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2. Activity LED
Serial port
The mpx100/100b is equipped with an RS-232 serial port for maintenance purposes. The serial port
location is shown in
Figure 20 , and is labeled IOIOI. You can manage the mpx100/100b through
the serial port using the CLI.
Figure 20 Serial port
.
The serial port is connected using a standard 8-wire Ethernet cable and the supplied dongle to convert
the Ethernet RJ–45 connector to a female DB9 connector. Refer to
Table 14 for definitions of the serial
port pins for both the mpx100's/100b's RJ–45 connector and the dongle DB9 connector.
Table 14 Serial port pin definition
Description mpx100/100b RJ–45 pin num-
ber
Dongle DB9 pin number
Data carrier detect (DCD) 5 1
Receive data (RxD) 6 2
Transmit data (TxD) 3 3
Data terminal ready (DTR) 2 & 7 4
Signal ground (GND) 4 5
Data set ready (DSR) 5 6
Request to send (RTS) 1 7
Clear to send (CTS) 8 8
Ring indicator (RI) N/C 9
Installation and maintenance
This section describes how to install and configure the mpx100/100b. It also describes how to update
new firmware and recover a disabled mpx100/100b.
For the mpx100/100b hardware installation, see “ Installing and upgrading EVA iSCSI
connectivity ” on page 41.
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