Datasheet
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OL-17436-01
Configuring Interfaces on the PRP-3
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
Identify the active RP or DRP. Identifies the RP or DRP to which you must connect in the next step.
• This step is not required when the router hosts only one RP.
• On a Cisco CRS-1 router, the active RP or DRP is identified by a
lighted Primary LED on the RP front panel.
• On a Cisco XR 12000 Series Router, the active RP is identified by the
alphanumeric display: ACTV RP.
Step 2
Connect a terminal to the Console port
of the active RP or DRP.
Establishes a communications path to the router.
• During the initial setup, you can communicate with the router only
through the Console port of the active RP.
• The router Console port is designed for a serial cable connection to a
terminal or a computer that is running a terminal emulation program.
• The terminal settings are:
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Bits per second: 9600/9600
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Data bits: 8
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Parity: None
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Stop bit: 2
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Flow control: None
Step 3
Start the terminal emulation program. (Optional) Prepares a computer for router communications.
• The step is not required if you are connecting through a terminal.
• Terminals send keystrokes to and receive characters from another
device. If you connect a computer to the Console port, you must use a
terminal emulation program to communicate with the router. For
instructions on using the terminal emulation program, see the
documentation for that program.
Step 4
Press Enter. Initiates communication with the router.
• If no text or router prompt appears when you connect to the Console
port, press Enter to initiate communications.
• If no text appears when you press Enter and the router has been
started recently, give the router more time to complete the initial boot
procedure, then press Enter.
• If the router has no configuration, the router displays the prompt:
Enter root-system username:
• If the router has been configured, the router displays the prompt:
Username:
Step 5
Log in to the router. Establishes your access rights for the router management session.
• Enter your username and password, as described in the “Logging In to
a Router or an SDR” section on page 52.
• After you log in, the router displays the CLI prompt, which is
described in the “CLI Prompt” section on page 53.