Installation Manual

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Cable Specifications
Console and Auxiliary Port Signals and Pinouts
Cable Specifications
Console Port Signals and Pinouts
Use the thin, flat, RJ-45-to-RJ-45 roll-over cable and RJ-45-to-DB-9 female DTE
adapter (labeled “TERMINAL”) to connect the console port to a PC running
terminal emulation software. Table A-1 lists the pinouts for the asynchronous
serial console port, the RJ-45-to-RJ-45 roll-over cable, and the RJ-45-to-DB-9
female DTE adapter (labeled “TERMINAL”).
Table A-1. Console Port Signaling and Cabling Using a DB-9 Adapter
Use the thin, flat, RJ-45-to-RJ-45 roll-over cable and RJ-45-to-DB-25 female
DTE adapter (labeled “TERMINAL”) to connect the console port to a terminal.
Table A-2 lists the pinouts for the asynchronous serial console port, the RJ-45-
to-RJ-45 roll-over cable, and the RJ-45-to-DB-25 female DTE adapter (labeled
“TERMINAL”).
Console
Port (DTE)
RJ-45-to-RJ-45
Roll-Over Cable
RJ-45-to-DB-9
Terminal Adapter
Console
Device
Signal RJ-45 Pin RJ-45 Pin DB-9 Pin Signal
RTS 1
a
a. Pin 1 is connected internally to Pin 8.
88 CTS
DTR 2 7 6 DSR
TxD 3 6 2 RxD
GND 4 5 5 GND
GND 5 4 5 GND
RxD 6 3 3 TxD
DSR 7 2 4 DTR
CTS 8
a
17 RTS
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