Connecting to the Console Port
The DB-9 serial port on the switch's front panel is used to connect to the
switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board menu-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 tables.
Wiring Map for Serial Cable
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—9,600 bps
•
Character Size—8 Characters
•
Parity—None
•
Stop bit—One
•
Data bits—8
Figure 3-7. Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out
Table 3-1. Serial Cable Wiring
Null Modem
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C
ONNECTING TO THE
1
5
6
9
PC's 9-Pin
DTE Port
3 TXD (transmit data)
2 RXD (receive data)
5 SGND (signal ground)
C
P
ONSOLE
ORT
3-9