3Com 3C13701 Installation Manual

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Connecting Console Terminal 27Connecting ConsoleTerminalIntroduction to Console Port3Com 5000 Router provides an RS232 asynchronous serial console (CON) port, throughwhich configuration of the router can be performed. For the attributes of the consoleport, refer to Table 13.Console CableConsole cable is an 8-core shielded cable. One end is an RJ45 connector for CON of therouter. The other end is a DB9 (female) connector. You can plug either of them into theserial port of the console terminal as needed.Console cable is shown in the following figure:Figure 15 Console cable assemblyConnection of the Console CableWhen configuring the router through the terminal, follow the procedure below toconnect the console cable:1 Select a console terminal.The console port can be either a standard ASCII terminal with an RS232 serial interface,or an ordinary PC, the latter being more widely used.2 Connect the cable.Turn the power switch off, then connect the DB9 serial interface of the console cable tothe PC, and connect the RJ45 interface to the console port of the router.After the connection and verification, power on the router. Normally, the startupinformation of the router displays on the console terminal. For more details, refer toChapter 5.Table 13 Attributes of the console portAttribute DescriptionConnector RJ45Interface standard RS232Baud rate 9600 bps (default) to 115200 bpsFunction Connecting with character terminalConnecting with the serial interface of the local PC and operating theterminal emulator on the PCCommand line interfaceAA