Specifications
3-8 Cisco MGX 8220 Reference, Release 4.1
Setting Up Management Connectivity to the MGX 8220 Shelf
Connecting via the Control Port
There are two methods of connecting to the control port. They are:
• via the COM port
• via a Terminal Server
The procedures are described below.
Using a PC via the COM port
You can use a PC to access the shelf via Telnet, SNMP, or TFTP by completing the following steps:
1 Setup the control port on the MGX 8220 shelf using cnfifip and interface type of 28 as described
in the previous section, “Setting Up IP Addresses for Control Port, LAN Port or In-band Access”.
2 Make sure the PC has TCP/IP installed and is configured for SLIP communication.
3 Configure the PC COM Port to match the control port (data rate, parity, and so on).
4 Using the control port IP address, ping MGX 8220 to check connectivity.
5 Start the Telnet application for entering CLI commands, the SNMP manager application for
managing MGX 8220 through SNMP commands, or start the TFTP application to configure or
collect statistics.
Using a Terminal Server
If the workstation used for entering commands is to be connected over a terminal server complete
the following steps:
1 Setup the control port on MGX 8220 using cnfifip with an interface type of 28. Refer to the
section, “Setting Up IP Addresses for Control Port, LAN Port or In-band Access”, in this chapter.
2 Make sure the terminal server has TCP/IP installed and is configured for SLIP communication.
3 Configure the terminal server RS-232 port to match that of control port (data rate, parity, and so
on).
4 Setup the IP address of the control port of the terminal server (RS-232) to that of MGX 8220
control port ID address.
5 Using the control port IP address, ping from the X-Term workstation to MGX 8220 to check
connectivity.
6 Using the control port IP address of the MGX 8220 shelf as the destination address, start the
Telnet application for entering CLI commands, the SNMP manager application for managing
MGX 8220 through SNMP commands, or start the TFTP application to configure or collect
statistics.
If the communication link hangs while in Telnet, enter the ^[two-key sequence.