection and the system will display the following Connection Description interface.

Figure 5-2 Connection Description interface of HyperTerminal

2)         Enter the name of the new connection in the [Connection Description] interface, click <OK>, and the system displays the following interface. Select the target serial port to be used in [Connect using:].

Figure 5-3 Set the serial port to be used in the HyperTerminal connection

3)         Click <OK> after selecting the serial port and the system will display the following interface for you to set the connecting serial interface parameters. Set the bits per second to 9600, data bits to 8, no parity check, stop bits to 1, and flow control to none.

Figure 5-4 Set serial interface parameters

4)         Click <OK> upon the completion of the serial interface parameter setting and the system will access the following HyperTerminal interface.

Figure 5-5 HyperTerminal Window

Select [Properties] in the HyperTerminal dialog box to access the Properties Window. Click [Settings] in the Window (as shown in the following figure), select VT100 for terminal emulation, and click <OK> to confirm the settings.

 

 

Figure 5-6 Set the terminal emulation parameters

5.2  Powering and Booting the Switch

5.2.1  Verifying Installation before Powering the Switch

You should verify the installation of the switch before powering it on, to make sure that

l           The switch is stable enough.

l           All the boards have been correctly installed.

l           All the communication cables, fibers, power cords, and grounding wires have been correctly connected.

l           The proper power voltage is used as required by the switch.

l           The Console cable has been correctly connected, the PC or terminal for configuration has been in service and all the required terminal parameters have been set.

 

 

5.2.2  Powering on the Switch

l           Turn on the power switch of the power source providing power to the switch.

l           Turn on the power switch of the PWR on the switch.

5.2.3  Verifying after Power-on (Recommended)

To ensure the configuration works that you will make on the switch, you are recommended to check the switch after powering it on to make sure that:

l           The cooling system is working. In this case, you can hear the noise caused by fan rotation and feel that there is air exhausted out.

l           All the system LEDs on the SRPUs function normal.

5.2.4  Boot Interface

The S9505 switch is used as an example in this section.

The following is the information that will be output at the Console terminal when you power on and boot the switch.

ZBB_TEST

Starting...

 

  *************************************************

  *                                               *

  *      H3C S9500 Bootrom, Version  206          *

  *                                               *

  *************************************************

 

  Copyright(c) 2004-2007 Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.

  CPU type        : MPC755

  CPU L2 Cache    : 1024KB

  CPU Clock Speed : 400MHz

  BUS Clock Speed : 100MHz

  Memory Size     : 512MB

 

Board self testing...........................

The board is steady

SlotNo of this board is 0

The MCX is existent

BootRom main system CRC check is OK

82559 register testing is OK

EPLD1 testing is OK

EPLD2 testing is OK

16c2552 register testing is OK

Please check LEDs......................LED testing finished

The switch's Mac address is 000F-E200-0000

 

Press Ctrl+B to enter Boot Menu... 0

Auto-booting...

Booting from Flash...

Decompress  Image...................................................

.......................................................OK!

Starting at 0x10000...

User interface Con 0 is available

Press ENTER to get started.

The information displayed above indicates that the automatic startup of the switch is complete.

Press Enter. The following prompt is displayed. You can configure the switch now.

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