Owner's manual

C ONNECTING TO THE C ONSOLE P ORT
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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 on-board
configuration program can be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a
terminal emulation program. The console port pin assignments and
console cable wiring is provided in the table below.
See “Cables” on page B-1 for further information on cabling.
Figure 3-7 RJ-45 Console Port Pin Numbers
Wiring Map for RJ-45 Console Cable
Table 3-1 Console Port to 9-Pin DTE Port in PC
Switch’s RJ-45
Console Port
Null Modem PC’s 9-Pin DTE
Port
6 RXD <---------TXD ------------ 3 TXD
3 TXD -----------RXD ----------> 2 RXD
4, 5 SGND -----------SGND ---------- 5 SGND
No other pins are used.
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