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Chapter 1: Accessing the Switch 42C4911, January 2007
External management port setup
In addition to the internal management ports (MGT1 and MGT2), the 10Gb Ethernet
Switch Module (GbESM) also has an external management port (EXT7) to support
out-of-band management traffic. Port EXT7 allows you to perform data transfers without
taxing the data ports (EXT1-EXT6). Some commands (for example, software image transfers
such as /boot/gtimg) that initiate data transfers provide an option for choosing the port
over which to perform the transfer.
To use the external management port, you must configure the external management interface
and gateway, as shown in the following configuration example.
Configuring the external management interface
Complete the following steps to configure port EXT7 for external management:
1. Use Telnet to access the switch CLI, and configure the external management interface:
Interface 249 and gateway 253 are used for switch management through port EXT7.
2. Enable port EXT7.
By default, port EXT7 is a member of management VLAN 4094.
Once the external management network is configured, you can start a Telnet session,
Browser-Based Interface (Web) session, a Secure Shell session, or a secure HTTPS session to
the GbESM. To access the GbESM through the external management port, use the IP address
for IP interface 249.
>> # /cfg/l3/if 249 (Select IP interface 249)
>> IP Interface 249# addr 100.20.10.3 (Assign IP address for the interface)
>> IP Interface 249# ena (Enable the interface)
>> IP Interface 249# ..
>> Layer 3# gw 253 (Select gateway 253)
>> Default gateway 253# addr 100.20.10.5 (Assign IP address for the gateway)
>> Default gateway 253# ena (Enable the gateway)
>> Default gateway 253# apply (Make the configuration active)
>> Default gateway 253# save (Save your changes)
>> # /cfg/port ext7/ena (Enable port EXT7)
>> Port EXT7# apply (Make the configuration active)
>> Port EXT7# save (Save your changes)