Serial cable console access to Force 10 MXL stack

Question

I have a stack of Force 10 MXL switches in an M1000e chassis. I would like to confirm how to gain access via serial cable to these switches. I assume I use a normal 9 pin D-sub to D-sub cable to connect to the serial interface on the chassis controller? From there I assume I can use the 'connect switch-n' exactly as I would when connected to the chassis management controller via SSH? Once connected using the 'connect switch-n' command, how does one disconnect? The documentation here doesn't mention that step: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/uk/en/ukbsdt1/dell-cmc-v5.10-m1000e/cmcm1000e51ug-v1/connecting-to-servers-or-io-modules-using-connect-command?guid=guid-4d6d2ba1-b3a5-4c05-8a94-c18a540c2ebd&lang=en-us Thanks!

make_beer_not_war · Answer

Thanks Daniel. I appear to have a couple of those lying about. I assume they are used to connect directly to the switch? What about a serial connection to the M1000e CMC serial port, and then connecting to the switch?

make_beer_not_war · Answer

Thanks!

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