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Connecting to the Console Port
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 command-line-driven
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 provided in the following table.
Figure 3-7 Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out
Wiring Map for Serial Cable
The serial port’s configuration requirements are as follows:
•
Default Baud rate—9,600 bps
•
Character Size—8 Characters
•
Parity—None
•
Stop bit—One
•
Data bits—8
•
Flow control—none
Table 3-1 Serial Cable Wiring
Switch’s 9-Pin
Serial 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
Summary of Contents for 8708L2
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