Need Sun RJ-45 console cable

Tue Nov 26 10:41:52 PST 2002

You can create your own cable very quickly by getting the parts from Frys.

Instructions/specs are at:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/816-2090-10.pdf

Pages 6-6 to 6-9. I used the instructions on page 6-8 to create a RJ45 
to DB9 serial adapter for my laptop.

-Moazam

Jim Hickstein wrote:

> A Sun Fire V120 showed up at my site, naturally with zero supporting 
> cables or documentation. Naturally, it doesn't respond to ping. Can 
> anyone loan me an X6973A Serial Connector Kit for a week or so, until 
> the owners of the machine can send their copy from France?
>
> It appears in:
>
> http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunFireV120/components.html#E 
>
> XPL
>
> but I'd be grateful for any other information from those who have 
> experience with Sun's new foray into using everyone's favorite 
> connector to overload yet another function onto it. Does it use the 
> same pinout as anyone _else's_ RS-232 mapping? Cisco, say, or Digi? 
> What are the chances I can go straight into a Digi console server? 
> (Yeah, right.) Is it a DTE or a DCE? Is the pinout documented 
> anywhere? (My FEHB is way out of date.)
>
> Thanks for any info and/or parts.
>
> -Jim