On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:26:39 +0000 (UTC) Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> On 2015-03-21, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mott...@libero.it> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Brian McCafferty wrote: > >> Just a serial cable, then you can use tip(1). The connections and > >> other info are in the V120 user guide which you can download from > >> Oracle. Get a usb-serial adapter if you don't have a serial port > >> on the machine you're trying to connect to it. > > well not just a "serial" cable, but you need to have a RJ45 at one > > end. It is a plain ol' RS232 but with an unusual connector. You > > need an adapter for these, you can do one yourself if you have the > > tweezers to crimp the LAN cables. > > These are normally made with a "de9-rj45 modular connector" like > startech gc98ff, these don't need tools. > > You can also get all-in-one usb to rj45-rs232 adapters now, search > ebay for "ftdi rj45". Most say they're for Cisco, IIRC the Sun pinout > is the same but either confirm that for yourself or > look > for one that specifically says Sun. > I have a v120 and can confirm that the Cisco DB9-RJ45 indeed works like a champ. There is also a pretty common DB9 to RJ45 adapter that lets you use a standard patch cable. These are silver and came with every sun box sold with the RJ45 serial ports for a number of years. If you can't find one laying around someplace eBay has lots This link: http://www.clausconrad.com/blog/how-to-build-a-db9-to-rj45-serial-cable Will show you how to correctly build one from one of these: http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Serial-adapter-DB-9-RJ-45/dp/B00006IRQA/ref=sr_1_4/176-9094087-5269865?ie=UTF8&qid=1427045870&sr=8-4&keywords=serial+to+rj45+adapter Or just buy a cable if you don't want to mess around: http://www.amazon.com/Generic-7-Cisco-Console-RJ45-to-DB9/dp/B000GL3MOY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427045964&sr=8-2&keywords=serial+to+rj45+adapter Happy SPARCing -- ESP
