About Blade Connectors and Pinouts

The front panel of the Server Module (blade) provides I/O connectors. These connectors include an analog VGA DB-15 port for connection of an analog monitor, and two USB connectors for keyboard, mouse, and/or storage. During normal operation, the console is typically accessed over the management network using the service processors's ability to export keyboard, video, mouse (KVMS). In addition, a serial port is provided for communication with ILOM management, and alternatively to the Server Module's COM1 for operating systems that use a text console such as Linux, Solaris x86, or Microsoft Windows.

This topic includes the following sections:

Analog VGA DB-15 Connector

The blade includes a standard DB-15 VGA connector for connection of an analog monitor. The pin orientation of this connector is shown below, and the signal list follows in the table.

Pin

Signal Name

1

VGA RED

2

VGA GREEN

3

VGA BLUE

4

NC

5

GND

6

GND

7

GND

8

GND

9

NC

10

GND

11

NC

12

VGA MON ID 1

13

VGA HSYNC

14

VGA VSYNC

15

VGA MON ID 2

USB Connectors

The blade provides two USB 2.0-compliant ports via a single "double-stacked" USB connector. The pin orientation of this connector is shown below, and the signal list follows in the table.

Pin

Signal Name

1

+5V (with circuit breaker)

2

USB-

3

USB+

4

Ground–GND

Asynchronous Serial DB-9 Connector

The blade provides an industry-standard, POSIX-compliant, RS-232 communications port via a DB-9 connector. The pin orientation of this connector is shown below, and the signal list follows in the table.

Pin

Signal Name

1

DCD–Data Carrier Detect

2

RxD–Receive Data

3

TxD–Transmit Data

4

DTR–Data Terminal Ready

5

Ground–GND

6

DSR–Data Set Ready

7

RTS–Request To Send

8

CTS–Clear To Send

9

RI–Ring Indicate

RJ-45 to DB-9 Adapter

An RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter (Sun part number 530-3813-10) is provided in the chassis ship kit for optional use. This adapter connects to a standard DB-9 male Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) interface, such as found on the Server Modules and Chassis Monitoring Module (CMM). The adapter provides a Sun-standard RJ-45 serial console interface. The pinout for this adapter follows the Cisco-defined RJ-45 serial pinout for a Data Communication Equipment (DCE) device, thereby accomplishing the signal "roll-over" normally required when connecting two DTE devices. Therefore, the connection between the adapter's RJ-45 receptacle and a Cisco terminal server should be made using standard "straight-through" Category 5 cable.

The pin orientation of this adapter is shown below, and the signal list follows in the table.

RJ-45 Pin (DCE)

RJ-45 (DCE) Signal Name

DB-9 Pin (DTE)

DB-9 (DTE) Signal Name

1

CTS–Clear To Send

7

RTS–Request To Send

2

DSR–Data Set Ready

4

DTR–Data Terminal Ready

3

RxD–Receive Data

3

TxD–Transmit Data

4-5

GND–Ground

5

Ground–GND

6

TxD–Transmit Data

2

RxD–Receive Data

7

DTR–Data Terminal Ready

1

6

DCD–Data Carrier Detect

DSR–Data Set Ready

8

RTS–Request To Send

8

CTS–Clear To Send

9

RI–Ring Indicator