Identifying a rollover cable, Connecting to a pc – Cisco 2900 SERIES XL User Manual

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Appendix B Connectors and Cable Specifications

Identifying a Rollover Cable

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Identifying a Rollover Cable

You can identify a rollover cable by comparing the two modular ends of the cable.
Hold the cable ends side-by-side, with the tab at the back. The wire connected to
the pin on the outside of the left plug should be the same color as the wire
connected to the pin on the outside of the right plug (see

Figure B-6

).

Figure B-6

Identifying a Rollover Cable

Connecting to a PC

Use the thin, flat, RJ-45-to-RJ-45 rollover cable and RJ-45-to-DB-9 female DTE
adapter (both provided) to connect the console port to a PC running
terminal-emulation software.

Figure B-7

shows how to connect the console port

to a PC.

Table B-2

lists the pinouts for the console port, the RJ-45-to-RJ-45

rollover cable, and the RJ-45-to-DB-9 female DTE adapter.

Figure B-7

Connecting the Console Port to a PC

47740

Pin 8

Pin 1 on one connector and
pin 8 on the other connector

should be the same color.

Pin 1

PC

H10972

RJ-45-to-RJ-45

rollover cable

RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter

(labeled TERMINAL)

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