User's Manual

Overview of the Console Interface
The console interface is your tool for configuring and booting the router,
gathering data on router performance, and managing router operation.
Access to the console interface is via the Main menu, which displays the
router’s software management features. (You can access a router’s
console interface either by directly connecting your terminal to the
router’s console port or by using Telnet --page 7-10-- or a modem
connection.)
Statistics Screen Menu: Provides ongoing data for analyzing circuit,
bridge, routing service, and buffer usage. (Refer to chapter 6, ‘‘How
To Use the Statistics Screens To Analyze Router Operation’’.)
Network Control Language Interpreter: Referred to as ‘‘NCL’’,
provides a command line to execute router management commands
such as rebooting, password-setting, and access to bridging and
routing tables. (Refer to chapter 7, ‘‘How To Use the Network
Control Language (NCL) Commands To Manage a Router’’.)
Figure 1-1. The Main Menu
Overview of Initializing and Verifying Router Software
Overview of the Console Interface
1-6