Switch Leds - IBM G8124 Installation Manual

Console port
The RS-232 (mini-USB) serial console port is located on the right-side of the front
panel. An external cable is required to convert to a D9 connector. The following
table describes the pinouts for the mini-USB port.
The following table describes the wiring of the console cable.

Switch LEDs

Two LED stacks provide system status and port link status. The following illustration
shows the system LEDs. The system LEDs are described in the following table.
Table 3. RJ-45 connector pin assignments (continued)
Pin number
4
5
6
7
8
Table 4. Console port pin assignments
Pin number
Pin 1
Pin 2
Pin 3
Pin 4
Pin 5
Table 5. Console cable pin assignments
D9 pin number
2
3
5
1
4
6
7
8
Shell
Signal
BI DB-
BI DC+
BI DC-
BI DD+
BI DD-
Function
No connect
RS232-SIN
RS232_SOUT
No connect
Ground
Wire
Black
White
Green
D9 pins 1, 4, 6 are connected
D9 pin 7 is connected to D9 pin 8
Braid
Description
Bi-directional data pair B
negative
Bi-directional data pair C
negative
Bi-directional data pair C
negative
Bi-directional data pair D
negative
Bi-directional data pair D
negative
Mini-USB pin number
3
2
5
Shell
Chapter 1. Introduction
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