Cisco CATALYST 6509E 9 SLOT 15U CHASSIS NO POWER SUPPLY NO FAN TRAY Specification Guide

The supervisor engine front-panel console port mode switch allows you to connect a terminal or modem 
to the console port as follows:

Mode 1—Switch in the in position. Use this mode to connect a terminal to the console port using 
the RJ-45-to-RJ-45 rollover cable and DTE adapter (labeled “Terminal”). 

You can also use this mode to connect a modem to the console port using the RJ-45-to-RJ-45 
rollover cable and DCE adapter (labeled “Modem”).

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Mode 2—Switch in the out position. Use this mode to connect a terminal to the console port using 
the Catalyst 5000 family Supervisor Engine III console cable and the appropriate adapter for the 
terminal connection. (The cable and adapter are not provided.) 

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Use a ballpoint pen tip or other small, pointed object to access the console port mode switch. The switch 
is shipped in the in position.

You can identify a rollover cable by comparing the two ends of the cable. Holding the cables side by 
side, with the tab at the back, the wire connected to the pin on the outside of the left plug should be the 
same color as the wire connected to the pin on the outside of the right plug. (See 

cable was purchased from Cisco Systems, pin 1 will be white on one connector, and pin 8 will be white 
on the other. (A rollover cable reverses pins 1 and 8, 2 and 7, 3 and 6, and 4 and 5.) 

Pin 1

Pin 8

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Pin 1 and pin 8

should be the 

same color