Q-Logic 59096-04 Manuel D’Utilisation

2 – General Description

Serial Port

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The SANbox 5000 Series switch is equipped with an RS-232 serial port for 
maintenance purposes. 

 shows the serial port on a model 5200/5600 

switch; the model 5202/5602 is similar. You can manage the switch through the 
serial port using the CLI.

The serial port connector requires a null-modem F/F DB9 cable. The pins on the 
switch RS-232 connector are shown in 

 and identified in 

. 

Refer to 

 for information 

about connecting the management workstation through the serial port.

1

Carrier Detect (DCD)

2

Receive Data (RxD)

3

Transmit Data (TxD)

4

Data Terminal Ready (DTR)

5

Signal Ground (GND)

6

Data Set Ready (DSR)

7

Request to Send (RTS)

8

Clear to Send (CTS)

9

Ring Indicator (RI)

Serial Port