Console Port Pin Assignments; Db-9 Port Pin Assignments; Console Port To 9-Pin Dte Port On Pc - Foundry Networks OSI Installation Manual

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Console Port Pin Assignments

The DB-9 serial port on the switch's rear panel is used to connect to the
switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board menu-driven
configuration program can be accessed from a terminal, a PC running a
terminal emulation program, or from a remote location via a modem
connection. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are
provided in the following tables.
Figure 2-2. DB-9 Console Port Pin Numbers

DB-9 Port Pin Assignments

EIA CCITT
Circuit Signal
BB 104
BA 103
AB 102
No other pins are used.

Console Port to 9-Pin DTE Port on PC

Switch's 9-Pin
Serial Port
2 RXD
3 TXD
5 SGND
No other pins are used.
B-6
Description
RxD (Received Data)
TxD (Transmitted Data)
SGND (Signal Ground)
Null Modem
<---------RXD ------------
-----------TXD ---------->
-----------SGND ----------
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Switch's PC DB9
DB9 DTE DTE
Pin # Pin #
2 2
3 3
5 5
PC's 9-Pin
DTE Port
3 TxD
2 RxD
5 SGND
February 2003