Connecting Via The Serial Port - Cisco Expressway CE500 Installation Manual

Configuring
6 LAN 3 (not currently used)
7 LAN 4 (not currently used)
8 USB port
9 USB port
Figure 2: Front panel showing KVM connector.
The front panel port is:
1 KVM connector

Connecting via the serial port

To connect to the Cisco Expressway via the serial port:
1. Connect the Ethernet LAN cable from the LAN 1 port on the rear of the unit to your network.
The LAN 1 port is the left-hand port of the dual port adapter on the rear panel of the unit (shown in
Rear panel showing ports.
2. Connect a serial cable from the serial port on the rear of the unit to the serial port on a PC (see
Rear panel showing ports.
The serial cable used must be a cross-over cable. The pin assignment for the serial cable is:
Male RJ45 pin
1
2
3 TXD
4 GND
5 GND
6 RXD
7
8
Note: if there is no DB9 port on your PC, a DB9 to USB serial port adapter is required.
3. Start a terminal emulator program (for example PuTTY) on the PC and configure it to use the PC's serial
port as follows:
Cisco Expressway CE500 Appliance Installation Guide (X8.5)
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[p.7]).
Female DB9 pin
8
6
2
5
5
3
4
7
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