[AusNOG] Dell Force 10 MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module

[Damien Gardner Jnr]

The pin descriptions would suggest it’s RS232 at the DB9 end.  Though not standard pinout - pin1 should be DCD, and Pin 4 should be DTR if it was a standard RS232 DB9.  Though one would figure you *should* be able to use a standard USB->Serial adapter, and only use software flow control.  Or just quickly throw together a DB9->DB9 cable which re-maps the pins.

-_DG

On 17 Mar 2014, at 6:28 pm, Shane Chrisp <shane at 2000cn.com.au> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have a job to reconfigure a Dell Force 10 MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module for a client and the
> DB9 to USB-A console cable has gone missing, most likely taken by the guys that did the initial setup.
> 
> From the PDF I got from the Dell website, they list the following pin outs, but they have only served to
> confuse me further as the USB A only has 4 pins, so are they referring to the DB9?
> 
> USB Pin Number Signal Name
> Pin 1 RTS
> Pin 2 RX
> Pin 3 TX
> Pin 4 CTS
> Pin 5, 6 GND
> RxD Chassis GND
> 
> Does anyone have a cable around that they would kind enough to check the pinouts on for me so I can
> make up a cable to reconfigure the cards? If not, I will have to try and get another cable off Dell.
> 
> -- 
> Regards
> 
> Shane Chrisp
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