Ultra-10 (Solaris 9) as switch console [?]

I have a 3Com switch (3300XM) that's not working and I'd like to connect to its management port since it passes the Power/Self Test without a problem. I can't find the right cable (dual DB9 female) so I can hook up to it from my PC but I have a DB25 male/DB9 female that I could hook up to my SPARC system instead. What extra tools or native commands would I use to connect to my SPARC's serial port in order to diagnose the switch?
TIA :)
J.

The usual command is `tip'. If you want 9600 bps on serial
port B, `tip hardwire' may work fine for you. Otherwise, you
may want to edit the /etc/remote file. Both `tip' and `remote'
have man pages.

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I have a dumb Question what type of connection is this console
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