Chapter 3 Initial Configuration of the ML-Series Card

Cisco IOS on the ML-Series Card

Step 1 Obtain the node IP address from the IP Addr field shown at the CTC node view (Figure 3-1).

Figure 3-1 CTC Node View Showing IP Address

Node IP address

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Step 2 If you are telnetting into an ONS 15310-CL with an ML-Series card, use the IP address and the port number 2001 as the Telnet address in your preferred communication program. For example with the IP address of 10.92.18.124 on the ONS 15310-CL in the example, you would enter or telnet 10.92.18.124 2001. The slot number is always 1 for the ONS 15310-CL.

Step 3 If you are telnetting into an ONS 15310-MA with an ML-Series card, use the IP address and the port number (2000 plus the slot number) as the Telnet address in your preferred communication program. For example, with an IP address of 10.92.18.125 on an ONS 15310-CL with an ML-Series card in slot 5, you would enter or telnet to 10.92.18.125 2005. .

Telnetting to a Management Port

Users can access the ML-Series through a standard Cisco IOS management port in the same manner as other Cisco IOS platforms. For further details about configuring ports and lines for management access, refer to the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide.

As a security measure, the vty lines used for Telnet access are not fully configured. In order to gain Telnet access to the ML-Series card, you must configure the vty lines via the serial console connection or preload a startup-configuration file that configures the vty lines. A port on the ML-Series must first be configured as the management port; see the “Configuring the Management Port” section on page 3-6or the “Loading a Cisco IOS Startup Configuration File Through CTC” section on page 3-8.

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15310-CL, 15310-MA specifications

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