Cisco Systems AS5350 Ethernet Connections, Console and Auxiliary Ports

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Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway Chassis Installation Guide

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Chapter2 Preparing to Install the CiscoAS5350 Chassis

Preparing to Connect to a Network

Warning

The ISDN connection is regarded as a source of voltage that should be inaccessible to user contact.

Do not attempt to tamper with or open any public telephone operator (PTO)-provided equipment or

connection hardware. Any hardwired connection (other than by a nonremovable,

connect-one-time-only plug) must be made only by PTO staff or suitably trained engineers. To see

translations of the warnings that appear in the publication, refer to the Regulatory Compliance and

Safety Information document that accompanied this device.

Ethernet Connections

Two Fast Ethernet (FE) ports, RJ-45 ports, are located on the rear panel of the universal gateway: FE0

and FE1 (selectable). To configur e th e Et h er ne t p o rts , r ef er t o the Cisco AS5350 and Cisco AS5400

Universal Gateway Software Configuration Guide. Both ports use unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable

and require Category 5 cab le . The maximum segment dis ta nc e i s 3 28 f eet ( 10 0 me ters).

Note UTP cables look like the cabl es use d fo r ordi na ry tel epho ne s; ho we v er, UTP cables meet certai n

electrical standards that telephone cables do not. Cables are not included.

Console and Auxiliary Ports

The Cisco AS5350 includes an async hronous serial consol e port and an auxiliary por t. The console and

auxiliary ports provide ac cess to the universal gateway e it he r locally (with a conso l e t e rm in al ) or

remotely (with a m o dem ). This section di s cu ss es i mp ortant cabling info r m at io n to co n sider before

connecting a console te rm inal (an ASCII termi na l o r PC r un n in g ter mi nal emulation software ) t o the

console port, or modem to the auxiliary port.

The Cisco AS5350 includes an EIA/TIA-232 asynchronous serial console port (RJ-45). Depending on

the cable and the ada pt er us ed , th is port will appear as a d at a terminal equipment ( D TE ) or d at a

communications equipment (DCE) device at the end of the cable. Your universal gateway arrives with

cables and adapters to conn ect a console terminal (an ASC II terminal or PC running terminal emulation

software) to the consol e p or t. To connect an ASCII terminal to th e c onsole port, use the RJ- 4 5 r o ll over

cable with the female RJ-45-to-DB-25 adap ter ( l abe le d T ERMINAL).

To connect a PC running termin al em ulation software to th e co n sol e p o rt , u se the RJ-45 rollover cable

with the female RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter (labeled TERMINAL). The default parameters for the console

port are 9600 baud, 8data bits, no parity, and 2 stop bits. The console port does not support hardware

flow control.

For detailed informat io n ab ou t i n s tal li ng a co nso le terminal, see Chapt e r 3, “Installing the

Cisco AS5350.” See Appendix C, “Cabling Specifications,” for cable and port pinouts.