Connecting The Switch To The Network; Connecting A Switch To A Network For Out-Of-Band Management; Figure 53: Ethernet Cable Connector - Juniper EX4300 Hardware Manual

CHAPTER 13

Connecting the Switch to the Network

Connecting a Switch to a Network for Out-of-Band Management

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Connecting a Switch to a Network for Out-of-Band Management on page 181
Connecting a Switch to a Management Console on page 183
Connecting an EX4300 Switch to a Management Console Using the Mini-USB Type-B
Console Port on page 185
Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable to a Switch on page 186
Connecting EX Series Switches in a Virtual Chassis Fabric on page 187
Connecting QFX Series and EX Series Switches in a QFX Virtual Chassis on page 189
This topic applies to multiple hardware devices in the EX Series product family, which
includes EX Series switches and the XRE200 External Routing Engine.
This topic also applies to OCX1100 switches.
You can monitor and manage these devices by using a dedicated management channel.
Each device has a management port with an RJ-45 connector for out-of-band
management. Use the management port to connect the switch or external Routing Engine
to the management device.
Ensure that you have an Ethernet cable with an RJ-45 connector available. One such
cable is provided with the device.
Ethernet cable supplied with the device.

Figure 53: Ethernet Cable Connector

To connect a device to a network for out-of-band management (see
Figure 54 on page 182):
Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the management port (labeled
1.
) on the device.
ETHERNET
For the location of the MGMT
Figure 53 on page 181 shows the RJ-45 connector of the
or ETHERNET port on different devices:
or
MGMT
181