Black Box LGB6050A, LGB6001C, LGB6026A Connecting to the Console Port, Wiring MAP for Serial Cable

CHAPTER 3 Installing the Switch

Connecting to the Console Port

4.If you have purchased a Redundant Power Supply, connect it to the switch and to an AC power source now, following the instructions included with the package.

CONNECTING TO THE CONSOLE PORT

The RJ-45 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.

Figure 20: Serial Port (RJ-45) Pin-Out

		1	8	8
					1
WIRING MAP FOR SERIAL CABLE
Table 5: Serial Cable Wiring
Switch’s 9-Pin		Null Modem	PC’s 9-Pin
Serial Port			DTE Port
6	RXD (receive data)	<---------------------	3 TXD (transmit data)
3	TXD (transmit data)	---------------------	> 2 RXD (receive data)
5	SGND (signal ground)	-----------------------	5 SGND (signal

ground) No other pins are used.

The serial port’s configuration requirements are as follows:

Default Baud rate—115,200 bps

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