Brocade BigIron RX Series Hardware Installation Guide 161
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Port specifications 7
NOTE
As indicated in Figure 50 and Figure 51, some of the wires should not be connected. If you do
connect the wires that are labeled “Reserved”, you might get unexpected results with some
terminals.
FIGURE 51 Console port pin assignments showing cable connection options to a terminal or PC
Management port pin assignmentsThe management port is an RJ-45 UTP connector. Tabl e 36 describes the connector’s pin
assignments. For information about how you can use this port, refer to “10/100/1000 Ethernet
port” on page 8.
TABLE 3 6 Management port pin assignments
Pin number MDI-X ports
1TD+
2TD-
3RD+
4 Not used (10BaseT)
CMT (100BaseTX)
5 Not used (10BaseT)
CMT (100BaseTX)
6RD-
7 Not used (10BaseT)
CMT (100BaseTX)
8 Not used (10BaseT)
CMT (100BaseTX)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
8
3
2
20
7
6
4
5
22
DB-9 to DB-9
Female Switch Terminal or PC
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
DB-9 to DB-25
Female Switch Terminal or PC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved