APPENDIX B

PIN ASSIGNMENTS

Console Port Pin Assignments

The DB-9 serial port on the switch’s front 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, or a PC running a terminal emulation program. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following tables.

Figure B-1. DB-9 Console Port Pin Numbers

DB-9 Port Pin Assignments

EIA

CCITT

Description

Switch’s

PC DB9

Circuit

Signal

 

DB9 DTE

DTE

 

 

 

Pin #

Pin #

BB

104

RxD (Received Data)

2

2

BA

103

TxD (Transmitted Data)

3

3

AB

102

SGND (Signal Ground)

5

5

No other pins are used.

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