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Chapter 11 Cisco ASR 1013 Router Overview and Installation
Connecting a Terminal to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP Console Port
Connecting a Terminal to the Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP Console
Port
The Cisco ASR 1013 route processor has an asynchronous serial (EIA/TIA-232) RJ-45 console port
labeled CON on its front panel as shown in Figure 11-18, callout 5. You can connect this port to most
types of video terminals through use of the console cable kit that is included with your Cisco ASR 1013
Router. The console cable kit contains:
• One RJ-45 to RJ-45 crossover cable
• One RJ-45 to DB-25 (female) adapter
• One RJ-45 to DB-9 (female) adapter
A crossover cable reverses pin connections from one end to the other. In other words, it connects pin 1
(at one end) to pin 8 (at the other end), pin 2 to pin 7, pin 3 to pin 6, and so on. You can identify a
crossover cable by comparing the two modular ends of the cable. Hold the cable ends in your hand,
side-by-side, with the tabs at the back. Ensure that the wire connected to the outside (left) pin of the left
plug (pin 1) is the same color as the wire connected to the outside (right) pin of the right plug (pin 8).
Use the following procedure to connect a video terminal to the console port on a route processor.
Note Each Cisco ASR 1000 Series Route Processor must have a console port connection (typically to a
terminal server) if you are running a redundant configuration in the chassis.
Users using the console port to access the router are automatically directed to the IOS command-line
interface, by default.
If a user is trying to access the router through the console port and sends a break signal (a break signal
can be sent by entering Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Shift-6, or by entering the send break command at the Telnet
prompt) before connecting to the IOS command-line interface, the user is directed into diagnostic mode
by default if the non-RPIOS sub-packages can be accessed.
These settings can be changed by configuring a transport map for the console port and applying that
transport map to the console interface.
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