H3C Technologies H3C MSR 20-1X - Manual (Page 30)

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Item Description
Baud rate 9600 bps (default) to 115200 bps
Supported services
• Connected with a character terminal
• Connecting to the serial interface of the local PC and running terminal
emulation program on the PC Command line interface
Console cable
A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable. The end with an RJ-45 connector is connected to the console
interface of the router, while the other end with a DB-9 female connector is connected to the serial
interface on the console terminal.
The following figure illustrates the console cable.
Figure 19 Console cable
Connecting the console cable
Follow these steps to connect a terminal device to your router:
Step1 Select a console terminal.
The console terminal can be a standard ASCII terminal with an RS232 serial interface or a PC. A PC is
more commonly used.
Step2 Connect the console cable.
Power down the router and the console terminal, and connect the RS232 serial interface of the console
terminal to the console interface of the router with the console cable.
After the console terminal and the router are powered on, the startup information of the router will be
displayed on the console terminal if the connection is normal.
Fixed Interfaces
Layer 3 Ethernet Interface
Interface attributes
MSR 20-1X routers each provide fixed 100Base-TX Layer 3 Ethernet interface(s) and SIC slots for
expansion. For detailed expansion rules, refer to Appendix A in MSR Series Routers Interface Module
Manual. The following table describes the attributes of Layer 3 Ethernet interfaces.