2 – General Description
Serial Port
2-8 59042-00 A
2.4
Serial PortThe SANbox2-8c switch is equipped with an RS-232 serial port for maintenance
purposes as shown in Figure 2-5. You can manage the switch through the serial
port using the CLI.
Figure 2-5. Serial Port and Pin Identification
The serial port connector requires a null-modem F/F DB9 cable. The pins on the
switch RS-232 connector are shown in Figure2-5 and identified in Ta ble 2- 1.
Refer to ”Connect the Management Workstation to the Switch” on page4-10 for
information about connecting the management workstation through the serial port.
Table 2-1. Serial Port Pin Identification
Pin Number Description
1 Carrier Detect (DCD)
2 Receive Data (RxD)
3 Transmit Data (TxD)
4 Data Terminal Ready (DTR)
5 Signal Ground (GND)
6 Data Set Ready (DSR)
7 Request to Send (RTS)
8 Clear to Send (CTS)
9 Ring Indicator (RI)
1
6
5
9
Serial Port