Enterasys Networks C1H124-24 - Manual (Page 45)

Connecting to Console Port for Local Management
Hardware Installation 3-17
3.6 CONNECTING TO CONSOLE PORT FOR LOCAL MANAGEMENT
This section describes how to install a UTP straight-through cable with RJ45 connectors and
optional adapters to connect a PC, a VT series terminal, or a modem to an Enterasys Networks
module to access CLI commands. This section also provides the pinout assignments of the
adapters.
3.6.1 What Is Needed
One RJ45-to-DB9 female adapter (supplied with the device).
The following is a list of the user-supplied parts that may be needed depending on the connection:
• UTP straight-through cable with RJ45 connectors
• RJ45-to-DB25 female adapter
• RJ45-to-DB25 male adapter
Using a UTP straight-through cable with RJ45 connectors and RJ45-to-DB9 adapter, you can
connect products equipped with an RJ45 Console port to an IBM or compatible PC running a VT
series emulation software package.
Using a UTP straight-through cable and an optional RJ45-to-DB25 female adapter, you can
connect products equipped with an RJ45 Console port to a VT series terminal or VT type terminals
running emulation programs for the VT series.
Using a UTP straight-through cable and an optional RJ45-to-DB25 male adapter, you can connect
products equipped with an RJ45 Console port to a Hayes compatible modem that supports
9600 baud.
3.6.2 Connecting to an IBM or Compatible Device
To connect an IBM PC or compatible device, running the VT terminal emulation, to an Enterasys
Networks module Console port (
Figure 3-14 ), proceed as follows:
1. Connect the RJ45 connector at one end of the cable (not supplied) to the Console port on
the Enterasys Networks device.
2. Plug the RJ45 connector at the other end of the cable into the RJ45-to-DB9 adapter (supplied
with the device).
3. Connect the RJ45-to-DB9 adapter to the communications port on the PC .