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Preface The H3C MSR 20-1X Routers Installation Guide describes how to install the H3C MSR 20-1X Routers, maintain software and hardware of the router, and solve problems you may encounter during the installation process. This preface includes: Audience • •...
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Represents a routing-capable device, such as a router or Layer 3 switch. Represents a generic switch, such as a Layer 2 or Layer 3 switch, or a router that supports Layer 2 forwarding and other Layer 2 features. About the H3C MSR documentation set The H3C MSR documentation set includes: Category...
Obtaining documentation You can access the most up-to-date H3C product documentation on the World Wide Web at http://www.h3c.com. Click the links on the top navigation bar to obtain different categories of product documentation: [Technical Support & Documents > Technical Documents] –...
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Powering on the Router········································································································································· 31 Startup Process······················································································································································· 32 Configuration Fundamentals ········································································································································· 32 Command Line Interface······································································································································· 33 Slot Arrangement and Rules for Numbering Interfaces····················································································· 34 Software Maintenance···············································································································································35 Introduction ····································································································································································· 35 Files Managed by the Router ······························································································································· 35 Software Maintenance Methods·························································································································· 36 Maintaining Application Program and Configuration Through Command Lines····················································...
19-inch standard cabinet. The following sections will give you more details about these four models. Physical Description of the MSR 20-1X Routers Hardware Specifications Table 1 Hardware specifications of the MSR 20-1X routers Item MSR 20-10 MSR 20-11...
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5% to 90% 5% to 90% (non-condensing) NOTE: The console port and AUX port of MSR 20-1X routers share one RJ-45 interface. • Two SIC slots can form one DSIC slot. • MSR 20-12 and MSR 20-15 can implement voice data processing without any VCPM card. If you need •...
Description • OFF: No link is present. • ON: A link is present. • Blinking: Data is being transmitted or received. Table 3 Rear panel LEDs of the MSR 20-10 router Description • OFF: No link is present. LINK • ON: A link is present.
MSR 20-12 Router Appearance Front panel Figure 5 Front panel of the MSR 20-12 router (1) Power switch (2) Power socket (3) LEDs (4) USB interface (5) RESET button Rear panel Figure 6 Rear panel of the MSR 20-12 router (1) Grounding terminal (2) Console/Auxiliary interface (CON/AUX) (3) Layer 3 Ethernet interface 0 (ETH0)
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Panel LEDs Table 6 Table 7 respectively describe the LEDs on the front and rear panels of the MSR 20- 1 2 router. Table 6 Front panel LEDs of the MSR 20-12 router Description • ON: The router is powered on. •...
MSR 20-13 Router Appearance Front panel Figure 7 Front panel of the MSR 20-13 router (1) Power LED (PWR) (2) ACT LED of BRI interface (3) B1 LED (4) System LED (SYS) (5) Ethernet LED (ETH) (6) Wireless LED (WLAN) (7) B2 LED (8) USB interface (9) RESET button...
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Panel LEDs Table 8 Table 9 respectively describe the LEDs on the front and rear panels of the MSR 20- 1 3 router. Table 8 Front panel LEDs of the MSR 20-13 router Description ON: The router is powered on. OFF: The router is powered off.
Panel LEDs Table 10 Table 1 1 respectively describe the LEDs on the front and rear panels of the MSR 20- 1 5 router. Table 10 Front panel LEDs of the MSR 20-15 router Description • ON: The router is powered on. •...
SICs and DSICs MSR 20- 1 X routers adopt modular design and provide the following interfaces to support a wide range of optional SICs/DSICs: Synchronous/asynchronous serial interface • Ethernet port • E1/T1 interface • ISDN BRI/PRI • ADSL interface • Voice interface •...
Installation Preparations Requirements on Environment MSR 20- 1 X routers are designed for indoor application. To ensure the normal operation and prolong their service life, the installation site must meet the requirements mentioned in the following sections. Requirements on Temperature and Humidity To ensure the normal operation and prolong their service life, the temperature and humidity in the equipment room shall maintain at a certain level.
Concentration limit (mg/m 0.05 0.01 Requirements on Electrostatic Discharge Prevention Although many antistatic considerations have been given to MSR 20- 1 X routers, damage to circuits or even the routers may still happen when the amount of static charges exceeds a certain limit. In the communication network to which the routers are connected, static induction mainly comes from two aspects: the external electric field (such as outdoor high voltage power line or thunder) and the internal system (such as indoor environment, floor materials or the router equipment structure.
Checking the Rack When installing MSR 20- 1 X routers, make sure that: There is spacing reserved at the air inlet and exhaust in the router for the purpose of heat dissipation • of the router chassis. The rack has a good ventilation system for heat dissipation. •...
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Meters and equipment Hub or LAN switch • Console terminal (for example, a PC) • Equipment related to the selected modules • Multimeter • CAUTION: None of the above-mentioned installation tools, meters, and equipment is shipped with MSR 20-1X routers...
Installation Installation Flowchart Figure 11 Installation flow for MSR 20-1X router Installing the Cabinet MSR 20- 1 X routers can be installed into an N68 cabinet. For the cabinet installation, refer to the part discussing cabinet installation. Skip this section if you do not install the router in a cabinet or use the cabinet of another vendor.
Fix the router horizontally by fastening the mounting brackets to the cabinet with appropriate pan head Step3 screws. The specifications of pan head screws should satisfy the installation requirements and rustproof treatment has been made to their surfaces. Figure 12 Install an MSR 20-1X router in a cabinet (1) Mounting brackets...
Installing the Router on a Wall In addition, you can install MSR 20- 1 X routers on a cement wall or wood wall. Figure 13 Figure 14 show the recommended sizes (in mm) of the screw and anchor for wall-mounting. Figure 13 Screw sizes +0.5 -0.0...
Figure 15 Wall-mounting Align the installation holes at the bottom of the router with two screws and hang the router on the screws. Step4 CAUTION: When mounting the router, keep the network interface facing downwards and the two sides with ventilation holes vertical to the ground.
Connecting the Power Cord MSR 20- 1 X routers support AC power input only. Power Socket and PGND Table 15 Power socket and PGND of MSR 20-1X routers Item Description Power socket...
Recommended AC power connector A three-terminal, single-phase power connector with a grounding contact is recommended. Normally, the grounding contact of the power supply system in a building was buried during construction and cabling. Before connecting the AC power cord, you must make sure that the power supply of the building has been well grounded.
Item Description Baud rate 9600 bps (default) to 115200 bps • Connected with a character terminal Supported services • Connecting to the serial interface of the local PC and running terminal emulation program on the PC Command line interface Console cable A console cable is an 8-core shielded cable.
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Table 17 Attributes of Layer 3 Ethernet interfaces Item Description Connector type RJ45 Interface type MDI/MDI-X autosensing Ethernet_II Frame format Ethernet_SNAP 10/100 Mbps autosensing Operating mode Half duplex/full duplex NOTE: Media dependent interface (MDI) is a typical Ethernet interface provided by network adapters, while media-dependent interface crossover (MDIX) is an interface commonly found on a hub or LAN switch.
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Layer 2 Ethernet interface attributes MSR 20- 1 X routers each provide fixed 100Base-TX Layer 2 Ethernet interfaces. The following table describes the attributes of Layer 2 Ethernet interfaces. Table 18 Attributes of Layer 2 Ethernet interfaces Item Description Connector RJ45 Interface type MDI/MDIX...
View the LINK LED of the Ethernet interface. If the LINK LED is ON, a link is present. If the LINK LED is OFF, Step2 no link is present. In the latter case, check the line. Connecting the AUX Interface to a Modem AUX interface The AUX interface is an RS232 asynchronous serial interface, which can serve as a backup interface of a WAN interface and provide dial connection.
Installing and Removing the Slide Rails Slide Rails Figure 23 SIC slide rails Installing the Slide Rails Figure 24 Install the slide rails Figure 25 Fix the slide rails...
Removing the Slide Rails Figure 26 Loosen screws Figure 27 Draw out the slide rails Installing the Security Lock There is a security slot on the side panel of the router and the security slot is near the front panel. Through the security slot, you can use a security lock to lock the device to a bracket of the cabinet or an irremovable object to prevent theft.
Startup and Configuration Startup Configure MSR 20- 1 X routers only through the console interface for the first time. Setting Up the Configuration Environment Connecting the router to a console terminal To set up a local configuration environment, you need to connect the RJ-45 connector of the console cable to the console interface on the router, and the DB-9 connector to the serial interface of a PC, as shown in the following figure.
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Figure 29 Set the connection port in the local configuration Set terminal parameters. As shown in the following figure, in the COM1 Properties dialog box of the Step2 serial interface, set bits per second to 9600, data bits to 8, parity to none, stop bits to 1, and flow control to none.
Figure 31 Set the terminal type Powering on the Router Checking before powering on the router Before power-on, check that: The power cord and PGND cable are correctly connected. • The voltage of the power supply is the one indicated on the label of the router. •...
After the power-on self-test (POST), the system prompts you to press Enter. When a command line prompt appears, you can proceed to configure the router. Startup Process After power-on or during the reboot process, the following information is displayed on the terminal: System application is starting...
Before configuration, you should make specific network requirements, including the objective, role of the Step1 router in the network, division of subnets, WAN type and transmission medium, network security policy and reliability. Based on the above requirements, draw a clear, complete network diagram. Step2 Configure the WAN interface of the router.
Slot Arrangement and Rules for Numbering Interfaces Slot arrangement The MSR 20- 1 X routers provide many types of interfaces, such as console, AUX, Ethernet, serial interface (synchronous/asynchronous), and asynchronous interface. The following describes how these interfaces are numbered. Rules for numbering interfaces The interfaces of the MSR 20- 1 X routers are numbered with “two dimensions”: The interfaces are represented by interface-type X/Y, where interface-type can be serial, •...
Software Maintenance Introduction Files Managed by the Router BootWare file The BootWare file is used to boot an application. A complete BootWare file includes two segments: basic and extended. Application files By default, the MSR 20- 1 X routers define three application files for booting: main, backup, and secure. The system selects these three files in sequence to start up the router.
By default, the system defines three configuration files for booting: main, backup, and default file. If the three configuration files are loaded in a storage device, the system selects them in sequence until the router is successfully loaded. To change the sequence of these configuration files or modify them, refer to Maintaining Application and Configuration Files on page 55.
NOTE: The BootWare program is upgraded together with the Blinux application program. You do not need to • upgrade the BootWare separately. When upgrading the Blinux program, the system checks whether the running BootWare version is consistent with that in the updating host application program. If inconsistent, the system asks whether to upgrade the BootWare.
Maintaining the Router Through TFTP Server In the TFTP service, the router is TFTP client and the file server is the TFTP server. You can enter commands on the terminal to upload or download configuration files or application programs to or from the file server.
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Sending file to remote tftp server. Please wait... \ TFTP: 1045 bytes sent in 0 second(s). File uploaded successfully. Use the following command to download the startup.cfg file from the server to the router: <SYSTEM>tftp 192.168.1.1 get startup.cfg startup.cfg The file startup.cfg exists. Overwrite it?[Y/N]:y Verifying server file...
Before using FTP, you need to install the FTP client. No FTP client is shipped with the H3C MSR 20- 1 X routers. In the following example, the FTP client application program is the built-in Windows XP FTP client.
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Figure 34 Maintain the router serving as the server Ethernet cable Router TFTP/FTP Server Console cable TFTP/FTP Client Configure the IP addresses of both sides on the same network. In this section, the IP address of the FTP server (PC) is set to 192.168.1.1, and that of the connected Ethernet interface on the router (Ethernet 0/0) is set to 192.168.1.2.
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After you correctly enter the username and password, the system prompts login success. You can then maintain the router, for example, modify transmission mode and local path, and back up files. In this example, the main.bin file on the router is copied to the PC. ftp>...
Configure the IP addresses of both sides on the same network. In this section, the IP address of the FTP server is set to 192.168.1.1, and that of the connected Ethernet interface on the router (Ethernet 0/0 in this example) is set to 192.168.1.2. Use the ping command to check the connectivity. Maintain the router through the terminal connected with the console interface of the router.
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************************************************************************** Compiled Date : Jul 29 2008 CPU Type : MPC8323E CPU L1 Cache : 16KB CPU Clock Speed : 333MHz Memory Type : DDR SDRAM Memory Size : 256MB Memory Speed : 132MHz BootWare Size : 1024KB CPLD Version : 1.0 PCB Version : 3.0...
Table 19 Main BootWare menu Item Description <1> Boot System Bootstrap. Enter the serial interface submenu. For details about the <2> Enter Serial SubMenu submenu, refer to Serial interface submenu on page 45. Enter the Ethernet interface submenu. For details about the <3>...
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Table 20 BootWare serial interface submenu Item Description <1> Download Application Program To SDRAM And Download an application program to SDRAM and run <2> Update Main Application File Upgrade the main application program. <3> Update Backup Application File Upgrade the backup application program. <4>...
|<4> Delete File |<0> Exit To Main Menu ========================================================================== Enter your choice(0-4): The submenu is described as follows: Table 22 File control submenu Item Description <1> Display All File Display all files. <2> Set Application File type Set an application file type. <3>...
Configuring Ethernet Interface Parameters Before upgrading an application program through an Ethernet interface, we need to configure the Ethernet interface on the router as follows: Enter 3 in the BootWare menu to enter the Ethernet interface submenu. Then, enter 5 to enter the change Ethernet parameter submenu: =========================<ETHERNET PARAMETER SET>========================= |Note:...
Upon upgrade failure, the system prompts “Loading failed”. In this case, please reboot the router to • validate the reset IP address. Only Ethernet 0/0 can be used for upgrading an application program in the MSR 20-1X routers • through an Ethernet interface.
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Loading...............................Done! 22165484 bytes downloaded! Updating File flash:/update.bin Enter 0 to return to the main BootWare menu. Enter 1 to boot the system from the Flash memory. Step4 Set the upgraded application program to the main application file, namely, the default boot file of the Step5 system.
CAUTION: If the input file name is the same as the original one in the Flash memory, the system prompts that “The • file is exist, will you overwrite it? [Y/N]”. Enter Y to overwrite the original file. The new application program file will then overwrite the original file of this type, ensuring the uniqueness of the application program on the device.
If the check is passed, the receiver sends an acknowledgement message to the sender. Upon • receiving the message, the sender continues to send the next packet. If the check fails, the receiver sends a negative acknowledgement message to the sender. Upon •...
Figure 38 Modify baud rate Select Call > Call to establish a new connection. Figure 39 Establish a new connection Press Enter to view the current baud rate and return to the previous menu. The system displays: The current baudrate is 115200 bps NOTE: Restore the baud rate in the HyperTerminal to 9600 bps after upgrading the BootWare.
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Enter 3 in the BootWare operation menu. The system displays: ===================<BOOTWARE OPERATION SERIAL SUB-MENU>=================== |<1> Update Full BootWare |<2> Update Extend BootWare |<3> Update Basic BootWare |<4> Modify Serial Interface Parameter |<0> Exit To Main Menu ========================================================================== Enter your choice(0-4): Enter 1, and the system displays: Please Start To Transfer File, Press <Ctrl+C>...
NOTE: The file name, size and path vary in different situations. Before upgrading, check the current version of • BootWare and application program. Restore the baud rate in the HyperTerminal to 9600 bps after upgrading the BootWare. This ensures that •...
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Displaying all files Enter 1, and the system displays: Display all file(s) in flash 'M' = MAIN 'B' = BACKUP 'S' = SECURE 'N/A' = NOT ASSIGNED ========================================================================== |NO. Size(B) Time Type Name 640199 Dec/20/2007 09:53:16 N/A flash:/logfile/logfile.log 22165484 Dec/20/2007 09:18:10 B+S flash:/update.bin 1181 Dec/20/2007 09:42:54 N/A...
========================================================================== |<1> +Main |<2> -Main |<3> +Backup |<4> -Backup |<0> Exit ========================================================================== Enter your choice(0-4): You can set the file type to M (main) or B (backup) or cancel the setting by entering digits 1 to 4. Refer Configuration files on page for details.
The system prompts the setting succeeds. When the main BootWare menu appears again, enter 0 to reboot the system. Step2 Set a new password in system view. Step3 [SYSTEM]user-interface console 0 [SYSTEM-ui-console0]authentication-mode password [SYSTEM-ui-console0]set authentication password simple 123456 The above information indicates that the password authentication is adopted on the console interface and the password is set to 123456 and stored in plain text.
After you clear the super password, quit the menu and reboot the router, you can directly enter system view. The setting is valid for the first reboot of the router only. The super password will be restored after a second reboot. Backing Up and Restoring BootWare The MSR 20- 1 X routers do not support backup and restoration of BootWare.
Antistatic bag • NOTE: The above tools are not shipped with the MSR 20-1X routers. You must prepare them by yourself. Opening the Chassis Cover Follow these steps to open the chassis cover: Power off the router and remove the power cord.
VPM Slot Figure 44 Structure of VPM slot Installing/Removing a VPM Card Follow these steps to install a VPM card: Make sure no power supply is present before proceeding with the next step. Step1 Align the connecting fingers of the VPM card with the slot on the main control board. Step2 Form an angle of 45 degrees between the VPM card and the main board and insert the VPM card into Step3...
Setting the Fixed E1 Interface Impedance CAUTION: Positions of DIP switches should be performed by H3C personnel or an Authorized H3C partner. By default, the impedance of the fixed E1 interface on MSR 20- 1 2 is 75-ohm. Using the internal DIP switches, users can change the interface impedance from 75-ohm to 120-ohm.
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CAUTION: It is recommended to select the DIP switch of the fixed E1 interface in this way: when connecting 75-ohm • cable, flip BIT1-8 to ON, and when connecting 120-ohm cable, flip BIT1-8 to OFF. By default, all of the DIP switches are factory-configured to ON, that is, the impedance of E1 interface •...
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting the Power System Symptom: The PWR LED on the front panel is OFF. Solution: Check that: The power switch on the router is turned on. • The switch of the power source is turned on. • The power cord is correctly connected. •...
Troubleshooting Application Software Upgrade Symptom 1: At the time of application software upgrade using TFTP or FTP, the system displays: =========================<ETHERNET PARAMETER SET>========================= |Note: '.' = Clear field. '-' = Go to previous field. Ctrl+D = Quit. ========================================================================== Protocol (FTP or TFTP) :tftp ftp Load File Name :host Target File Name...
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Something wrong with the file. Solution: It is possible that an incorrect application file is downloaded. Download the correct application program file. NOTE: The bar code labels on the chassis and the SICs contain information about production and servicing. • Before you ask your agent for servicing, present the bar code.
Index Backing Up and Restoring BootWare Replacing a VPM Card BootWare Menu Requirements on Environment Configuration Fundamentals Safety Precautions Connecting the Console Terminal Setting the Fixed E1 Interface Impedance Connecting the PGND Cable Startup Connecting the Power Cord Troubleshooting Application Software Upgrade Dealing with Password Loss Troubleshooting the Configuration System Troubleshooting the Power System...
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