Connecting An Out-Of-Band Management Console; Powering Up The Router - DataComm BR-SIT01 Manual

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The BR Router includes a special cable to facilitate connections to RS-232
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line communications devices. This cable includes support for several asynchronous
and synchronous control signals. Off-the-shelf cables generally do not support
these signals.

Connecting an Out-of-Band Management Console

If you wish to connect an out-of-band management console, use the supplied cable
and connect to the AUX/Console interface on the back of the BR Router. You can
use a dumb terminal or a computer equipped with VT100 terminal emulation.
The default baud rate for the AUX/Console interface is 9600.

Powering Up the Router

Power up all modems, CSU/DSU's, and TA's before powering up the router. This
allows the router to immediately sense which of its interfaces are connected. At
power-up, the router will take approximately one minute to become visible to
RouterView.
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: If you want to use Telnet as a management method, you must first
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configure an IP address into the router with an out-of-band console, with
RouterView, or with a reconfigured IP host or workstation on the same Ethernet
segment as the router. See the chapter in this manual on Setting Up Command
Line Management.
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