Connect the PTX10001-36MR to External Devices
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Connect the PTX10001-36MR to a Management Ethernet Device
Ensure that you have an appropriate cable available. See "Cable Specicaons for Console and
Management Connecons for the PTX10001-36MR" on page 71.
You can monitor and manage the PTX10001-36MR by using a dedicated management channel. The
device has one management port—a 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 port for copper connecons. You use
the management port to connect the device to a network for out-of-band management.
NOTE: You cannot use the management port to perform the inial conguraon of the
PTX10001-36MR. You must congure the management port through the console connecon
before you can successfully connect to the PTX10001-36MR by using this port. See "Perform
the Inial Soware Conguraon for the PTX10001-36MR" on page 98.
To connect a PTX10001-36MR to a network for out-of-band management (see Figure 37 on page 96):
1. Connect one end of the cable to the management port—labeled MGMT—on the PTX10001-36MR.
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