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The gateway has been securely mounted.
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All the cards have been correctly installed.
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The unused slots have been installed with blank filler panels.
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All the network cables, fibers, power cables, and grounding cables have been correctly
connected.
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The input power voltage meets the requirement of the gateway.
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The console cable is correctly connected, the terminal or PC used for configuration has started,
and the configuration parameters have been set.
Powering on the gateway
To power on the gateway, switch on the power source of the gateway.
After power-on
After powering on the gateway, verify that:
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The cooling system is working, and you can hear fan rotating noise and feel air being blown out.
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The system status LEDs on the MPUs show that the system is operating correctly. For more
information about LED behaviors, see "
."
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The console terminal displays information correctly. You can see the startup window on the
console terminal.
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After the POST, the system prompts you to press
Enter
. When the command line prompt
appears, the gateway is ready to configure.
Logging in using Telnet
1.
Log in to the gateway through the console port.
2.
Execute the
telnet server enable
command in system view to enable the Telnet function.
3.
Execute the
line vty
command to enter VTY line view.
4.
In VTY line view, configure authentication mode, user role, and common properties for Telnet
login.
By default, scheme authentication is enabled for VTY lines.
5.
Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the PC's network port and the other end to the
management Ethernet port on the gateway's MPU.
6.
Assign IP addresses to the PC's network port and the gateway's management Ethernet port,
making sure the PC and gateway can reach each other.
You can use the
ping
command to verify the reachability between the PC and gateway. For
more information about the
ping
command, see the command references that come with your
gateway.
7.
Run the Telnet client on the PC and enter the default login information.
For more information about how to log in to the gateway by using Telnet, see the configuration guide
that comes with your gateway.
Verifying the network configuration
To verify the device information, software version, operating status, and network configuration of the
gateway, perform
display
commands in any view.
Task Command
Display alarm information.
display alarm
