Avocent Cyclades TS2000 Access Server

I know I've seen some people here saying they've picked one up for their lab. Mine just came in from eBay and I've got everything set up right (I think). When connecting from this to the console port on one of my switches what kind of cat5 cable should I be using?

I've tried straight-through, rollover, crossover and some weird pinout I found on a different site. I also noticed when using a rollover that no matter what I set the baud rate to it pops back to 57600.

I can telnet into the server itself, just trying to access specific console ports isn't working. Anyone have some more experience with this sorta stuff?

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deth1k

hth Avocent - Cabling Diagrams: ADB0039

mdomino

Thanks, I'll add it to my list of pinouts to try when I get back from work.

dmako59

I've picked one up on eBay also. Any luck on figuring out who to set these up to access routers and switches? I'm pretty new to all this and I'm getting a headache.

mdomino

dmako59 wrote: »

I've picked one up on eBay also. Any luck on figuring out who to set these up to access routers and switches? I'm pretty new to all this and I'm getting a headache.

I actually DID get it figured out. I'm out of town for the holidays until later this evening but I believe it was:
Cyclades Side
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Cisco Side
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I'll take a look at the cables when I get home and if it looks like I was wrong I'll post the updated ones. Also MAKE SURE you set the right settings on the serial ports because they default to an incompatible baud rate.