Connecting To The Console Port; Table 3-1. Wiring Map For Serial Cable; Figure 3-7. Serial Port (Db-9 Dte) Pin-Out - SMC Networks 8648T Installation Manual

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 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.
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
◆ Flow control—none

Figure 3-7. Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out

Table 3-1. Wiring Map for Serial Cable

Null Modem
<----------------------------
----------------------------->
C
ONNECTING TO THE
1
5
6
9
3 TXD (transmit data)
2 RXD (receive data)
5 SGND (signal ground)
C P
ONSOLE
PC's 9-Pin
DTE Port
ORT
3-9