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PTX5000 Alarm and Management Cable Specifications and Pinouts

PTX5000 Alarm Relay Contact Wire Specifications

For management and service operations, you can connect the PTX5000 to external alarm-reporting devices through the alarm relay contacts on the craft interface. You must provide a wire with gauge between 28-AWG and 14-AWG (0.08 and 2.08 mm2).

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PTX5000 Management Interface Cable Specifications

Table 1 lists the specifications for the cables that connect to the management ports on the Control Board.

Table 1: Cable Specifications for Routing Engine Management

Port

Cable Specification

Cable Supplied

Maximum Length

Router Receptacle

Routing Engine console or auxiliary interface

RS-232 (EIA-232) serial cable

One 6-ft (1.83-m) length with RJ-45 connectors

6 ft (1.83 m)

RJ-45

Routing Engine Host/Ethernet interface

Category 5 cable or equivalent suitable for 10/100-Mbps/1-Gbps operation

One 15-ft (4.57-m) length with RJ-45/RJ-45 connectors

328 ft (100 m)

RJ-45

(X) GE0 through (X) GE0 interfaces

Ports are reserved for future use.

None

328 ft (100 m)

SFP+

GE4 interface

Port is reserved for future use.

None

328 ft (100 m)

SFP

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RJ-45 Connector Pinouts for the PTX5000 Auxiliary and Console Ports

The auxiliary and console ports on the Control Board (labeled AUXILIARY and CONSOLE) are RJ-45 receptacles that accept RS-232 (EIA-232) cable. The AUXILIARY port connects the Routing Engine to a laptop, modem, or other auxiliary unit, and the CONSOLE port connects it to a management console. The ports are configured as data terminal equipment (DTE). Table 2 describes the RJ-45 connector pinouts.

Table 2: RJ-45 Connector Pinouts for the PTX5000 Auxiliary and Console Ports

Pin

Signal

Description

1

RTS Output

Request to send

2

DTR Output

Data terminal ready

3

TxD Output

Transmit data

4

Signal Ground

Signal ground

5

Signal Ground

Signal ground

6

RxD Input

Receive data

7

CD Input

Data carrier detect

8

CTS Input

Clear to send

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RJ-45 Connector Pinouts for the PTX5000 Management HOST/ETHERNET Port

The management Ethernet port on the Control Board labeled HOST/ETHERNET is an autosensing 10/100-Mbps/1-Gbps Ethernet RJ-45 receptacle that accepts an Ethernet cable for connecting the Routing Engine to a management LAN (or other device that supports out-of-band management). Table 3 describes the RJ-45 connector pinouts.

Table 3: RJ-45 Connector Pinouts

Pin

Signal

1

TX+

2

TX –

3

RX+

4

Termination network

5

Termination network

6

RX–

7

Termination network

8

Termination network

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