Connecting The Serial Console - Entrust nShield 5c Installation Manual

• Identifying and replacing a faulty PSU, see the nShield nShield 5c Power Supply Unit
Installation Sheet.

6.2. Connecting the Serial Console

On supported nShield nShield 5c hardware variants (see see Model numbers in
Introduction) there is a serial console port that provides access to a serial console
command line interface that enables remote configuration of the nShield nShield 5c (See
the nShield nShield 5c User Guide).
The RJ45 connector for the serial cable is at the rear of the nShield nShield 5c and is
labelled Console (Connecting Ethernet, console and power
directly connected to your client machine or connected to a serial port aggregator for
remote access. For a specification of the serial cable required, see
pinout information. The serial port will operate at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1
stop bit (9600/8-N-1).
It is recommended to use a shielded cable for the serial connection as
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the EMI noise from other devices in vicinity may affect the
communication over the serial connection.
6.2.1. Serial Console cable pinout information
The pinout information for the RJ-45 to DB-9 cable to be used to access the nShield
nShield 5c Serial Console is provided in the table below:
Signal
CTS
DTR
TxD
GND
GND
RxD
DSR
RTS
nShield® 5c Installation Guide
Console Port (DTE)
RJ-45 Pin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
cables. The connector can be
Adapter DB-9 Pin
7
4
3
5
5
2
6
8
Serial Console cable
Signal
RTS
DSR
RxD
GND
GND
TxD
DTR
CTS
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