2 – General Description Serial Port

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The management Ethernet port has two LEDs:

„The link status LED (green) lights up continuously when the port establishes an Ethernet connection.

„The activity LED (green) lights up when the port transmits or receives data over the Ethernet connection.

Serial Port

The SANbox 6140 router is equipped with an RS-232 serial port for maintenance purposes. Figure 2-7shows the serial port location, which is labeled IOIOI. You can manage the router through the serial port using CLI.

Figure 2-7 Serial Port

The serial port connection requires a standard eight-wire Ethernet cable and the supplied dongle to convert the Ethernet RJ45 connector to a female DB9 connector. Table 2-3defines the serial port pins for both the router’s RJ45 connector and the dongle DB9 connector.

Table 2-3. Serial Port Pin Identification

Dongle DB9

Router RJ45

Description

Pin Number

Pin Number

 

 

 

 

1

5

Data carrier detect (DCD)

 

 

 

2

6

Receive data (RxD)

 

 

 

3

3

Transmit data (TxD)

 

 

 

4

2 & 7

Data terminal ready (DTR)

 

 

 

5

4

Signal ground (GND)

 

 

 

6

5

Data set ready (DSR)

 

 

 

7

1

Request to send (RTS)

 

 

 

8

8

Clear to send (CTS)

 

 

 

9

NC

Ring indicator (RI)

 

 

 

2-8

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