Installation guide

2 – General Description

Serial Port

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Serial Port

The SANbox 5200 switch is equipped with an RS-232 serial port for maintenance

purposes. The serial port location is shown in Figure 2-7. You can manage the

switch through the serial port using the CLI.

Figure 2-7. Serial Port and Pin Identification

The serial port connector requires a null-modem F/F DB9 cable. The pins on the

switch RS-232 connector are shown in Figure 2-7 and identified in Table 2-1.

Refer to ”Connect the Management Workstation to the Switch” on page 4-9 for

information about connecting the management workstation through the serial port.

Table 2-1. Serial Port Pin Identification

Pin Number Description

1 Carrier Detect (DCD)

2 Receive Data (RxD)

3 Transmit Data (TxD)

4 Data Terminal Ready (DTR)

5 Signal Ground (GND)

6 Data Set Ready (DSR)

7 Request to Send (RTS)

8 Clear to Send (CTS)

9 Ring Indicator (RI)

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Serial Port