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Cisco ONS 15310-CL and Cisco ONS 15310-MA Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide R8.5
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Initial Configuration of the ML-Series Card
This chapter describes the initial configuration of the ML-Series card and contains the following major
sections:
• Hardware Installation, page 3-1
• Cisco IOS on the ML-Series Card, page 3-1
• Startup Configuration File, page 3-5
• Cisco IOS Command Modes, page 3-9
• Using the Command Modes, page 3-11
Hardware Installation
This section lists hardware installation tasks, including booting up the ML-Series card. Because the
ONS 15310 card slots can be preprovisioned for an ML-Series line card, the following physical
operations can be performed before or after the provisioning of the slot has taken place.
1. Install the ML-Series card into the ONS 15310. For physical installation instructions, refer to the
Cisco ONS 15454 Troubleshooting Guide.
2. Connect the Ethernet cables to the ML-Series card.
3. Connect the console terminal to the ML-Series card (optional).
Note A NO-CONFIG condition is reported in CTC under the Alarms pane when an ML-Series card is inserted
and no valid Cisco IOS startup configuration file exists. Loading or creating this file clears the condition.
See the “Startup Configuration File” section on page 3-5 for information on loading or creating the file.
Cisco IOS on the ML-Series Card
The Cisco IOS software image used by the ML-Series card is not permanently stored on the ML-Series
card but in the flash memory of the 15310-CL-CTX or CTX2500 card. During a hard reset, the Cisco IOS
software image is downloaded from the flash memory of the 15310-CL-CTX or CTX2500 to the memory
cache of the ML-Series card. The cached image is then decompressed and initialized for use by the
ML-Series card.