Figure 2-4 Patch Panel Connection Between A Terminal Server And A Sun Fire V445 Server; Table 2-9 Pin Crossovers For Connecting To A Typical Terminal Server - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Manual

Terminal
server
Patch panel
Sun Fire V445
server
Patch Panel Connection Between a Terminal Server and a Sun Fire V445
FIGURE 2-4
Server
If the pinouts for the serial management port do not correspond with the pinouts for
the RJ-45 ports on the terminal server, you need to make a crossover cable that takes
each pin on the Sun Fire V445 server serial management port to the corresponding
pin in the terminal server's serial port.
shows the crossovers that the cable must perform.
TABLE 2-9
Pin Crossovers for Connecting to a Typical Terminal Server
TABLE 2-9
Sun Fire V445 Serial Port (RJ-45 Connector) Pin Terminal Server Serial Port Pin
Pin 1 (RTS)
Pin 2 (DTR)
Pin 3 (TXD)
Pin 4 (Signal Ground)
Pin 5 (Signal Ground)
1 2 3 4 5
Straight-through cable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Pin 1 (CTS)
Pin 2 (DSR)
Pin 3 (RXD)
Pin 4 (Signal Ground)
Pin 5 (Signal Ground)
Chapter 2 Configuring the System Console
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Patch cable to serial management port
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