Need Sun RJ-45 console cable

Tue Nov 26 11:07:13 PST 2002

On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 10:41:52AM -0800, Moazam Raja wrote:
> 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

And I just unpacked a Sun V100 .... it had RJ45-DB9 and RJ45-DB25 adapters
included.

> 
> 
> 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 (My FEHB is way out of date.)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
> 
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-- 
Regards, Ulf.

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