Initial Power; Setting Up The Configuration Environment; Connecting The Console Cable; Console Cable - 3Com Baseline Switch 2900 Series Getting Started Manual

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Initial Power-On

Setting Up the Configuration Environment

Set up the configuration environment as follows:
Connect a terminal (a PC in this example) to the console port on the switch with a console cable.
Figure 4-1 Network diagram for configuration environment setup

Connecting the Console Cable

Console Cable

A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable. One end of the cable is a crimped RJ-45 connector, which
is connected to the console port of the switch, and the other end is a DB-9 female connector, which is
connected to the serial port on the console terminal, as shown below.
Figure 4-2 Console cable
Table 4-1 Console cable pinouts
RJ-45
1
2
Signal
RTS
DTR
4-1
Direction
←
←
DB-9
7
4