Dell B-FCX manual Pinouts and signalling, Serial Console port pinouts

Hardware specifications 5

Pinouts and signalling

This section describes the pinout diagrams for the DB-9 connector and RJ45 port jacks.

Serial (Console) port pinouts

The Console port is a standard male DB-9 connector, as shown in Figure 42.

FIGURE 42 Serial port pinouts

1 5

6 9

Most PC serial ports require a cable with a female DB-9 connector. However, terminal connections will vary, requiring a cable with either a DB-9 or DB-25 connector, male or female.

Serial cable options between the PowerConnect B-FCX switch and a PC or terminal are shown in Figure 43.

NOTE

As indicated in Figure 43 and Figure 44, some of the wires should not be connected. If you do connect the wires that are labeled “Reserved”, you may get unexpected results with some terminals.

FIGURE 43 Console port pin assignments showing cable connection options to a terminal or PC

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

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