SMC Networks SMC8024L2 manual Connecting to the Console Port, Wiring Map for Serial Cable

CONNECTING TO THE CONSOLE PORT

Connecting to the Console Port

The DB-9 serial port on the switch’s back 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.

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Figure 3-7 Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out

Wiring Map for Serial Cable

Table 3-2 Serial Cable Wiring

Switch’s 9-Pin		Null Modem		PC’s 9-Pin
Serial Port				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.

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

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