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Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R7.2
January 2009
ML-Series IOS CLI Console Port 3-4
RJ-11 to RJ-45 Console Cable Adapter 3-5
Connecting a PC or Terminal to the Console Port 3-5
Startup Configuration File 3-7
Manually Creating a Startup Configuration File Through the Serial Console Port 3-7
Passwords 3-8
Configuring the Management Port 3-8
Configuring the Hostname 3-9
CTC and the Startup Configuration File 3-9
Loading a Cisco IOS Startup Configuration File Through CTC 3-10
Database Restore of the Startup Configuration File 3-11
Multiple Microcode Images 3-11
Changing the Working Microcode Image 3-12
Cisco IOS Command Modes 3-13
Using the Command Modes 3-15
Exit 3-15
Getting Help 3-15
CHAPTER
4Configuring Interfaces 4-1
General Interface Guidelines 4-1
MAC Addresses 4-2
Interface Port ID 4-2
Basic Interface Configuration 4-3
Basic Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and POS Interface Configuration 4-4
Configuring the Fast Ethernet Interfaces for the ML100T-12 4-4
Configuring the Fast Ethernet Interfaces for the ML100X-8 4-5
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet Interface for the ML1000-2 4-6
Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Remote Failure Indication (RFI) 4-7
Monitoring and Verifying Gigabit Ethernet Remote Failure Indication (RFI) 4-8
Configuring the POS Interfaces (ML100T-12, ML100X-8 and ML1000-2) 4-10
CRC Threshold Configuration 4-11
Monitoring Operations on the Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces 4-12
CHAPTER
5Configuring POS 5-1
POS on the ML-Series Card 5-1
ML-Series SONET and SDH Circuit Sizes 5-1
VCAT 5-2
SW-LCAS 5-3