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Chapter4 Configuring General Router Features
Connecting and Communicating with the Router
Figure4-1 Communication Ports on the RP for a Cisco CRS-1 16-Slot Line Card Chassis
The first time a router is started, you must use a direct connection to the DSC Console port to connect
to the router and enter the initial configuration. When you use a direct connection to the Console port,
CLI commands are entered at a terminal or at a computer running terminal emulation software. A direct
Console port connection is useful for entering initial co nfigurations and performing some debugging
tasks.
This chapter describes some of the tasks you might want to perform during your initial configuration.
One of those tasks is the configuration of the Management Ethernet interface, which is de scribed in the
“Configuring the Management Ethernet Interface” section on page 4-39. After the Management Ethernet
interface is configured, most router management and configuration sessions take place over an Et hernet
network connected to the Management Ethernet interface. SNMP agents and the CWI also use the
network connection.
The modem connection can be used for remote communications with the rou ter and serves as an alternate
remote communications path if the Management Ethernet interface fails.
Console
AUX
PC Card
(disk1:)
MGMT ETH
CNTL ETH 1
CNTL ETH 0
Primary
Status
HDD
RP
Local terminal or
terminal server for
CLI communication
Remote terminal for
CLI communication
RJ-45 cable
Remote CLI, CWI,
XML, or SNMP
communication
RJ-45 cable
Optical Gigabit Ethernet for control
plane: (not user configurable)
116547
Network Management Ethernet connection
for out-of-band network communciation