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Thanks. &nbsp;There was something going on with the stack. &nbsp;I pulled the plug on all of them and after they came back up I was able to putty in and also http. &nbsp;Thanks!
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Thanks.  There was something going on with the stack.  I pulled the plug on all of them and after they came back up I was able to putty in and also http.  Thanks!

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I'm trying to console into a stack of Dell powerconnects. &nbsp;It looks like the IP I have to manage the stack in incorrect and I need to get in and verify it. &nbsp;I'm trying to console in but all I'm getting on Hyperterminal and Putty is a rotating line in the top left corner of the windows. &nbsp;I have hyperterminal set per the instructions in the documentation. &nbsp;But its still not displaying anything but that rotating line. &nbsp;When I unplug the cable the rotating line stops so I know its at least trying to communicate to it. &nbsp;I believe I'm using the correct cable type but not 100%. &nbsp;Each end is 9 pin serial.<br />
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Set the data rate to 9600 baud.<br />
c Set the data format to 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity.<br />
d Set flow control to none.<br />
e Under Properties, select VT100 for Emulation mode.<br />
f Select Terminal keys for Function, Arrow, and Ctrl keys. Make<br />
sure the setting is for Terminal keys, not Windows keys.
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I'm trying to console into a stack of Dell powerconnects.  It looks like the IP I have to manage the stack in incorrect and I need to get in and verify it.  I'm trying to console in but all I'm getting on Hyperterminal and Putty is a rotating line in the top left corner of the windows.  I have hyperterminal set per the instructions in the documentation.  But its still not displaying anything but that rotating line.  When I unplug the cable the rotating line stops so I know its at least trying to communicate to it.  I believe I'm using the correct cable type but not 100%.  Each end is 9 pin serial.

Set the data rate to 9600 baud.
c Set the data format to 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity.
d Set flow control to none.
e Under Properties, select VT100 for Emulation mode.
f Select Terminal keys for Function, Arrow, and Ctrl keys. Make
sure the setting is for Terminal keys, not Windows keys.

Connecting to Dell Powerconnect 3024 via console

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.