Installation Manual

Other Standard Cables
Cable and Connector on Router Connector on Attached Device Standard Cable or Cable Solution
Token ring, shielded, twisted-pair cable
connecting to the 9-pin female token
ring port with a male 9-pin
subminiature D-connector
For a medium interface
connector (MIC) conforming to
IEEE 802.5 specifications for
connection to a trunk coupling
unit (TCU)
Available from several vendors, such
as Black Box and Inmac.
Not offered by Hewlett-Packard.
RS-232 modem cable for a modem
connecting to console port
For 25-pin female or male port Use a standard (straight-through)
modem cable.
RS-232 cable for a terminal or PC
connecting to console port
2
For 25-pin male port Attach a null modem adapter
1
(Tandy
Null Modem Adapter No. 26-1496 has
been tested) to the console port. Then
attach a straight-through modem cable
to the null modem adapter.
For 9-pin male port Use a Black Box PC/AT Serial Printer
Cable (EVNBPC has been tested).
OR
Attach a null modem adapter (Tandy
Null Modem Adapter No. 26-1496 has
been tested) to the console port. Then
attach a modem cable (Black Box
Cable EVNBMC and Cablex PC Modem
Cable have been tested) to the null
modem adapter.
1
The required minimum pin-out is listed in the next section, ‘‘Cable/Connector Pin-Outs’’.
2
Signals DTR (pin 20) and RTS (pin 4) must be on, or high, on your terminal or in your terminal emulation program.
3
Two cables are required for dual attachment to another HP router having an FDDI port or an adjacent DAS.
Cables and Connectors
Other Standard Cables
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