Cable Connections - Dell PowerConnect 3324 User Manual

GigaPort Connector
A serial cable connects PowerConnect 3324/3348 to a terminal for the initial setup and configuration. (A PC running terminal emulation software can also be
used.) The serial cable is a female-to-female DB-9 crossover cable.
The following figure illustrates the DB-9 connector.
DB-9 Serial Cable
Pin Use
1 Unused
2 TXD
3 RXD
4 Unused
5 GND
6 Unused
7 CTS
8 RTS
9 Unused
DB-9 Pin Number Allocation

Cable Connections

This section describes how to connect the various cables to the PowerConnect 3324/3348 device.
ASCII Terminal (Serial) Connection