Setting Up The Ace; Establishing A Console Connection On The Ace - Cisco 4700M Administration Manual

Setting Up the ACE

Setting Up the ACE
This section describes the tasks associated with setting up the ACE and includes the following topics:
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Establishing a Console Connection on the ACE

This section describes how to establish a direct serial connection between your terminal or a PC and the
ACE by making a serial connection to the console port on the rear panel of the ACE. The ACE has one
standard RS-232 serial port found on the rear panel that operates as the console port.
Prerequisites
This setup procedure requires a properly configured terminal and cable as described in the
for Setting Up the ACE"
Restrictions
Only the Admin context is accessible through the consoleport; all other contexts can be reached through
Telnet or SSH sessions.
Detailed Steps
Follow these steps to access the ACE using a direct serial connection:
Connect the serial cable between the ACE and the terminal and then use any terminal communications
Step 1
application to access the ACE CLI. This procedure uses HyperTerminal for Windows.
Launch HyperTerminal. The Connection Description window appears.
Step 2
Enter a name for your session in the Name field.
Step 3
Click OK. The Connect To window appears.
Step 4
From the drop-down list, choose the COM port to which the device is connected.
Step 5
Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Administration Guide
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Establishing a Console Connection on the ACE
Using the Setup Script to Enable Connectivity to the Device Manager
Connecting and Logging In to the ACE
Changing or Resetting the Administrative Password
Assigning a Name to the ACE
Configuring an ACE Inactivity Timeout
Configuring a Message-of-the-Day Banner
Configuring the Date and Time
Synchronizing the ACE with an NTP Server
Configuring Terminal Settings
Modifying the Boot Configuration
Restarting the ACE
Shutting Down the ACE
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Chapter 1 Setting Up the ACE
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