Dell PowerStore PowerStore T and Q Networking Guide for Storage Services

Establish a terminal session to the switch

Perform the following steps to establish a terminal session to the serial console port on the Dell PowerSwitch Series S4148 switch.

1. Power on the switch.
2. Use a serial cable to connect to the serial console port, which is the top port that is on the PSU-side of the PowerSwitch.
   

   Identifier	Description
   1	Serial Port
   2	Management Port

3. Open a terminal emulator program, such as PuTTY, on the host.
4. Configure the serial connection in the terminal emulator program using the following settings.

   Table 1. Serial connection settingsTable lists serial connection settings and their related values.

   Setting	Value
   Speed(baud)	115200 (9600 for micro-USB port)
   Data bits	8
   Stop bits	1
   Parity	None
   Flow control	None

5. Connect to the switch using the terminal emulator program.
6. Enter the switch login credentials. The default username and password are:
   • Username: admin
   • Password: admin
7. Enter global configuration mode.

   configure terminal

8. It is recommended that you change the password after logging into the switch for the first time. Use the following command to change the switch password.

   username admin password <NEW_PASSWORD> role sysadmin