Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series User Manual

number is CAB-S3-CONSOLE=.
Note: The auxiliary (AUX) port is not supported.
Figure: EIA/TIA-232 RJ-45 Adapter Cable Connector
Table E-1: Supervisor Engine III Console Port Pinouts RJ45-to-DB25 Adaptor Cable
RJ45 on Switch Console
(DTE) (Uses straight through
cable.)
DB25 on Terminal (DTE)
1 RTS (looped to pin 8) 
2 DTR 6 DSR
3 RxD 2 TxD
4 GND 7 GND
5 GND tied to 4 7 GND
6 TxD 3 RxD
7 DSR 20 DTR
8 CTS (looped to pin 1) 
Table E-2: Supervisor Engine III Console Port Pinouts RJ45-to-DB9 Adaptor Cable
RJ45 on Switch Console (DTE)
(Uses straight through cable.)
DB9 on Terminal (DTE)
1 RTS (looped to pin 8) 
2 DTR 6 DSR
3 RxD 3 TxD
4 GND 5 GND
5 GND tied to 4 5 GND
6 TxD 2 RxD
7 DSR 4 DTR
8 CTS (looped to pin 1) 
Configuring a Terminal for Attachment to the Console Port
Note: The console port is an asynchronous (Async) serial port; any device connected to this port must be
capable of asynchronous transmission.
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Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Specifications

General

Operating System	Cisco IOS XE
Latency	Sub-microsecond
Forwarding Rate	Up to 9 Bpps
Forwarding Capacity	Up to 9 Bpps
Power Supply	AC or DC
Features	Segment Routing, EVPN, VXLAN, MPLS
Redundancy	Power supply
Management	Cisco DNA Center, CLI, SNMP, RESTCONF, NETCONF