SMC Networks SMC7824M/FSW manual Connecting to the Console Port, Wiring Map for Serial Cable, 3-14

INSTALLING THE SWITCH

5.If you have installed both a primary and redundant power conversion modules, verify that the LEDs on both modules are lit as indicated in the preceding step.

Connecting to the Console Port

The RJ-45 serial port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board 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 table.

8

8

11

Figure 3-9 Serial Port (RJ-45) Pin-Out

Wiring Map for Serial Cable

Table 3-1 Serial Cable Wiring

Switch’s 8-Pin		Null Modem		PC’s 9-Pin
Serial Port				DTE Port
6	RXD (receive data)	<----------------------------		3 TXD (transmit data)
3	TXD (transmit data)	-----------------------------	>	2 RXD (receive data)
5	SGND (signal	------------------------------		5 SGND (signal
ground)				ground)

No other pins are used.

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