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AppendixC Cable and Port Specifications
Console Port

Cable RJ-45 Connector Pinouts

Table C -1 lists the pinouts for the RJ-45 connector on the console cable.
Console Port
Note This section applies to the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform switches and the Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform
switches.
The console port is an asynchronous RS-232 serial port with an RJ-45 connector.

Console Port Pinouts

Table C -2 lists the pinouts for the console port on the Cisco Nexus 5548 switch and the Cisco Nexus
5020 switch.
TableC-1 Cable Connector Pinouts
Signal Name P1, P1-45 Pins P2, DB-9 Pins Signal Name
RTS 1 8 CTS
DTR 2 6 DSR
TXD 3 2 ZXD
GND 4 5 GND
GND 5 5 GND
ZXD 6 3 TXD
DSR 7 4 DTR
CTS 8 7 RTS
TableC-2 Console Port Pinoutsfor the Cisco Nexus 5548 Switch and the Cisco Nexus 5020
Switch
Pin Signal
1RTS
2DTR
3TxD
4GND
5GND
6RxD
7DSR
8CTS