Cisco UTP cable pinout

Three kinds of UTP cable pinout:

  • roll-over
  • straight-through
  • cross-over
pin Roll Straight Cross pair
1 8 1 3 TP0+
2 7 2 6 TP0-
3 6 3 1 TP1-
4 5 4 4 TP2+
5 4 5 5 TP2-
6 3 6 2 TP1-
7 2 7 7 TP3+
8 1 8 8 TP3-

Straight-through cable (T568B)

ANSI/TIA-568 T568B

pin end1 end2
1 LR/BC LR/BC
2 LR LR
3 VD/BC VD/BC
4 AZ AZ
5 AZ/BC AZ/BC
6 VD VD
7 MR/BC MR/BC
8 MR MR

Cross-Over cable

pin end1 end2
1 LR/BC VD/BC
2 LR VD
3 VD/BC LR/BC
4 AZ AZ
5 AZ/BC AZ/BC
6 VD LR
7 MR/BC MR/BC
8 MR MR

Roll-over cable

pin end1 end2
1 LR/BC MR
2 LR MR/BC
3 VD/BC VD
4 AZ AZ/BC
5 AZ/BC AZ
6 VD VD/BC
7 MR/BC LR
8 MR LR/BC

captions

  • LR = Orange
  • LR/BC = Orange and White
  • VD = Green
  • VD/BC = Green and White
  • AZ = Blue
  • AZ/BC = Blue and White
  • MR = Brown
  • MR/BC = Brown and White

PS: pin order 1..8 always with connector contacts up, facing you, and cable down, numbers from left to right

REF: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/hw/maintenance/5585guide/5585Xhw/pinouts.pdf