Connecting and Communicating with the Router
Figure 4-2
Communication Ports on the RP for a Cisco CRS-1 4-Slot and 8-Slot LCCs
RJ-45 cable
Local terminal or
terminal server for
CLI communication
Remote terminal for
CLI communication
Remote CLI, CWI, XML,
or SNMP communication.
Remote file storage
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RJ-45 cable
Ethernet cable
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Terminal connection
Console
AUX
Modem connection
ALARM
PID/VID
CRITICAL
MAJOR
MINOR
MGMT
Management Ethernet connection
ETH
for out-of-band network communication
CNTL
Optical Gigabit Ethernet for control
ETH 0
CNTL
plane: (not user configurable)
ETH 1
PC
User-removable flash disk1
CARD
stores installation PIE files
A second internal flash disk0
stores installed software and
active configurations
EXT
CLK 1
EXT
CLK 2
LED status
displays
(alphanumeric)
Primary RP (on=primary)
Primary
Status
Card status (green=OK)
Configuring General Router Features
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