Cable And Adapter Pinouts; Connecting To A Pc - Cisco WS-C2950-12 Hardware Installation Manual

Cable and Adapter Specifications

Cable and Adapter Pinouts

Connecting to a PC

Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Hardware Installation Guide
B-10
This section describes the cable and adapter pinouts and also describes how to
identify a rollover cable.
Use the supplied RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter cable to connect the console port to a PC
running terminal-emulation software.
console port to a PC. Table B-2
RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter cable.
Figure B-12 Connecting the Console Port to a PC
Catalyst 2950 switch
Table B-2 Console Port Signaling and RJ-45-to-DB-9 Adapter Cabling
Console RJ-45-to-DB-9
Port (DTE) Adapter Cable
Signal RJ-45 Pin
RTS 1
Not connected 2
TxD 3
GND 4
GND 5
RxD 6
Not connected 7
CTS 8
Appendix B
Figure B-12 shows how to connect the
lists the pinouts for the console port and the
RJ-45-to-DB-9
adapter cable
Console
Device
DB-9 Pin Signal
8 CTS
6 DSR
2 RxD
5 GND
5 GND
3 TxD
4 DTR
7 RTS
Connectors and Cables
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