20
Accessing the switch for the first time
Setting up the configuration environment
The first time you access the switch you must use a console cable to connect a configuration
terminal, for example, a PC, to the console port on the switch, as shown in
.
Figure 25 Connecting the console port to a terminal
Connecting the console cable
A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable, with a crimped RJ-45 connector at one end for
connecting to the console port of the switch, and a DB-9 female connector at the other end for
connecting to the serial port on the configuration terminal.
Figure 26 Console cable
Table 6 Console cable pinouts
RJ-45 Signal DB-9 Signal
1 RTS
8 CTS
2 DTR
6 DSR
3 TXD
2 RXD
4 SG
5 SG
Main label
1
8
B side
B
Pin 9
Pin 1
A side
A
