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| Installing the Switch
Connecting to the Console Port
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ONNECTING
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ONSOLE
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ORT
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 described in the following
figure and table.
Figure 13: Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out
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IRING
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ERIAL
C
ABLE
The serial port’s configuration requirements are as follows:
Default Baud rate—115,200 bps
Character Size—8 Characters
Parity—None
Stop bit—One
Data bits—8
Table 3: Console Cable Wiring
Switch’s 9-Pin
Console Port
Null Modem
PC’s 9-Pin
DTE Port
2 RXD (receive data)
<---------------------
3 TXD (transmit data)
3 TXD (transmit data)
--------------------->
2 RXD (receive data)
5 SGND (signal ground) ----------------------- 5 SGND (signal ground)
No other pins are used.
1
5
6
9
