Table 88: Cable and Wire Specifications for Routing Engine and RCB Management and Alarm
Interfaces (continued)
Cable
Port
Specification
Routing Engine
Category 5
Ethernet
cable or
interface
equivalent
suitable for
100Base-T
operation
Alarm relay
Wire with
contacts
gauge between
28-AWG and
14-AWG (0.08
and 2.08 mm
MX240 Management and Console Port Specifications
and Pinouts
IN THIS SECTION
RJ-45 Connector Pinouts for an MX Series Routing Engine ETHERNET Port | 205
RJ-45 Connector Pinouts for MX Series Routing Engine AUX and CONSOLE Ports | 206
RJ-45 Connector Pinouts for an MX Series Routing Engine ETHERNET Port
The port on the Routing Engine labeled ETHERNET is an autosensing 10/100-Mbps Ethernet RJ-45
receptacle that accepts an Ethernet cable for connecting the Routing Engine to a management LAN (or
other device that supports out-of-band management).
pinout.
Cable/Wire
Maximum
Supplied
Length
One 4.57-m
100 m
length with
RJ-45/RJ-45
connectors
No
None
2
)
Table 89 on page 206
Router
Receptacle
RJ-45
autosensing
—
describes the RJ-45 connector
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