Chapter 3 Configuring General Router Features

 

Connecting to and Communicating with the Router

 

 

 

 

F I N A L D R A F T — C i s c o C o n f i d e n t i a l

DETAILED STEPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command or Action

Purpose

 

Step 1

 

 

Install and configure the terminal

Prepares the terminal server for communications with the router and with

 

 

server.

Telnet clients.

 

 

 

This step is usually preformed once.

 

 

 

For router access, users need the Telnet server IP address and port

 

 

 

number for each RSP they access.

 

 

 

For additional information on configuring terminal services, including

 

 

 

terminal servers and templates, see the Cisco ASR 9000 Series

 

 

 

Aggregation Services Router System Management Configuration

 

 

 

Guide.

 

 

 

Step 2 Connect the terminal server to the

Establishes a communications path between the terminal server and the

 

 

Console port of the target RSP.

router.

 

 

 

 

During the initial router setup, communicate with the router only

 

 

 

through the Console port of the primary RSP.

 

 

 

The router Console port uses a serial cable connection to a terminal or

 

 

 

terminal server.

 

 

 

The terminal settings are:

 

 

 

Bits per second: 115200

 

 

 

Data bits: 8

 

 

 

Parity: None

 

 

 

Stop bit: 1

 

 

 

Flow control: None

 

 

 

For information on the cable requirements for the Console port, see

 

 

 

the hardware documentation listed in the “Related Documents”

 

 

 

section on page viii.

Step 3

 

 

Power on the router.

Starts the router.

 

 

 

This step is required only if the router power is not on.

 

 

 

For information on power installation and controls, see hardware

 

 

 

documentation listed in the “Related Documents” section on page viii.

Step 4

 

 

Identify the target RSP.

Identifies the RSP to which you connect in the next step.

 

 

 

The Cisco ASR 9000 Series router has two RSPs: RSP0 and RSP1.

 

 

 

One is the active RSP, and the other is the standby.

Step 5

 

 

telnet access-server-address port

Establishes a Telnet session with the terminal server.

 

 

 

Replace access-server-addresswith the IP address of the terminal

 

 

 

server, and replace port with the terminal server port number that

 

 

 

connects to the target RSP Console port.

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems A9K24X10GETR Establishes a Telnet session with the terminal server, Connects to the target RSP Console port

A9KMOD80TR, A9K24X10GETR, ASR 9000 specifications

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