3Com 6416SW manual Console Port, Switching Hub/CELLplex 4000 ATM Command Reference Guide, Pin

RS-232	Console Port
The	9-pin RS-232Console	port (the	topmost	RS-232 port	on the front	panel)	is a DTE
male	connector (DB-9)	to which a	console	or modem is	connected in	order	to:

Initialize the 6416SW module at installation.

Enter 6416SW network management commands (describedONcorein the

Switching Hub/CELLplex 4000 ATM Command Reference Guide).

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Table

2-2. RS-232

Console

Port Pin Assignments

(DB9)

Pin

Number

Signal

Name

1

Carrier

Detect

(CD)

2

Receive

Data

(RX)

3

Transmit

Data

(TX)

4

Data

Terminal

Ready

(DTR)

5

Signal

Ground

(GND)

6

Data

Set

Ready

(DSR)

7

Request

to

Send

(RTS)

8

Clear

to

Send

(CTS)

9

No

connection

An

RTS

signal

is

not

continuously

sent

by the

6416SW module. If you attach a terminal

(such

as

an IBM

3151

or

3164) you should

configure it with IPRTS (Induced Permanent

RTS)

for

Line

Control.

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