Cable and Adapter Specifications
Cable and Adapter Pinouts
Connecting to a PC
Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Hardware Installation Guide
B-10
This section describes the cable and adapter pinouts and also describes how to
identify a rollover cable.
Use the supplied RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter cable to connect the console port to a PC
running terminal-emulation software.
console port to a PC.
Table B-2
RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter cable.
Figure B-12 Connecting the Console Port to a PC
Catalyst 2950 switch
Table B-2
Console Port Signaling and RJ-45-to-DB-9 Adapter Cabling
Console
RJ-45-to-DB-9
Port (DTE)
Adapter Cable
Signal
RJ-45 Pin
RTS
1
Not connected 2
TxD
3
GND
4
GND
5
RxD
6
Not connected 7
CTS
8
Appendix B
Figure B-12
shows how to connect the
lists the pinouts for the console port and the
RJ-45-to-DB-9
adapter cable
Console
Device
DB-9 Pin
Signal
8
CTS
6
DSR
2
RxD
5
GND
5
GND
3
TxD
4
DTR
7
RTS
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