Installation

Phase 3: Prepare the Router Hardware

B. Connect a Console (Optional)

When Is a Console Necessary?

Connecting a console is necessary if your management of the router requires direct access through the console port by either a local operator or by a remote operator using a modem. Direct access through the console port is optional if the router is to be configured from a remote site using Smartboot (Quick Remote or a Bootp server) and if the router is to be managed from a remote site using Telnet.

 

To install a console:

 

1. Do one of the following:

 

∙ Connect the serial port of an ANSI or VT100 terminal (or a PC

 

 

emulating one of these) to the console port using an RS-232

 

 

cable.

 

∙ Connect a full-duplex, asynchronous (character-mode) modem to

 

 

the console port using an RS-232 cable. At the remote site,

 

 

connect an ANSI or VT100 terminal (or a PC emulating an ANSI

 

 

or VT100 terminal) to the remote modem. Then establish the link

 

 

between the terminal’s modem and the router’s modem according

 

 

to the modem instructions.

 

 

N o t e

For recommended console and modem cables, and cable pin-outs, refer

 

to appendix A, ‘‘Cables and Connectors’’. For supported modems and

 

their configuration requirements, refer to appendix B, ‘‘Modem

 

Configuration’’.

 

2. Switch on the terminal’s power (or switch on the PC’s power and

 

start the terminal emulation program). Configure for the following:

 

∙

ANSI or VT100

 

∙

1 stop bit

 

∙

8 bits/character

 

∙

Xon/Xoff handshaking

 

∙

No parity

 

∙ Baud rate of 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200, or 300

 

∙ Screen size of 24 lines

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