Connecting Using The Serial Port - Cisco Expressway CE1300 Installation Manual

Connecting Using the Serial Port

Caution
Connecting Using the Serial Port
1. Connect the supplied DB9-to-RJ-45 cable from your PC (DB9 end) to the serial port on the rear of the
appliance (RJ-45 end).
To ensure compatibility, use the blue serial cable supplied in the accessory pack. This is a cross-over
cable, with the following pin assignments:
2. Start a terminal emulator program (for example PuTTY) on the PC and configure it to use the PC serial
port as follows:
3. Once you are connected to the Expressway console, wait for the Install Wizard to appear and go to the
next section
Note
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You cannot use a KVM or vKVM console for initial installation. This is because the secure Install Wizard
is not exposed on the KVM console and does not show on the VGA output port. Hence the wizard will wait
indefinitely for you to complete installation on the Expressway serial console. If you need to recover from
this situation, connect to the serial console as described below and issue the
The install wizard restarts so that you can continue.
Male RJ45 pin
1
2
3 TXD
4 GND
5 GND
6 RXD
7
8
• baud rate: 115200 bits per second
• data bits: 8
• parity: none
• stop bits: 1
• flow control (hardware and software): none
Run the Install Wizard.
Close the terminal emulator session after use. An open session may cause issues during system restarts.
Connect to Expressway Console
Ctrl+D
Female DB9 pin
8
6
2
5
5
3
4
7
sequence to the console.