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Quick-Starting Routers
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2.
Connect the cable from the terminal console to the console port of the
router.
See the installation guide that came with your router for the specific cable
requirements for your router. For example, for the BCN, you insert the male
end of the cable (Order No. 7525) into the console port of the System
Resources Module-Link (SRM-L) Module in slot 7.
3.
Turn on the router to complete the internal diagnostics and startup.
When the router boots, the screen displays the Technician Interface
Login
prompt. You are now ready to enter Technician Interface commands (see
“
Logging On to the Technician Interface on page 2-5).
Connecting to the IP Network
When you obtained your router, you also received a cable to connect the router to
your IP network.
To connect the cable from the router to the IP network:
1.
Connect the cable to a router connector.
Table 2-1
lists the standard connectors (also called ports) for connecting the
router to the IP network.
You can configure any connector on a router for the initial IP connection by
specifying the slot and connector when you quick-start the router with the
installation script (Chapter 4)
or the BCC (Chapter 5).
Table 2-1. Initial Router Connectors to the IP Network
Bay Networks Router Default Connector
ASN Any connector on any net module, excluding the
Stack Packet Exchange (SPEX) module
BayStack AN, ANH, and ARN See the installation guide.
BLN, BCN First connector on the first link module (slot 2)
System 5000 net modules See the installation guide.