Identifying A Rollover Cable; Connecting To A Pc - Cisco Catalyst WS-C2924-XL Hardware Installation Manual

Identifying a Rollover Cable

Identifying a Rollover Cable

Connecting to a PC

Catalyst 2900 Series XL Hardware Installation Guide
B-6
You can identify a rollover cable by comparing the two modular ends of the cable.
Hold the cable ends side-by-side, with the tab at the back. The wire connected to
the pin on the outside of the left plug should be the same color as the wire
connected to the pin on the outside of the right plug (see
Figure B-6 Identifying a Rollover Cable
Pin 1 on one connector and
pin 8 on the other connector
should be the same color.
Pin 1
Use the thin, flat, RJ-45-to-RJ-45 rollover cable and RJ-45-to-DB-9 female DTE
adapter (both provided) to connect the console port to a PC running
terminal-emulation software.
to a PC. Table B-2 lists the pinouts for the console port, the RJ-45-to-RJ-45
rollover cable, and the RJ-45-to-DB-9 female DTE adapter.
Figure B-7 Connecting the Console Port to a PC
Catalyst 2900 series XL
Appendix B
Figure B-7 shows how to connect the console port
RJ-45-to-RJ-45
rollover cable
RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter
(labeled TERMINAL)
Connectors and Cable Specifications
Figure B-6).
Pin 8
PC
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