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Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Getting Started Guide
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Chapter 3 Configuring General Router Features
Connecting to and Communicating with the Router
The following sections describe how to connect to the router:
Connecting Through the Console Port, page 3-2
Connecting Through a Terminal Server, page 3-3
Connecting Through the Management Ethernet Interface, page 3-5
Connecting Through the Console Port
To connect to the router through the console port, perform the following procedure.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. Identify the active RSP.
2. Connect a terminal to the Console port of the active RSP.
3. Start the terminal emulation program.
4. Press Enter.
5. Log in to the router.
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action Purpose
Step 1 Identify the active RSP. Identifies the RSP to which you must connect in the next step.
There are two RSPs: RSP0 and RSP1. One is active RSP, the other is
standby.
Step 2 Connect a terminal to the Console port
of the active RSP.
Establishes a communications path to the router.
During initial setup, communicate with the router only through the
Console port of the active RSP.
The Console port uses a serial cable connection to a terminal or a
computer running terminal emulation.
The terminal settings are:
Bits per second: 9600/9600 (can be either value, but usually 9600)
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bit: 1
Flow control: None
For cable requirements for the Console port, see hardware
documentation listed in the “Conventions” section on page xii.