PowerConnect 5324 : esoteric cabalistic

Question

Hello everybody,I got a Dell PowerConnect 5324 switch and I try to manage it.  I connect it to a computer with a null modem cable and I run PuTTY 0.62. I set options to : Connection : serial Speed : 9600 Data bits : 8 Stop bits : 1 Parity : None Flow control : None And then, I switch on the switch. I get this : Waow. I've tried to change the character set, but none give something readable.I still can type basic command : if I type enable, reload, y it seems to reboot. But I can't manage it because this display is unreadable. Any idea ?

L_Ambassadeur · Accepted Answer

Thanks a lot, it works !! As I always do, I wipe off everything, then I rebuild.
Because I want to make it slow but sure, I write this script in notepad++, then I copy one line and past it in PuTTY.
I was tired of blindly typing my commands and not be sure of the result...
(of course line that begin with # is just a comment, and line 'y' is just to validate the reload command)

#Reset To Factory Settings
 enable
 delete startup-config
 copy running-config startup-config
 reload
 y
#waiting


#Configure IP Address
 enable
 config
 interface vlan 1
 ip address 192.168.77.250 /24
 exit
 ip default-gateway 192.168.77.1
 exit
 copy running-config startup-config


#Reload to make sure it saved properly
 reload
 y
#waiting


#Create a web UI user
 enable
 config
 username admin password admin level 15
 exit
 copy running-config startup-config

Then I ran to try to access to the web interface... yeah, victory !!!

Thank you very much Dell Community for your support.

Thank you Dell for your hardware, PuTTY & Notepad++ for your software...

L_Ambassadeur · Answer

I've run these commands :

enable
delete startup-config
then type '"Y" to confirm delete
reload

But it doesn't solve this problem.

How can I access the switch web interface ? I don't know his IP address.

I could try to set this blindly but I'm not sure of which command to type.

And I suppose I can't script these commands for PuTTY because of needing to type '"Y" to confirm delete...

Please advise.

L_Ambassadeur · Answer

That is great to hear! Good job sticking with it and gaining access to it. From here I would re-flash the firmware on the switch, from the GUI using TFTP. Then see if the console looks better when you connect to it.

As you told me, I flashed the firmware on the switch, then I restart it, and now the console displays correctly. So now, this problem is fully solved ! Maybe the firmware was lightly corrupted, maybe the code that provide output to display, I don't know. What I know is that now it works properly !!

Many thanks again !

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