Cisco Cisco Expressway Installation Guide
Figure 2:
Front Panel Showing KVM Connector
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KVM connector
Table 2
Front Panel Ports
Connect Using the Serial Port
1.
Connect the Ethernet LAN cable from the LAN 1 port on the rear of the unit to your network.
The LAN 1 port is the left-hand port of the dual port adapter on the rear panel of the unit (shown in
).
2.
Connect a serial cable from the serial port on the rear of the unit to the serial port on a PC (see
).
The serial cable used must be a cross-over cable. The pin assignment for the serial cable is:
Male RJ45 pin
Female DB9 pin
1
8
2
6
3 TXD
2
4 GND
5
5 GND
5
6 RXD
3
7
4
8
7
Note:
If there is no DB9 port on your PC, a DB9 to USB serial port adapter is required.
3.
Start a terminal emulator program (for example PuTTY) on the PC and configure it to use the PC’s serial port as
follows:
follows:
—
baud rate: 115200 bits per second
—
data bits: 8
—
parity: none
—
stop bits: 1
—
flow control (hardware and software): none
Note:
Do not leave a terminal emulator session open after it is no longer in use. An open session may cause
issues during a system restart.
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