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Chapter 10: Connecting the Switch

Related Topics • Connecting an EX Series Switch to a Management Console on page 181

•Console Port Connector Pinout Information for an EX Series Switch on page 58

Connecting an EX Series Switch to a Network for Out-of-Band Management

YoucanmonitorandmanageanEXSeriesswitchusingadedicatedmanagementchannel. EX Series switches have a management port with an RJ-45 connector for out-of-band management. Use the management port to connect the EX Series switch to the management device.

Ensure that you have an Ethernet cable with an RJ-45 connector available. One such cable is provided with the switch. Figure 76 on page 187 shows the RJ-45 connector of the Ethernet cable supplied with the switch.

Figure 76: Ethernet Cable Connector

To connect an EX Series switch to a network for out-of-band management (see Figure

77 on page 188):

1.Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the management port (labeled MGMT) on the EX Series switch.

For the location of the MGMT port on different EX Series switches:

•See Rear Panel of an EX2200 Switch.

•See Rear Panel of an EX3200 Switch.

•See Rear Panel of an EX4200 Switch.

•See Front Panel of an EX4500 Switch.

•See “Switch Fabric and Routing Engine (SRE) Module in an EX8208 Switch” on page 24.

•See Routing Engine (RE) Module in an EX8216 Switch.

2.Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the management device.

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