Establishing A Connection Through The Management Ethernet Interface - Cisco Router IOS XR Getting Started Manual

Connecting and Communicating with the Router
Command or Action
Step 3 Power on the router.
Step 4 Identify the target RP or DRP.
Step 5
telnet access-server-address port
Step 6 Press Enter.
Step 7 Log in to the router.

Establishing a Connection Through the Management Ethernet Interface

The Management Ethernet interface allows you to manage the router using a network connection. Before
you can use the Management Ethernet interface, the interface must be configured, as described in the
"Configuring the Management Ethernet Interface" section on page
Once configured, the network connection takes place between client software on a workstation computer
and a server process within the router. The type of client software you use depends on the server process
you want to use. The Cisco IOS XR software supports the following client and server services:
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Starts the router.
This step is required only if the router power is not on.
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• For information on power installation and controls, see
the hardware documentation listed in the
Documents" section on page
Identifies the RP or DRP to which you connect in the next
step.
• This step is not required when the router hosts only one
RP or DRP.
On a Cisco CRS-1 router, the active RP or DRP is
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identified by a lighted Primary LED on the RP front
panel.
On a Cisco XR 12000 Series Router, the active RP is
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identified by the alphanumeric display: ACTV RP.
If you cannot look at the RPs, use a Management
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Ethernet interface connection to determine which RP is
active, or establish terminal server connections to both
RPs and then try both.
Establishes a Telnet session with the terminal server.
Replace access-server-address with the IP address of
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the terminal server, and replace port with the terminal
server port number that connects to the target RP
Console port.
(Optional) Initiates communications with the RP or DRP.
If no text or router prompt appears when you start the
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Telnet session, press Enter to initiate communications.
If the router has no configuration, the router displays
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the prompt:
Enter root-system username:
root-system username and password when prompted.
If the router has been configured, the router displays the
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prompt:
Username:
Establishes your access rights for the router management
session.
Enter a username and password when prompted.
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