RP cables are not available from Cisco, but they are available from any commercial cable vendor.
Note
To comply with the intra-building lightning surge requirements of Telecordia GR-1089-CORE, Issue II,
Revision 01, February 1999, you must use a shielded cable when connecting to the console and Ethernet
ports. A shielded cable is terminated by shielded connectors on both ends, with the cable shield material
tied to both connectors.
Note
Connecting to the Console Port
The system console port on the RP is an RJ-45 receptacle for connecting a data terminal to perform the initial
configuration of the chassis. The console port requires a straight-through RJ-45 cable.
Follow this procedure to connect a data terminal to the RP console port:
Procedure
Step 1
Set your terminal to these operational values: 115200 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (9600 8N1).
Step 2
Power off the data terminal.
Step 3
Attach the terminal end of the cable to the interface port on the data terminal.
Step 4
Attach the other end of the cable to the RP console port.
Step 5
Power on the data terminal.
Connecting to the Ethernet Management Ports
To connect cables to the RP management ports, attach Category 5 UTP cables directly to the MGT LAN 0
and MGT LAN 1 RJ-45 receptacles on the RP.
RJ-45 cables are not available from Cisco Systems; they are available from outside commercial cable
vendors. Use cables that comply with EIA/TIA-568 standards.
Note
Ethernet management ports are primarily used as Telnet ports into the Cisco NCS 4016 chassis; they are
also used for booting or accessing Cisco software images over a network to which an Ethernet port is
directly connected. We strongly caution you to consider the security implications of enabling routing
functions on these ports.
Caution
The Ethernet interfaces on the RP are end station devices only, not repeaters.
Note
Follow these steps to connect an Ethernet cable to the RP RJ-45 Ethernet receptacle:
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