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FnordNet has a pair of Force10 S50 48 port Gbit Ethernet switches.  Thanks, Bryan!

= console cable =
While there are a bunch of Cisco console cables on hand, Force10 uses a different connector pinout.  The console port on the S50 is a female 8P8C modular connector (a normal twisted pair Ethernet connector, often called an RJ45).

The connections on the the console port are as follows.  Numbering goes from left to right, looking into the console port connector.
{|
!Pin number
!connection
!Wire color
|- 
|1
|no connection
|white/orange
|-
|2
|no connection
|orange
|-
|3
|RXD - received data
|white/green
|-
|4
|no connection
|blue
|-
|5
|no connection
|white/blue
|-
|6
|TXD - transmitted data
|green
|-
|7
|no connection
|white/brown
|-
|8
|no connection
|brown
|}

The other end of the console cable is a DB-9 (or more correctly a DE-9<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature/</ref>) female connector as commonly found on PC serial ports.  There are two rows of pins on this connector, the "top" row having 5 connections, the "bottom" row having 4.  Facing the connector pins are numbered 5 through 1, left to right, on the top row.  Pins 9 through 6 are on the bottom row, from left to right.  Here's the connection from the other end of the cable:
{|
!pin
!signal
!wire color
!connected to
|-
|1
|DCD - data carrier detect
|any color jumper
|pins 6 and 4 on the same connector
|-
|2
|RXD - received data
|green
|pin 6 of opposite end of cable
|-
|3
|TXD - transmitted data
|white green
|pin 3 of opposite end of cable
|-
|4
|DTR - data terminal ready
|any color jumper
|pins 1 and 6 on the same connector
|-
|5
|SGD - signal ground
|no connect
|no connect
|-
|6
|DSR - data set ready
|any color jumper
|pins 1 and 4 on the same connector
|-
|7
|RTS - ready to send
|any color jumper
|pins 8 on the same connector
|-
|8
|CTS - clear to send
|any color jumper
|pin 7 on the same connector
|-
|9
|RI - ring indicator
|no connect
|no connect
|}

= Clearing configuration =
These switches arrived used, with unknown configuration applied and with unknown usernames and passwords required to manage them.  [SFTOS] is the operating system these switches run, and clearing the switch configuration is accomplished fairly easily:
* Attach the console cable
* Configure terminal program to communicate at 9600bps, 8 data bits, no parity bits, and 1 stop bit.
* Power on switch
* At the prompt 
 CPU Card ID:   0x508245
 Boot Menu Version: 01 Jan 2007
 Version 02.01.45 02/07/2007
 
 Select an option. If no selection in 2 seconds then
 operational code will start.
 
 1 - Start operational code.
 2 - Start Boot Menu.
 Select (1, 2):
: quickly press 2 then Enter.
* At the next menu, select the '''<code>Restore configuration to factory defaults (delete config files)</code>''' option.
* Select the '''<code>Reset the system</code>''' option from the menu.

= Give the switch an IP address =
Log in to the switch.  Elevate privileges using the '''<code>enable</code>''' command.  Run the following to tell the switch use DHCP to get an IP address for management:
 configure
 interface managementethernet 
 protocol dhcp 
 ^Z

= Enable SSH logins =
 ip ssh server enable
 ip ssh protocol 2  
 ip ssh maxsessions 2
 ip ssh timeout 30

= Enable web based configuration =
 ip http secure-server enable
 ip http secure-protocol TLS1 
 ip http server enable

= Showing MACs attached to the switch =
 Force10-S50#show mac-addr-table
 
       Mac Address        Interface  IfIndex     Status   
 -----------------------  ---------  -------  ------------
 00:01:00:01:E8:D5:C1:AE   0/3/1     401      Management
 00:01:00:06:25:FE:9F:1F   1/0/2     2        Learned
 00:01:00:0C:CE:91:C7:97   1/0/25    25       Learned
 00:01:00:10:75:1A:0E:A6   1/0/14    14       Learned
 00:01:00:10:75:1A:0E:A9   1/0/27    27       Learned
 00:01:00:10:75:1A:1B:80   1/0/39    39       Learned
 00:01:00:1A:A0:25:FC:F3   1/0/3     3        Learned
 00:01:00:1D:09:69:88:53   1/0/1     1        Learned
 00:01:00:25:84:6E:2B:02   1/0/16    16       Learned
 00:01:78:E7:D1:ED:CD:64   1/0/37    37       Learned
 
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