Brocade Communications Systems S3-1002483-03 manual Management port pin assignments

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

DB-9 to DB-9		Terminal or PC			DB-9 to DB-25		Terminal or PC
Female Switch					Female Switch
1	Reserved	1			1	Reserved	8
2			2		2			3
3				3	3				2
4	Reserved	4			4	Reserved	20
5				5	5				7
	Reserved					Reserved
6		6			6		6
7	Reserved	7			7	Reserved	4
8	Reserved	8			8	Reserved	5
9	Reserved	9			9	Reserved	22

Management port pin assignments

The management port is an RJ-45 UTP connector. Table 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 36	Management port pin assignments
Pin number	MDI-X ports
1	TD+
2	TD-
3	RD+
4	Not used (10BaseT)
	CMT (100BaseTX)
5	Not used (10BaseT)
	CMT (100BaseTX)
6	RD-
7	Not used (10BaseT)
	CMT (100BaseTX)
8	Not used (10BaseT)
	CMT (100BaseTX)

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