Connecting To The Console Port; Table 4: Serial Converter Wiring; Figure 15: Console Port Connection - Edge-Core ecs4510-28f Installation Manual

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Connecting to the Console Port

Check the front-panel LEDs as the device is powered on to be sure the
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Power LED is lit. If not, check that the power cable is correctly plugged in.
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ONNECTING TO THE
This port is used to connect a console device to the switch through a straight-
through UTP cable and an RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial converter. The console device
can be a PC or workstation running a VT-100 terminal emulator, or a VT-100
terminal. An RJ-45-to-DB-9 converter is supplied with the unit for connecting to
a RS-232 serial DB-9 DTE port, as illustrated below. The pin assignments used in
the RJ-45-to-DB-9 converter are described below.

Figure 15: Console Port Connection

DB-9 Port
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The following table describes the pin connections for the RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial
cable.

Table 4: Serial Converter Wiring

8-PIN RJ-45 Port
(Switch Console Port)
6 TXD (transmit data)
3 RXD (receive data)
4 SGND (signal ground)
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RJ-45 Connector
9-PIN DB-9 Port
(PC's DTE Com Port)
2 RXD (receive data)
3 TXD (transmit data)
5 SGND (signal ground)
Console Port