HP 5930 USB console cable driver

ed79 · 30 Mar 2016 at 15:36

Hi, fairly specific question this, but I need to install a new HP 5930 switch. The switch caomes with RJ45 (switch end) to serial port (laptop end) but my laptop doesn't doesn't have a serial port.

The manual has a link to download a driver to use a mini USB cable instead - http://www.exar.com/product/interface/uarts/usb-uarts/xr21v1410 - but I can't see any download links on that page.

The file I'm looking for is - XR21V1410_XR21B1411_Windows_Ver1840_x64_Installer.EXE - but I'm not having any luck finding it via google.

So I thought no harm in asking here, as maybe someone who does this sort of thing for a living knows exactly what I need to do?

Cheers!

Spammeh · 30 Mar 2016 at 16:11

1. Just buy any serial to USB adapter, plug into USB port and install the driver (if required)
2. Attach USB adapter to console cable and plug into switch
3. Load up putty and connect to the new COM port now installed (check device mgr for confirmation)
4. Connected to switch!

ed79 · 30 Mar 2016 at 16:14

Thanks, will give that a go.

Caged · 30 Mar 2016 at 22:47

Plug the cable in and look up the device ID in device manager. It's most likely going to be an FTDI or a Prolific chip, and the drivers are available on the websites for each.

Edit: Didn't realise your link was to the chips

https://www.exar.com/design-tools/software-drivers

nutcase · 31 Mar 2016 at 08:41

Beware that many of the cheap adapters have compatibility issues with modern OSs.

ed79 · 31 Mar 2016 at 13:27

Thanks Caged, your link is spot on.

blueboy2001 · 6 Apr 2016 at 09:23

These have an out of band management port on the back which is DHCP enabled out of the box.

I usually just stick a network cable in and run tftpd32 DHCP server on my laptop, then use Putty to Telnet on, and you can update the firmware via TFTP as well.