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Connecting the XRE200 to Management Devices
Connect a Device to a Network for Out-of-Band Management
You can monitor and manage these devices by using a dedicated management channel. Each device has a management port to which you can connect an Ethernet cable with an RJ-45 connector. Use the management port to connect the device to the management device.
Ensure that you have an Ethernet cable that has an RJ-45 connector at either end. Figure 1 shows the RJ-45 connector of the Ethernet cable supplied with the device.
To connect a device to a network for out-of-band management (see Figure 2):
- Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the management port on the device.
- Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the management device.
Connecting an EX8200 Switch to an XRE200 External Routing Engine
To create an EX8200 Virtual Chassis, you connect multiple EX8200 member switches to an XRE200 External Routing Engine.
If you wish to connect an EX8200 switch over a distance greater then 328 feet (100 meters), see Configuring a Long-Distance Virtual Chassis Port Connection for an EX8200 Virtual Chassis.
Ensure that you have the following parts and tools available to connect the switch to the external Routing Engine:
RJ-45 Ethernet cable to connect the devices. See Cables Connecting the XRE200 External Routing Engine to XRE200 External Routing Engines and EX8200 Switches.
To connect an EX8200 switches to an XRE200 External Routing Engine:
- Connect one end of the cable to the management port (MGMT) of the active Routing Engine in the EX8200 switch. The management port is on the Switch Fabric and Routing Engine (SRE) module in an EX8208 switch and on the Routing Engine (RE) module in the EX8216 switch.
- Connect the other end of the cable to one of the Virtual Chassis ports (VCPs) on the primary external Routing Engine. The VCPs on an XRE200 External Routing Engine include built-in port 0 and ports 0 through 3 on the Virtual Chassis Control Interface (VCCI) module.
- Connect another VCP on the primary external Routing Engine
to the management port on the active Routing Engine of another EX8200
member switch.Note
Step 4 is recommended, but you can skip it if you are not using a full mesh topology. See Understanding EX8200 Virtual Chassis Topologies.
- Connect a VCP on the backup external Routing Engine to the management ports on the backup Routing Engines of both EX8200 member switches.
To connect another member switch into the Virtual Chassis, repeat Steps 1 through 4 for each EX8200 member switch.
Figure 3 shows a cabling example of a full mesh EX8200 Virtual Chassis with two member switches.
See also
Connect a Device to a Management Console Using an RJ-45 Connector
You can configure and manage devices using a dedicated management channel. Each device has a console port which you can connect to using an Ethernet cable with an RJ-45 connector. Use the console port to connect the device to the console server or management console. The console port accepts a cable that has an RJ-45 connector.
Ensure that you have an Ethernet cable that has an RJ-45 connector at either end. One such cable and an RJ-45 to DB-9 serial port adapter are supplied with the device.
Figure 4 shows the RJ-45 connector of the Ethernet cable.
If your laptop or PC does not have a DB-9 plug connector pin and you want to connect your laptop or PC directly to the device, use a combination of the RJ-45 to DB-9 socket adapter supplied with the device and a USB to DB-9 plug adapter. You must provide the USB to DB-9 plug adapter.
- Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the console port
(labeled
CON,CONSOLE, orCON1) on the device. - Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the console server (see Figure 5) or management console (see Figure 6).
