Appendix B. Cable And Pin Information; Connecting To The Out-Of-Band Management Port; Table 24. Connecting To The Management Port - Olicom CrossFire 8600 Manual To Operations

Appendix B. Cable and Pin Information

This appendix provides information on cables that can be used with the CrossFire
8600 Token-Ring Switch and the CrossFire 8605 Token-Ring Fiber Switch. It also
provides minimum pin-out information so that you can verify that the cables that
you are using are correctly wired.

Connecting to the Out-of-Band Management Port

Table 24 lists the type of cables that are used when connecting to the OBM port
(labelled MANAGEMENT) on the front panel of the switch.
Cable Function
Connect a modem to the
MANAGEMENT port.
Connect a PC or other DTE
device to the
MANAGEMENT port.

Table 24. Connecting to the Management Port

CrossFire 8600/8605 Token-Ring Switches v. 1.2, P/N: 710001641
Cable Type or Cable Solution
Connect one end of a straight-through
TIA/EIA-232 modem cable to the
MANAGEMENT port and the other end to
the modem.
Connect one end of a crossover TIA/EIA-
232 cable to the MANAGEMENT port and
the other end to the PC or DTE device
or
attach a null-modem adapter to the
MANAGEMENT port. Then, attach a
straight-through modem cable to the null-
modem adapter.
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Cable and Pin Information