Allied Telesis SwitchBlade 4000 Series Switch Hardware Reference - Manual (Page 41)

Hardware Reference 41
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With 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX cables, pins 1 and 2 are used for transmitting
data, while pins 3 and 6 are used for receiving data. Table 5 on page 41 lists the
RJ-45 Pin assignments.
1. The “+” and “-” signs represent the polarity of the wires that make up each wire pair.
Useful Cables
This section describes how to make management, test, and network cables for
use with the switch’s RS-232 (ASYN0) and RJ-45 interfaces.
RS-232 Terminal and Modem Cables
Table 6 on page 41 list the cables described in this section.
Figure 4 on page 42, and Figure 5 on page 42 show how to wire cables to
connect a standard VT100 compatible terminal, or a modem, to the switch
controller’s RS-232 Terminal Port.
Table 5: RJ-45 Pin assignments.
Pin Number Assignment 1
1 TX+
2 TX-
3 RX+
6 RX-
Table 6: Terminal and modem cable descriptions.
Cable type Description
RS-232 DB9 male to female terminal cable Figure 4 on page 42
RS-232 DB9 male to male modem cable Figure 5 on page 42