Chapter 6
| Switch Management
How to Connect to the Console Port
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The following table describes the pin assignments used in the RJ-45-to-DB-9
console cable.
The serial port’s configuration requirements are as follows:
◆ Default Baud rate—9600 bps
◆ Character Size—8 Characters
◆ Parity—None
◆ Stop bit—One
◆ Data bits—8
◆ Flow control—none
Figure 29: Console Port Connection
Follow these steps to connect to the Console port:
1. Attach the DB-9 end of the included RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial cable to a DB-9 COM
port connector on a management PC.
Table 13: Console Cable Wiring
Switch’s 8-Pin
Console Port
Null Modem PC’s 9-Pin
DTE Port
6 RXD (receive data) <--------------------- 3 TXD (transmit data)
3 TXD (transmit data) ---------------------> 2 RXD (receive data)
5 SGND (signal ground) ----------------------- 5 SGND (signal ground)
No other pins are used.
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