McDATA 3000 manual Maintenance and Diagnostics Connections, Serial Interface Cabling Instructions

Maintenance and Diagnostics Connections

Maintenance and Diagnostics Connections

Serial Interface Cabling Instructions

Connecting a Remote

Modem to the

UltraNet Edge 3000

Connecting Directly to a PC

The following sections provide the procedures for maintenance and diagnostics connections.

Use this section for maintenance or diagnostic connections via a serial interface.

Connect to the RS-232 RJ-45 serial interface on the UltraNet Edge

3000 one of the following two ways:

•Connecting a remote modem to UltraNet Edge 3000 serial interface

•Connecting directly to a PC

For all RS-232 serial connections, use RS-232 cables with RJ-45 connectors.

Use the following procedure to connect a remote modem to the serial interface.

1.Attach an AA adapter to the DTE interface on the remote modem.

2.Using an RS-232 cable with RJ-45 connectors, connect the AA adapter on the remote modem to the serial interface on the UltraNet Edge 3000 unit.

3.Connect the remote modem to the phone line.

4.Connect the power to the remote modem.

UltraNet Edge

Remote Modem

DTE

AA

Phone Line

Sb120

If during service or maintenance a PC needs to be connected to the UltraNet Edge 3000, connect an RS-232 cable to a 9-pin EE adapter

B-12

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