Connecting Console Cable - 3Com Switch 4210 Series Getting Started

Connecting Console
Cable
Console Cable
Figure 25 Ground through an AC PE wire
(3 )
(4 )
(1) AC power input (2) Grounding screw
(4) PE ground wire (5) Three-wire AC power input cable
A Console cable is an 8-core cable. One end of the cable is a crimped RJ-45
connector for the connection to the Console port of the switch, and the other end
is a DB-9 female connector for the connection to the serial port on the Console
terminal, as shown in Figure 26.
Figure 26 Console cable
Table 13 Console cable pinouts
RJ-45 Signal
1 RTS
2 DTR
3 TXD
4 CD
5 GND
6 RXD
7 DSR
8 CTS
(1 )
(2 ) (2 )
(5 )
Direction DB9 (modem)
— 7
— 4
— 3
— 1
— 5
— 2
— 6
— 8

Connecting Console Cable

(6 )
(3) Power transformer
(6) Ethernet Switch
DB9 (console)
8
6
2
5
5
3
4
7
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