1. Navigate to device manager to see what COM port is using
2. Open Putty on workstation
3. Under Connection - Go to serial and enter the following:

Serial Line to Connect : COM port from Step 1
Bits per sec           : 9600
Parity                 : None
Stop Bits              : 1
Flow Control           : None

4. Under Session - Select Serial and change the COM port to what is listed in step 1
5. Click open

If a console opens but does not display anything hit enter

hostname <name>

Sets the hostname of the system in our case West-MLS

ip route

Enables routing on a layer 3 switch

vlan 200

name Central Clinic

In this example, vlan 200 will be the Central Clinic

vlan 210

name Central Admin

In this example, vlan 210 will the Central Admin

Go into the interface for port to configure. In this case, both ports are going to be trunked.

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

• Switch the port to trunk

switchport mode trunk

To edit vlan ips run the following:

interface vlan 200

Goes into the interface to edit, in this case vlan 200

To assing a gateway ip to a vlan, run the following:

ip address 192.168.20.1 255.255.255.0

In this example, the gateway ip is 192.168.20.1 and netmask /24