Cisco Systems 9216 manual Console Port Pinouts, Pin Signal

Appendix C Cable and Port Specifications

Console Port

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Console Port

The console port is an asynchronous RS-232 serial port with an RJ-45 connector. You can use the RJ-45to RJ-45 rollover cable and the RJ-45 to DB-25 female DTE adapter or the RJ-45 to DB-9 female DTE adapter to connect the console port to a computer running terminal emulation software.

Console Port Pinouts

Table C-1lists the pinouts for the console port on the Cisco MDS 9216 Switch.

Table C-1 Console Port Pinout

Pin

11

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Signal

RTS

DTR

TxD

GND

GND

RxD

DSR

CTS

1. Pin 1 is connected internally to pin 8.

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