Step 5: Connecting External Devices And Pic Cables; Connecting To A Console Or Auxiliary Device - Juniper T4000 Quick Start Manual

T4000 Core Router Quick Start

Step 5: Connecting External Devices and PIC Cables

Connecting to a Console or Auxiliary Device

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To connect external devices and PIC cables, perform the following procedures:
Connecting to a Console or Auxiliary Device on page 20
Connecting the PIC Cables on page 21
Connecting to a Network for Out-of-Band Management on page 22
To use a system console to configure and manage the Routing Engine, connect it to the
appropriate CONSOLE port on the CIP. To use a laptop, modem, or other auxiliary device,
connect it to the appropriate
(EIA-232) serial cable with a DB-9 female connector. One DB-9/DB-9 cable is provided
with the router. To connect a device to the
port, you must supply another cable.
AUXILIARY
To connect a management console or auxiliary device:
Turn off the power to the console or auxiliary device.
1.
Attach an electrostatic discharge (ESD) grounding strap to your bare wrist, and connect
2.
the strap to one of the ESD points on the chassis.
Connect one end (shown in
3.
connector to the appropriate
The ports labeled HOST 0
slot ( ), and the ports labeled
RE0
Routing Engine slot (
RE1
NOTE:
For console devices, configure the serial port to the following values:
Baud rate—9600
Parity—N
Data bits—8
Stop bits—1
Flow control—none
Using a 2.5-mm flat-blade screwdriver, tighten the screws on the connector.
4.
Attach the other end of the cable to the console or auxiliary device.
5.
port on the CIP. Both ports accept an RS-232
AUXILIARY
port, and another device to the
CONSOLE
Figure 9 on page 21) of a serial cable with a DB-9 female
or
CONSOLE AUXILIARY
connect to the Routing Engine in the upper Routing Engine
connect to the Routing Engine in the lower
HOST 1
).
port (see Figure 10 on page
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