Cradlepoint 170663-000 RJ45 Rollover Serial Console Cable, 2.1 m, for CBA850

Out-of-band management earns its keep on the worst day of the year: the WAN is down, the site router is unreachable, and someone needs console access without a truck roll. The Cradlepoint 170663-000 is a purpose-built piece of that solution — an RJ45 rollover serial console cable, 2.1 m (7 ft) long, used with the CBA850 cellular broadband adapter. A rollover cable reverses pin order end to end (pin 1 to pin 8, and so on), the wiring convention console ports expect — it is not an Ethernet patch cable despite identical connectors. With male RJ-45 plugs on both ends, the 170663-000 connects the CBA850 to the console port of an adjacent router, switch or firewall. When the primary path fails, administrators reach that console over the CBA850's cellular link and work the problem as if standing in the closet. The 2.1 m length suits same-rack and adjacent-rack builds — enough slack for tidy dressing without loops of excess cable. For longer reaches, the same cable family offers a 4.3 m version (170663-001). For network teams standardizing OOB kits across branches, this cable is the small part that gets forgotten until cutover night. Genuine Cradlepoint accessory, MPN 170663-000, UPC 804879562726, made in China, approximately 0.12 lb shipping weight.