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Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Software Configuration Guide
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Using the Management Ethernet Interface
The Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers have one Gigabit Ethernet Management Ethernet interface on each
Route Processor.
Finding Feature Information in This Module
Your software release might not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest feature
information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information
about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is
supported, see the “Feature Information for Using the Management Ethernet Interface” section on page 10-8.
Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image
support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on
Cisco.com is not required.
Contents
This guide covers the following topics:
• Gigabit Ethernet Management Interface Overview, page 10-1
• Gigabit Ethernet Port Numbering, page 10-2
• Gigabit Ethernet Port Numbering, page 10-2
• IP Address Handling in ROMmon and the Management Ethernet Port, page 10-2
• Gigabit Ethernet Management Interface VRF, page 10-3
• Common Ethernet Management Tasks, page 10-3
Gigabit Ethernet Management Interface Overview
The purpose of this interface is to allow users to perform management tasks on the router; it is basically
an interface that should not and often cannot forward network traffic but can otherwise access the router,
often via Telnet and SSH, and perform most management tasks on the router. The interface is most useful
before a router has begun routing, or in troubleshooting scenarios when the SPA interfaces are inactive.
The following aspects of the Management Ethernet interface should be noted: