Mini-USB Port Specifications for an EX2200 Switch

The EX2200-C switch, the compact, fan-less model, has two console ports: an RJ-45 port, and a Mini-USB Type-B port.

By default, the RJ-45 port is set as the active console port. It can display all the early boot and low-level message output and you can access the switch through this port in the debugger prompt. The Mini-USB Type-B port is the passive console port; that is, it will behave as a Telnet session. You can change the status of the port to active or passive from the CLI (see Connecting an EX Series Switch to a Management Console).

The Mini-USB Type B console port, uses a Mini-B plug (5-pin) connector to connect to a console management device. The default baud rate for the console port is 9600 baud.

Table 1 provides the pinout information of the Mini-USB Type-B consoleport.