Connecting Console Terminal - 3Com 5000 Series Installation Manual

3Com Router 5000 Family
Installation Guide

4.6 Connecting Console Terminal

I. Introduction to console port
3Com 5000 Router provides an RS232 asynchronous serial console (CON) port,
through which configuration of the router can be performed. For the attributes of the
console port, refer to Table 4-3:
Table 4-3 Attributes of the console port
Attribute
Connector
Interface
standard
Baud rate
Function
II. Console cable
Console cable is an 8-core shielded cable. One end is an RJ45 connector for CON of
the router. The other end is a DB9 (female) connector. The user can plug either of them
into the serial port of the console terminal as needed.
Console cable is shown in the following figure:
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Figure 4-9 Console cable assembly
III. Connection of the console cable
When configuring the router via the terminal, follow the procedure below to connect the
console cable:
Step 1: Select a console terminal.
The console port can be either a standard ASCII terminal with an RS232 serial interface,
or an ordinary PC, the latter being more widely used.
Step 2: Connect the cable.
RJ45
RS232
9600 bps (default) to 115200 bps
Connecting with character terminal
Connecting with the serial interface of the local PC and operating
the terminal emulator on the PC
Command line interface
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