Connecting to COM Port for Local Management
3-18 Installation
3. PressontheGROUPSELECTbuttonagainformorethanonesecond.Thisreturnsthe
4H4285‐49toportRX(receive)andTX(transmit)statusmode.
Connecting to COM Port for Local Management
ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallaUTPstraight‐throughcablewithRJ45connectors
andoptionaladapterstoconnectaPC,aVTseriesterminal,oramodemtoan
EnterasysNetworksmoduletoaccessLocalMana gement.Thissectionalsoprovidesthe
pinoutassignmentsoftheadapters.

What Is Needed

Thefollowingisalistoftheuser‐suppliedpartsthatmaybeneededdependingonthe
connection:
•RJ45‐to‐DB9femaleadapter
•UTPstraight‐throughcableterminatedateachendwithanRJ45connector
•RJ45‐to‐DB25femaleadapter
•RJ45‐to‐DB25maleadapter
WithaUTPstraight‐throughcablewithRJ45connectorsandRJ45‐to‐DB9adapter,you
canconnectproductsequippedwithanRJ45COMporttoanIBMorcompatiblePC
runningaVTseriesemulationsoftwarepackage.
WithaUTPstraight‐throughcableandRJ45‐to‐DB25femaleadapter,youcanconnect
productsequippedwithanRJ45COMporttoaVTseriesterminalorVTtypeterminals
runningemulationprogramsfortheVTseries.
WithaUTPstraight‐throughcableandanRJ45‐to‐DB25maleadapter,youcanconnect
productsequippedwithanRJ45COMporttoaHayescompatiblemodemthatsupports
9600 baud.

Connecting to an IBM PC or Compatible Device

ToconnectanIBMPCorcompatible��device,runningtheVTterminalemulation,toan
EnterasysNetworksmoduleCOMport(Figure 3‐9),proceedasfollows:
1. ConnecttheRJ45connectoratoneendofaUTPstraight‐throughcabletothe
communicationsCOMportontheEnterasysNetworksmodule.(T heCOMportis
alsoknownasaConsoleport.)
2. PlugtheRJ45connectorattheotherendoftheUTPstraight‐throughcableintoan
RJ45‐to‐DB9adapter.
3. ConnecttheRJ45‐to‐DB9adaptertothecommunicationsportontheIBMPC.