Enterasys Networks Enterasys Platinum Distributed Forwarding Engine 7G4285-49 - Manual (Page 50)

Connecting to COM Port for Local Management
3-18 Installation
Connecting to COM 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 Local Management. This section also provides the
pinout assignments of the adapters.
What Is Needed
The following is a list of the user‐supplied parts that may be needed depending on the
connection:
• RJ45‐to‐DB9 female adapter
• UTP straight‐through cable terminated at both ends with RJ45 connectors
• RJ45‐to‐DB25 female adapter
• RJ45‐to‐DB25 male adapter
Using a UTP straight‐through cable and an RJ45‐to‐DB9 adapter, you can connect
products equipped with an RJ45 COM port to an IBM or compatible PC running a VT
series emulation software package.
Using a UTP straight‐through cable and an RJ45‐to‐DB25 female adapter, you can connect
products equipped with an RJ45 COM 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 RJ45‐to‐DB25 male adapter, you can connect
products equipped with an RJ45 COM port to a Hayes compatible modem that supports
9600 baud.
Connecting to an IBM PC or Compatible Device
To connect an IBM PC or compatible device, running the VT terminal emulation, to an
Enterasys Networks module COM port (
Figure 3‐9 ), proceed as follows:
1. Connect the RJ45 connector at one end of the UTP straight‐through cable to the
communications COM port on the Enterasys Networks module. (The COM port is
also known as a Console port.)
2. Plug the RJ45 connector at the other end of the UTP straight‐through cable into an
RJ45‐to‐DB9 adapter.
3. Connect the RJ45‐to‐DB9 adapter to the communications port on the IBM PC.