What i did was cut off the rj-45 cisco console cable (the blue one) and switched wires 3 and 6 and put a new rj-45 jack on it. Worked perfect! don't waste money on serial to rj45 adapters use something you have 1,000 of!
Hello,  I have 2 Force10 S50 switches. When they were in the datacenter i was able to use the console port. However, now that they are home i want to reconfigure them for a new datacenter. The way i have it setup is USB to Serial > Serial to RJ-45> Rollover Ethernet cable. With this setup i can see output in putty but cannot type anything. If i use a straight through or a cross over it does not display anything. Can someone help me troubleshoot this. I never had so much trouble with getting a console port to respond to me. Both switches have the exact same issue so i know the switches are good. Must be my RJ-45. I've made it 3 times and no change. If i bring over a cisco switch my usb to serial and cisco cable work perfectly. I've tried the desktop and the laptop.   Thanks,  Tom
Force10 S50 Console issue