7-2
Chapter 7: Switch Management
7-2 How to Connect to the Console Port
The DB-9 Console port (Figure 7-2) on the switch’s rear panel is used to connect to the
switch for out-of-band console configuration. The console device can be a PC or
workstation running a VT-100 terminal emulator, or a VT-100 terminal. A console cable
is supplied with the switch for connecting to a PC’s RS-232 serial DB-9 DTE (COM) port.
NOTE:
T
o connect to notebooks or other PCs that do not have a DB-9 COM port, use a
USB-to-male DB-9 adapter cable (not included with the switch).
The following table describes the pin assignments used in the 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 7-2. Console Port
Table 7-2. Console Cable Wiring
Switch’s 9-Pin
Console Port
Null Modem PC’s 9-Pin DTE Port
2 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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