User guide

Installing the Cisco 2500 Series Access Server 3-13

Connecting the Console Terminal and Modem

The console terminal is used to provide local administrative access to the access server.

Connect the terminal to the console port. The auxiliary port can be used for with a terminal,

or with a modem for remote access.

Connecting to the Console Port

This section explains how to connect a terminal (an ASCII terminal, or a PC running

terminal emulation software) to the console port on the access server:

Step 1 Connect a terminal to the console port using a roll-over RJ-45 cable and an

RJ-45-to-DB-25 adapter. If you are using the cable provided by Cisco, the adapter

will be labeled “Terminal.”

A roll-over cable can be detected by comparing the two modular ends of the cable.

Holding the cables in your hand, side-by-side, with the tab at the back, the wire

connected to the pin on the outside of the left plug should be the same color as the

pin on the outside of the right plug. (See Figure 3-13.) If your cable was purchased

from Cisco, pin 1 will be white on one connector, and pin 8 will be white on the

other (a rollover cable reverses pins 1 and 8, 2 and 7, 3 and 6, and 4 and 5).