SMC Networks SMC8950EM Connecting to the Console Port, Wiring Map for Serial Cable, PC’s 9-Pin

Connecting to the Console Port 3

3.Check the front-panel LEDs as the device is powered on to be sure the Power LED is on. If not, check that the power cable is correctly plugged in.

4.If you have purchased a Redundant Power Supply, connect it to the switch and to an AC power source now, following the instructions included with the package.

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
1
		1

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 ground)	------------------------------		5 SGND (signal ground)

No other pins are used.

The serial port’s configuration requirements are as follows:

•Default Baud rate—9,600 bps

•Character Size—8 Characters

•Parity—None

•Stop bit—One

•Data bits—8

•Flow control—none

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