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Cisco USB Console Port


Due to the high prices of the USB To Serial cable converter used to connect to the console cable of CISCO devices, CISCO has added a new USB console port to its products, that uses a cheap USB cable, that also widely used with other devices, for example external USB hard disk. Also the traditional 45-rj console port still available to provide compatibility with legacy PCs or to be used with the USB To Serial cable converters.

Traditional USB to Serial cable converter

Traditional USB

Both console ports in Cisco devices “blue bordered”

blue bordered console port

blue bordered console port

USB Cable Used With the USB Console Port

USB Cable

This USB console cable needs a driver to be installed to be usable with Cisco devices. You can download this driver for windows (32&64&2k), Linux, and Mac OS from the following link: Cisco USB Console Port/Download

Also this is a short video showing how to configure this cable on windows from YouTube:


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