Console Port

The console port is an asynchronous RS-232 serial port with an RJ-45 connector. You can use the RJ-45 to RJ-45 rollover cable and the RJ-45 to DB-9 female adapter or the RJ-45 to DB-25 female DTE adapter (depending on your computer serial port) to connect the console port to a computer running terminal emulation software.

Console Port Pinouts

The following table lists the pinouts for the console port on the IBM SAN96C-7 Switch.

Pin Signal
11 RTS
2 DTR
3 TxD
4 GND
5 GND
6 RxD
7 DSR
8 CTS
1 Pin 1 is connected internally to pin 8.