Management Ports. Allied Telesis AT-X900-24XS, AT-FAN03, AT x900-48FS, AT-9924Ts, AT-8948

Hardware Reference 19

Management Ports

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The following management ports let you configure, monitor, and upgrade the switch:

RS-232 Terminal Port

Out-of-Band Ethernet Management Port

5

6

3

4

7

8

Pin

1

2

RS-232 Terminal Port

The RS-232 ASYN0/CONSOLE port is standard for the x900 series switches and SwitchBlade x908, and connects them to a management device for initial configuration. This port allows the software on the switch to be accessed from a terminal or a PC running terminal emulation software.

The ASYN0/CONSOLE port has an RJ-45 socket with an industry recognised pinout. This requires using a straight-through RJ-45 cable with an RJ-45 DB9 connector when the switch is connected to a terminal or PC. The socket is wired as a DTE and the pin layout is shown in the following table. Pins a re numbered from right to left

Role

RTS

DTR (DSR and DTR are connected but have no other internal connection)

TXD

GND

GND

RXD

DSR (DTR and DSR are connected but have no other internal connection)

CTS

Out-of-Band Ethernet Management Port

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The out-of-band 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet port (Eth0) is dedicated to management traffic on the following switches:

■ AT-9924Ts

■ x900-12XT/S x900-24X series

SwitchBlade x908

Use the management port for initial configuration and on-going management tasks. For remote access, use the default IP address, 192.168.242.242. This port is reserved for management only; the switch does not transmit frames between this port and switch ports.

On the SwitchBlade x908, the management port can also be used to create a stack resiliency link when the switch is part of a virtual chassis stack. For more information about resiliency links, see the Stacking Introduction chapter of the

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