Installation Guide

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HAPTER

| Installing the Switch

Connecting to the Console Port

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CONNECTING TO THE CONSOLE PORT

The RJ-45 Console port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the

switch for out-of-band console configuration. The console device can be a PC or

workstation running a VT-100 terminal emulator, or a VT-100 terminal. An RJ-

45-to-DB-9 cable is supplied with the switch for connecting to a PC’s RS-232

serial DB-9 DTE port. The pin assignments used in the RJ-45-to-DB-9 cable are

described below.

Figure 13: Console Port Connection

WIRING MAP FOR CONSOLE CABLE

The following table describes the pin connections for the RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial

cable.

Table 2: Console Cable Wiring

Switch’s 8-Pin

Console Port

Null Modem PC’s 9-Pin

DTE Port

6 RXD (receive data) <--------------------- 3 TXD (transmit data)

3 TXD (transmit data) ---------------------> 2 RXD (receive data)

5 SGND (signal ground) ----------------------- 5 SGND (signal ground)

No other pins are used.

RJ-45 Connector

Console Port

DB-9 Port

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