Juniper Networks EX2200 manual Connecting an EX Series Switch to a Management Console

Complete Hardware Guide for EX2200 Ethernet Switches

•Management Port Connector Pinout Information for an EX4500 Switch

•Management Port Connector Pinout Information for an EX8200 Switch

•Management Port Connector Pinout Information for an XRE200 External Routing Engine

•Cables Connecting the EX8200 Switch to Management Devices

Connecting an EX Series Switch to a Management Console

This topic applies to multiple hardware devices in the EX Series product family, which includes switches and the XRE200 External Routing Engine.

You can configure and manage these devices using a dedicated console. Every device has a console port with an RJ-45 connector. Use the console port to connect the device to the management console or to a console server. The console port accepts a cable with an RJ-45 connector.

Ensure that you have an Ethernet cable with an RJ-45 connector available. An RJ-45 cable and an RJ-45 to DB-9 serial port adapter are supplied with the device.

Figure 31 on page 76 shows the RJ-45 connector of the Ethernet cable supplied with the device.

Figure 31: Ethernet Cable Connector

NOTE: If your laptop or PC does not have a DB-9 male connector pin and you want to connect your laptop or PC directly to the device, use a combination of the RJ-45 to DB-9 female adapter supplied with the device and a USB to DB-9 male adapter. You must provide the USB to DB-9 male adapter.

To connect the device to a management console (see Figure 32 on page 77 and Figure

33 on page 77):

1.Connect one end of the Ethernet cable into the console port (labeled CON or CONSOLE) on the device.

For the location of the CON/CONSOLE port on different devices:

•See “Rear Panel of an EX2200 Switch” on page 6.

•See Rear Panel of an EX3200 Switch.

•See Rear Panel of an EX4200 Switch.

•See Front Panel of an EX4500 Switch.

•See Switch Fabric and Routing Engine (SRE) Module in an EX8208 Switch.

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