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Cisco MGX 8220 Installation and Configuration
Release 5.0, Part Number 78-6430-03 Rev. D0, November 2003
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Managing the Cisco MGX 8220 Shelf
This chapter describes the conne ction m ethods used to conf igur e and co ntrol the Cisc o MGX8220. This
chapter contains the following sections:
Summary of User Interface Connections, page 3-1
User Interface Access Ports, page 3 -3
User Accounts and Privilege Levels, page 3-7
Setting-Up Management Connectivity to the Cisco MGX 8220 Shelf, page 3-8
Command-Line Interface, page 3-11
Establishing the Cisco MGX 8220 to Cisco BPX Connection, page 3-12
Cisco MGX 8220 Management Through SNMP, page 3-12
Structure of the MIBs, page 3-13
TFTP User Interface, page 3-15

Summary of User Interface Connections

This section summarizes the user interface connections us ed to set up and manage the Cisco MGX 8220
shelf.
Functions of the User Interface, page 3-1
Physical Connections, page 3-2
Protocols, page 3-2
Matrix of User Interface Co mb in ati ons, page 3-3
For more detailed informat ion, see the individual sec tions later in this chapte r.

Functions of the User Interface

Release 5.0 of the Cisco MGX 8220 interface shelf allows the user t o pe rf o rm th e following
management functions:
Issue commands
A terminal or workstations used t o conf igure , monit or , and ma nage the Cisco MGX8220 resources.
Cisco Systems recommends the use of Cisco WAN Manager Release 9.2 connected through an
in-band link from the Ci s co B PX network for this pur po se .