3 Installing the Switch

Connecting to the Console Port

The DB-9 serial port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board 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.

1 5

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

Wiring Map for Serial Cable

 

Table 3-1

Serial Cable Wiring

 

Switch’s 9-Pin

 

Null Modem

 

PC’s 9-Pin

 

Serial Port

 

 

 

DTE Port

2

RXD (receive data)

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3

TXD (transmit data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

TXD (transmit data)

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2

RXD (receive data)

 

 

 

 

 

5

SGND (signal ground)

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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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Accton Technology ES3628EA manual Connecting to the Console Port, Wiring Map for Serial Cable

ES3628EA specifications

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