Connecting To The Serial Console Port - Cisco ASR 5000 Installation Manual

Cabling the Switch Processor Input/Output Line Card
Table 33: SPIO Ethernet RJ-45 Interface Pinout
Pin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
RX = Receive Data TX = Transmit Data BI = BI directional data DA, DB, DC, DD = Data Pair A, B, C,
and D
Each of these interfaces is equipped with two light emitting diode (LED) status indicators:
• Link: This green LED shows whether or not the line card is connected to the network. The LED is
• Activity: This green LED shows when data is transmitted or received. The LED is illuminated when
To use the RJ-45 interfaces, simply plug the Ethernet cable into either the Ethernet 1 or Ethernet 2 interface.

Connecting to the Serial Console Port

The Console port is an RJ-45 RS-232 interface that provides access to the system's command line interface
(CLI). This serial interface communicates at 9600 to 115200 bps (default = 115200 bps).
The RJ-45 pinout of tis interface is described in the figure and table that follow.
100Base-TX 100Mbps Cat5
TX+
TX-
RX+
No used
No used
RX-
No used
No used
illuminated when the card is connected.
data is passing through the interface.
Connecting to the Serial Console Port
1000Base-TX 1Gbps Cat5+
BI DA+
BI DA-
BI DB+
BI DC+
BI DC-
BI DB-
BI DD+
BI DD-
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