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8-Port Value-Line Console Server Quick Start Guide
Follow the steps listed below to get started:
Step 1: Check kit contents.
 LES1508A 8-Port Value-Line Console Server with Cisco® serial pinouts
 This printed quick start guide
 (1) CD-ROM containing a user’s manual in PDF format
 (2) UTP cables
 (1) DB9F-RJ-45 adapter straight-pinned
 (1) DB9F-RJ-45 adapter crossover-pinned
 Universal input 12-VDC power pack
Step 2: Connect the hardware.
 Plug the power pack into the AC power receptacle and connect the DC
power cable to the 12 VDC power socket on the Value-Line Console
Server.
 Connect the ETH1 port to your network.
 Connect your serial devices to the SERIAL ports. Your Value-Line
Console Server has eight RJ-45 serial ports. The RJ-45 serial connectors
have Cisco serial pinouts:
PIN
SIGNAL
DEFINITION
1
CTS
Clear To Send
2
DSR
Data Set Ready
3
RXD
Receive Data
4
GND
Signal Ground
5
GND
Signal Ground
6
TXD
Transmit Data
7
DTR
Data Terminal Ready
8
RTS
Request To Send
Figure 1. Cisco serial pinouts.
Step 3: Set up the console server.
The default Value-Line Console Server IP address is 192.168.0.1 (subnet
mask 255.255.255.0). With a Web browser on any computer that is
connected through the network to the Value-Line Console Server:
• Enter https://192.168.0.1 into the address bar.
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