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Installation Manual
H3C AR 18-22-24 Router
Chapter 1 Product Overview ........................................................1-1
1.1 Preface...............................................................................1-1
1.2 Product Specifications .......................................................1-2
Chapter 2 Product Installation .....................................................2-1
2.1 Installation Requirements ..................................................2-1
2.2 Installing the Router ...........................................................2-2
2.2.1 Placing the Router on a Tabletop/Workbench ........2-2
2.2.2 Rack-Mounting the Router ......................................2-2
2.3 Connecting the Ground Wire .............................................2-4
2.4 Connecting the Power Cord...............................................2-4
2.5 Connecting the Router to a Console Terminal...................2-6
2.6 Connecting the Router to LAN ...........................................2-7
2.7 Verifying Installation ...........................................................2-9
Chapter 3 Configuring and Maintaining the Router ...................3-1
3.1 Configuring the Router.......................................................3-1
3.1.1 Setting up Configuration Environment.....................3-1
3.1.2 Powering On the Router..........................................3-5
3.2 Maintaining the Router.......................................................3-6
3.2.1 Boot Menu ...............................................................3-6
3.2.2 Upgrading Software through XModem ..................3-10
the Boot Rom Program...................................................3-14
3.2.4 Upgrading Boot ROM at CLI .................................3-15
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Installation Manual H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Product Overview ............1-1 1.1 Preface................1-1 1.2 Product Specifications ............1-2 Chapter 2 Product Installation .............2-1 2.1 Installation Requirements ..........2-1 2.2 Installing the Router ............2-2 2.2.1 Placing the Router on a Tabletop/Workbench ..2-2 2.2.2 Rack-Mounting the Router ........2-2... - Page 2 Installation Manual H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Table of Contents 3.2.5 Upgrading the Application Program through Networks ................3-19 Chapter 4 Installation Troubleshooting........4-1 4.1 Troubleshooting the Power Supply ........4-1 4.2 Troubleshooting the Console Terminal ......4-1 4.3 Handling Lost Boot Rom Password ........4-3...
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Page 3: Chapter 1 Product Overview
AR 18-22-24, with 32-bit high-performance CPU, can provide high-efficient data forwarding. It has a default memory of 64MB and Flash memory of 8MB. AR 18-22-24 provides the fixed interfaces: two 10/100 Mbps WAN interfaces, 24 × 10/100 Mbps LAN interfaces and one console port. -
Page 4: Product Specifications
(3) WAN LED (WAN0/WAN1) (4) LAN interfaces (LAN1~LAN24) (5) WAN interface (WAN0) (6) WAN interface (WAN1) (7) Console port (CONSOLE) Figure 1-1 AR 18-22-24 front panel (3) (4) (5) (3) (4) (5) (1) Screw hole (2) Air exhaust (3) Power socket... - Page 5 Installation Manual H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Chapter 1 Product Overview II. Technical specifications Table 1-1 Technical specifications of AR 18-22-24 Item Description One console port Two 10/100 Mbps WAN interfaces Interface 24 × 10/100 Mbps LAN interfaces Flash 8 MB...
- Page 6 Packets are transmitted or Blinking received on the interface. IV. Interface attributes AR 18-22-24 provides 24 × 10/100 Mbps LAN interfaces, two 10/100 Mbps WAN interfaces and one console port. Console port Table 1-3 Attributes of the console port Attribute...
- Page 7 Installation Manual H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Chapter 1 Product Overview Attribute Description Interface Asynchronous RS-232 standard Baudrate 9600 bps (default) to 115200bps Connecting an ASCII terminal Connecting the serial port on a local PC and Function running emulation program on the PC...
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Page 8: Chapter 2 Product Installation
Installation Manual H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Chapter 2 Product Installation Chapter 2 Product Installation 2.1 Installation Requirements Caution: To avoid possible product damage or body injury, consider the following issues. Maintain an indoor temperature of 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F) and a humidity level of 10% to 90%. -
Page 9: Installing The Router
Do not place a router on another. 2.2.2 Rack-Mounting the Router AR 18-22-24 is designed according to the dimensions of the standard 19-inch cabinet and can be installed in the rack. Follow these steps to install the router (see Figure 2-1):... - Page 10 Step 3: Fasten the mounting ears with the recess screws to secure the router in the rack horizontally and firmly. The specifications of recess screws should satisfy the installation requirements and the surface of the screws should be anti-rust. (1) Mounting ear (2) Guide rail Figure 2-1 Rack-mount AR 18-22-24...
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Page 11: Connecting The Ground Wire
Installation Manual H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Chapter 2 Product Installation 2.3 Connecting the Ground Wire Caution: Properly connect the ground wire before connecting other cables and shorten it as much as possible to prevent the router and the connected device from getting damaged during periods of lightning activities. - Page 12 Chapter 2 Product Installation (1) AC-input power socket (2) Power switch Figure 2-2 AC-input power socket of AR 18-22-24 II. Recommended AC-input power socket You are recommended to use a single-phase three-prong socket with an earth contact, which must be properly grounded. The ground of the building power system is often buried during the wiring engineering.
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Page 13: Connecting The Router To A Console Terminal
Installation Manual H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Chapter 2 Product Installation 2.5 Connecting the Router to a Console Terminal I. Console cable The console cable has an RJ-45 connector at one end and a DB9 (female) connector at the other end. -
Page 14: Connecting The Router To Lan
Installation Manual H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Chapter 2 Product Installation 2.6 Connecting the Router to LAN I. Ethernet cable A 10/100Base-TX Ethernet interface is usually connected to an Ethernet using a category 5 twisted pair cable as shown in following figure. - Page 15 Observe carefully the mark above the port before making connection to make sure it is the right port. The 10/100BASE-Tx interfaces on AR 18-22-24 support auto-MDI/MDIX, so you can use either the straight-through cable or crossover cable to connect a PC, router, HUB or LAN switch.
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Page 16: Verifying Installation
Installation Manual H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Chapter 2 Product Installation 2.7 Verifying Installation After you complete installation, verify that: The required power supply is used. The ground wire of the router is correctly connected. The console cable and the power cord are correctly... -
Page 17: Chapter 3 Configuring And Maintaining The Router
Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Chapter 3 Configuring and Maintaining the Router 3.1 Configuring the Router 3.1.1 Setting up Configuration Environment I. Connecting a console terminal to the router Connect the RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console port on the router, and the DB9 connector to the serial port on the console terminal (a PC for example), as shown in Figure 3-1. - Page 18 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Figure 3-2 Create a new connection Step 2: Define terminal parameters (using the HyperTerminal on Windows98 as an example). Select the serial port to be used from the Connect using drop-down list.
- Page 19 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Figure 3-3 Choose connection port Define port parameter. In the page as shown in Figure 3-4, make these settings: Bits per second: 9600 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow control: None.
- Page 20 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Figure 3-4 Define port parameters Set emulation type. Choose [Properties/Settings] to enter the corresponding page and select the emulation as VT100 or Auto detect. Click <OK> to...
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Page 21: Powering On The Router
Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Figure 3-5 Set emulation type 3.1.2 Powering On the Router After the router is powered on, the Boot Rom program runs first and the following system information appears on the terminal screen: Router starts booting... -
Page 22: Maintaining The Router
Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router H3C Series Routers Boot Rom, V9.00 ******************************************** Compiled at 18:00:31 , Jan 18 2005. Testing memory...OK! bytes SDRAM 8192k bytes flash memory Hardware Version is MTR 2.0 CPLD Version is CPLD 1.0... - Page 23 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Caution: To enter the Boot Menu, you must press <Ctrl+B> within three seconds after the prompt “Press Ctrl-B to Enter Boot Menu...” appears. Otherwise, the system starts decompressing the program.
- Page 24 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Change Net Parameter Download From Net Exit to Main Menu Enter your choice(1-3):1 Change Net Parameter The following information is prompted for this option: Change Boot Parameter: '.' = clear field;...
- Page 25 Caution: Care should be taken in deciding to upgrade router software. Upgrade the software of your AR 18-22-24 with the assistance of technicians and when absolutely needed. Make sure the version of the Boot Rom matches that of the application.
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Page 26: Upgrading Software Through Xmodem
Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router The “Do not check the version of the software” option is used for backward compatibility purpose during upgrade. Your upgrade attempt may fail even if you select the correct software version (the system prompts you with “invalid... - Page 27 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Download speed is 115200 bps. Change the terminal's speed to 115200 bps, and select XModem protocol. Press ENTER key when ready. Step 3: Change the baud rate on the console terminal to a value identical to the software download speed (115200 bps in this example).
- Page 28 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Step 5: In the Send File dialog box, click <Browse…> and navigate to the directory where the desired file resides to select the application file to be downloaded, and then select XModem from the Protocol drop-down list.
- Page 29 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Please use 9600 bps.Press <ENTER> key to reboot the system. Restore the speed of the console terminal to 9600 bps as prompted, disconnect and reconnect the terminal. The system starts up normally.
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Page 30: Backing Up And Restoring The Extended Segment Of The Boot Rom Program
Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router are the same as those described in the Upgrading the application program section. Caution: This approach upgrades only a portion of the Boot Rom program, so you can make a second attempt once errors occur. -
Page 31: Upgrading Boot Rom At Cli
Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router II. Restoring the extended segment from Flash memory In case faults occur to the extended segment or the upgrade is done inadvertent, take these steps to restore the extended segment of the Boot Rom program from Flash memory to the Boot Rom: Step 1: Enter the Boot menu, and then select <5>... - Page 32 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router folder, as shown in Figure 3-8 (For different TFTP server software packages, the interfaces differ). Figure 3-8 TFTP server program interface Configure the router to download the Boot ROM upgrade file from the TFTP server.
- Page 33 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router WARNING: This operation will update the Boot ROM. It may result in booting failure. Caution!!! upgrade bootrom [Y/N]?y Please wait, it may take a long time The upgrade succeeds! After the upgrade operation is complete, restart the router so that the upgrade made to the Boot ROM takes effect.
- Page 34 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Figure 3-9 FTP server program interface Configure the router to download the Boot ROM upgrade file from the FTP server. <H3C> ftp 1.1.1.1 Trying 1.1.1.1 ... Press CTRL+K to abort Connected to 1.1.1.1.
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Page 35: Upgrading The Application Program Through Networks
Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Execute the following command on the router to upgrade Boot ROM. <H3C> system-view [H3C] upgrade bootrom full WARNING: This operation will update the Boot ROM. It may result in booting failure. - Page 36 TFTP server or FTP server is not shipped with your AR18-22-24, you need to purchase and install it by yourself. On AR 18-22-24 you can only upgrade the application program through the WAN0 interface. Follow these steps to upgrade the application program through networks: Start TFTP server or FTP server.
- Page 37 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router In FTP mode, you need to configure these parameters: file name: Name of the file to be loaded. inet on ethernet (e): IP address of the download interface on the router.
- Page 38 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Configuring and H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Maintaining the Router Attaching network interface lo0... done. Loading... NET download completed... read len = [04378489] Please wait,it needs a long time ####################################################### ########################### Writing Comwaresoftware File Succeeds! Press <Enter> key to reboot the system .
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Page 39: Chapter 4 Installation Troubleshooting
Installation Manual Chapter 4 Installation H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Troubleshooting Chapter 4 Installation Troubleshooting 4.1 Troubleshooting the Power Supply Symptom The Power LED is OFF. Solution Please check If the router power switch is turned on. If the site power supply is turned on. - Page 40 Installation Manual Chapter 4 Installation H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Troubleshooting I. No display on the terminal screen Symptom The console terminal displays nothing on the screen after the router is powered on. Solution Step 1: Please check If the power supply is OK.
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Page 41: Handling Lost Boot Rom Password
Installation Manual Chapter 4 Installation H3C AR 18-22-24 Router Troubleshooting 4.3 Handling Lost Boot Rom Password Please contact the local Huawei-3Com agent if your Boot Rom password of the router is lost. Then you can get assistance to enter the router again and set a new password.
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