[Info-vax] DECServer 900tm Console port connection

[Steven Schweda]

> im actually trying to console into a DECserver 90M+ [...]

   That's one end of the cable.  What's on the other end?

> [...] and im finding very little info on that model.

   I'd expect anything in the DECserver 90 family to have the
same RJ pinouts.  My (IBM) D25M-D9F adapters seem to be wired
so:

   D25M  D9F
    1   shell
    2     3
    3     2
    4     7
    5     8
    6     6
    7     5
    8     1
   20     4
   22     9

So I'd expect that the net result of the RJ45-D25F cable
shown above and this adapter would amount to:

         RJ45         D25F/M   D9F
   |    1  Rgnd      GND   7    5
   |    2  RXD       RXD   2    3
   |    3  Tgnd      GND   7    5
    |   4  CTS (nc)  CTS   5    8
    |   5  RTS       RTS   4    7
   |    6  TXD       TXD   3    2
   |    7  DTR       DTR  20    4
   |    8  DSR       DSR   6    6

> [...] to configure the IP address. [...]

   Serial console?  Who needs a serial console?  Given a VMS
system, there are non-IP network schemes for communication
with a LAT/MOP-capable DECserver, too.  For example (with
DECnet-Plus):

ALP $ set host /mop /address = 08-00-2b-b3-2a-0f /circuit = csmacd-0
%CCR-I-CONNEST, connection established to remote system 08-00-2B-B3-2A-0F
Press CTRL/\ to disconnect, CTRL/] to send break
[...]
Local> show server
[...]
Network Access SW V3.0 BL01 for DS90M   ROM 4.1    Uptime:  28 09:02:56

Address:   08-00-2B-B3-2A-0F   Name:   AN3                Number:     0
[...]

   I'd need to do some research to remember/determine how to
do it with DECnet IV.  (NCP CONNECT?)