3Com 9400 manual Cabling the Console Port

26CHAPTER 3: CABLING COREBUILDER 9400 PORTS

Figure 10 Cabling the Console Port

Cabling the Console Port

The Console port provides access for either local or remote administration.

For local administration of the CoreBuilder 9400, the
Console port provides an RS-232 connection to a
local terminal or workstation that runs a terminal		CONSOLE						STATUS
						flashing green = disabled, link OK
						green			= enabled, link OK
emulation program and acts as the console.				FAULT		off			= link fail
				POWER
			1000BASE (GBIC)
										PCKT
For remote administration, the Console port provides										STAT
	15		16		17		18
the means to connect an external modem, which you			1000BASE (GBIC)
can use to establish a connection between your										PCKT
										STAT
current Administration Console session and the	21			22		23			24
modem port.
The Console port has a male 9-pin, D-type connector.
See “Console Port Pin Assignments” next for pin-out
information.					DB-9 connector

To cable the Console port:

1Attach the female DB-9 cable connector to the Console port’s male connector. See Figure 10.

2Attach the other end of the serial cable to your terminal or workstation.

You can also remotely access the system through any Gigabit Ethernet port using Telnet. See the Command Reference Guide.

To use the Administration Console to configure the system for management access through the Console port, see Chapter 5.