Appendix B: Pin Assignments

Console Port Pin Assignments

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

configuration. The on-board menu-driven configuration program can be accessed from a terminal or from a PC running a terminal emulation program. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following tables.

DB-9 Port Pin Assignments

EIA

CCITT

Description

Switch’s

PC DB9

Signal

Circuit

Signal

 

DB9 DTE

DTE

Direction

 

 

 

Pin #

Pin #

DTE-DCE

CF

109

DCD (Data Carrier Detected)

1

1

<------

 

 

 

 

 

 

BB

104

RxD (Received Data)

2

2

<------

 

 

 

 

 

 

BA

103

TxD (Transmitted Data)

3

3

------>

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD

108.2

DTR (Data Terminal Ready)

4

4

------>

 

 

 

 

 

 

AB

102

SG (Signal Ground)

5

5

-------

 

 

 

 

 

 

CC

107

DSR (Data Set Ready)

6

6

<------

 

 

 

 

 

 

CA

105

RTS (Request-to-Send)

7

7

------>

 

 

 

 

 

 

CB

106

CTS (Clear-to-Send)

8

8

<------

 

 

 

 

 

 

CE

125

RI (Ring Indicator)

9

9

<------

 

 

 

 

 

 

Console Port to 9-Pin COM Port on PC

Switch’s 9-Pin Serial

 

CCITT Signal

PC’s 9-Pin COM

Port

 

 

 

Port

1 DCD

-----------

DCD ------------

1

 

 

 

 

 

2 RXD

<---------

TXD ------------

3

 

 

 

 

 

3 TXD

-----------

RXD ----------

>

2

 

 

 

 

 

4 DTR

-----------

DSR ----------

>

6

 

 

 

 

 

5 SGND

-----------

SGND ----------

5

 

 

 

 

 

6 DSR

-----------

DTR ------------

4

 

 

 

 

 

7 RTS

-----------

CTS -----------

>

8

 

 

 

 

 

8 CTS

<---------

RTS -------------

7

 

 

 

 

 

9 RI

-----------

RI ---------------

9

 

 

 

 

 

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