6. Appendix B: Pin Assignments

6.1.Console Port Pin Assignments

The DB-9 serial port on the switch’s rear panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The onboard menu-driven configuration program can be accessed from a terminal, a PC running a terminal emulation program, or from a remote location via a modem connection. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following tables.

6.1.1.DB-9 Port Pin Assignments

EIA

CCITT

Description

Switch’s

PC DB9

Modem

Signal

Circuit

Signal

 

DB9

DTE

DB25

Direction

 

 

 

DTE Pin

Pin #

DCE Pin

DTE-DCE

 

 

 

#

 

#

 

CF

109

DCD (Data

1

1

8

<------

 

 

Carrier Detected)

 

 

 

 

BB

104

RxD (Received

2

2

3

<------

 

 

Data)

 

 

 

 

BA

103

TxD (Transmitted

3

3

2

------>

 

 

Data)

 

 

 

 

CD

108.2

DTR (Data

4

4

20

------>

 

 

Terminal Ready)

 

 

 

 

AB

102

SG (Signal

5

5

7

-------

 

 

Ground)

 

 

 

 

CC

107

DSR (Data Set

6

6

6

<------

 

 

Ready)

 

 

 

 

CA

105

RTS

7

7

4

------>

 

 

(Request-to-Send

 

 

 

 

 

 

)

 

 

 

 

CB

106

CTS

8

8

5

<------

 

 

(Clear-to-Send)

 

 

 

 

CE

125

RI (Ring

9

9

22

<------

 

 

Indicator)

 

 

 

 

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LevelOne GSW-2600TXM manual Console Port Pin Assignments, 1.DB-9 Port Pin Assignments