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mRJ21 procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303 Cable cinch with two mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304 Cable cinch with three mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304 Cable cinch with four mRJ21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305 Cable cinch with five mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305 Cable cinch with six mRJ21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306 Cable cinch with seven mRJ21 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306 Cable cinch with eight mRJ21 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

RJ45 procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307 Cable cinch with one group of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307 Cable cinch with two groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308 Cable cinch with three groups of RJ45 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . .308 Cable cinch with four groups of RJ45 cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . .309 Cable cinch with five groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309 Cable cinch with six groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Cable cinch with seven groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Cable cinch with eight groups of RJ45 cables . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Chapter 6	Connecting a Router to a Network Device
	Assigning permanent passwords	313

Configuring IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 Support of subnet masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315 Assigning an IP address to a management interface . . . . . . .315 Assigning IP addresses to an interface, virtual interface,

or loopback interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Enabling and disabling the interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Understanding management port functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Connecting the router to a network device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Installing a fiber-optic transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Cabling a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318 Cleaning fiber-optic ports and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319 Troubleshooting network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Testing network connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320 Pinging an IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320 Tracing a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Chapter 7	Managing Routers and Modules
	Managing the device	321
	Enabling and disabling a DC Power Source	321
	Disabling and re-enabling power to interface modules	321
	Monitoring I2C failures on management modules	322
	Displaying device status and temperature readings	324

Displaying the Syslog configuration and static and dynamic buffers 327

Managing switch fabric modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329 Forcing HSF modules to operate in normal mode . . . . . . . . . .330 Blocking discovery of G1 switch fabric modules . . . . . . . . . . .330

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