your router has asynchronous serial console and auxiliary ports. these ports provide administrative access to your router either locally (with a console terminal or pc) or remotely (with a modem).

    cisco provides the following cables and adapters for connecting your router to a console terminal, pc, or modem:

    - one console cable (rj-45 rollover, blue)

    - one console adapter (rj-45-to-db-9, labeled terminal)

    - one auxiliary cable (rj-45 rollover, black)

    - one modem adapter (rj-45-to-db-25, labeled modem)

    or

    - one console adapter cable (rj-45-to-db-9, blue)

    - one modem adapter cable (rj-45-to-db-25, black)

    this section describes how to connect a console terminal or pc to the console port, and how to connect a modem to the auxiliary port.

    for information on identifying rollover cables, refer to the "identifying a rollover cable" section on page 3-34.