3Com 4210G manual Setting up the Configuration Environment, Connecting the Console Cable

4 Starting and Configuring the Switch

Setting up the Configuration Environment

Set up the configuration environment as follows:

Connect a terminal (a PC in this example) to the console port on the switch with a console cable.

Figure 4-1Network diagram for configuration environment setup

Connecting the Console Cable

Console Cable

A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable. One end of the cable is a crimped RJ-45 connector, which is connected to the console port of the switch, and the other end is a DB-9 female connector, which is connected to the serial port on the console terminal, as shown below.

Figure 4-2Console cable

Table 4-1Console cable pinouts

RJ-45	Signal		Direction	DB-9
1	RTS		←	7
2	DTR		←	4
		4-1