Cisco Systems MGX 8230 manual User Interface Access Ports, Control Port, Ethernet Port

Chapter 5 Configuring the MGX 8230 Shelf

User Interface Access Ports

User Interface Access Ports

There are three external user-interface access ports on the PXM1 User Interface back card (PXM1-UI or PXM-UI-S3): the control port, the Ethernet port and the maintenance port. See Initial MGX 8230 Bring-Up, page 5-3for additional information on the use of these ports.

Control Port

The control port (sometimes called the console port), is accessed with a command line interface (CLI) on an ASCII terminal. This port is used to make the initial IP address settings and to troubleshoot the shelf.

Low-level control and troubleshooting can be accessed through the CLI on a terminal connected to the shelf or through the CLI in a window of the Cisco WAN Manager application.

Initial Assignment of IP Addresses

IP addresses are assigned to the following:

•Ethernet port

•maintenance port

•inband ATM IP address: this address is used in MGX 8230 feeder applications to link the PXM1 and BPX 8600 series switch.

•the IP address of the statistics manager.

Note When the MGX 8230 is configured in a stand-alone application, only the workstation connected to the shelf can detect these IP addresses.

Before CiscoView or the Cisco WAN Manager (formerly StrataView Plus) can be used, the IP addresses for the shelf must reside on the workstation in the etc/hosts file. Also, the text file config.sv on the workstation must contain the name of the shelf you intend to be the gateway node, the network ID, the network name, and so on. See the Cisco WAN Manager documentation for the file system requirements on the workstation.

Note When you use the CLI, you must type all required parameters and any optional parameters before you press Return or Enter.

Ethernet Port

Through the Ethernet port, you can use a workstation running a Cisco network management application such as the Cisco WAN Manager or CiscoView application. Typically, the workstation on a LAN is co-located with the MGX 8230.

	Cisco MGX 8230 Edge Concentrator Installation and Configuration
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