Connecting To The Console Port; Table 4: Serial Cable Wiring; Figure 14: Serial Port (Db-9 Dte) Pin-Out - SMC Networks 8028L2 Installation Manual

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ONNECTING TO THE
The DB-9 serial port on the switch's back panel is used to connect to the switch
for out-of-band console configuration. The command-line-driven configuration
program can be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation
program. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in
the following table.

Figure 14: Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out

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Table 4: Serial Cable Wiring

Switch's 9-Pin
Serial Port
2 RXD (receive data)
3 TXD (transmit data)
5 SGND (signal ground) -----------------------
No other pins are used.
The serial port's configuration requirements are as follows:
Default Baud rate—115,200 bps
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Character Size—8 Characters
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Parity—None
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Stop bit—One
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ONSOLE
1
6
S C
ERIAL ABLE
Null Modem
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Connecting to the Console Port

P
ORT
5
9
PC's 9-Pin
DTE Port
3 TXD (transmit data)
2 RXD (receive data)
5 SGND (signal ground)
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