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7 Accessing the router 7-1

Using a console cable to connect the router to a configuration terminal 7-1

Setting up the configuration environment 7-1

Setting terminal parameters· 7-1

Starting the router 7-1

Configuring basic settings· 7-2

7 Accessing the router

The first time you access a router you must log in through the console port.

Using a console cable to connect the router to a configuration terminal

Setting up the configuration environment

To connect a configuration terminal to the router by using a console cable:

1.     Select a configuration terminal, which can be a character terminal with an RS-232 serial port, or a PC.

2.     Plug the DB-9 female connector of the console cable into the serial port on the configuration terminal and the RJ-45 connector into the console port on the router.

Setting terminal parameters

To configure and manage the router through the console port, you must run a terminal emulator program, TeraTermPro or PuTTY, on your configuration terminal. You can use the emulator program to connect a network device, a Telnet site, or an SSH site. For more information about the terminal emulator programs, see the user guides for these programs.

Start the terminal emulator program and configure the parameters as follows:

·     Bits per second—9600.

·     Data bits—8.

·     Stop bits—1.

·     Parity—None.

·     Flow control—None.

Starting the router

To start the router:

1.     Power on the router.

2.     Verify the following items:

¡     The LEDs on the front panel are normal. For the LED description, see "Appendix C LEDs."

¡     The configuration terminal displays information normally.

BootWare Validating...

Press Ctrl+B to enter extended boot menu...

Starting to get the main application file--cfa0:/main.bin!............

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The main application file is self-decompressing.............................

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....................................................................Done!

System application is starting...

Mainboard 1 is master.

User interface con1 is available.

Press ENTER to get started. (Press Enter.)

<sysname> (The router is ready for configuration.)

Configuring basic settings

Configure basic settings for the router after the router starts up. For more information about how to configure the router, see H3C CR19000 Core Routers Configuration Guides and H3C CR19000 Core Routers Command References.