Connecting Console Cable; Console Cable - 3Com 4500G Getting Started Manual

Connecting Console
Cable

Console Cable

A Console cable is an 8-core cable. One end of the cable is a crimped RJ-45
connector for the connection to the Console port of the switch, and the
other end is a DB-9 female connector for the connection to the serial port
on the Console terminal, as shown in Figure 19.
Figure 19 Console cable
Table 6 Console cable pinouts
RJ-45 Signal
1 RTS
2 DTR
3 TXD
4 CD
5 GND
6 RXD
7 DSR
8 CTS
Direction DB9 (modem)
— 7
— 4
— 3
— 1
— 5
— 2
— 6
— 8

Connecting Console Cable

DB9 (console)
8
6
2
5
5
3
4
7
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