Starting the Media Gateway

• 9,600 b/s

• 8 data bits

• 1 stop bit

• no parity

To start terminal emulation on Windows 95 or NT, follow these steps:

Note This procedure varies somewhat for different operating systems. Refer to operating system help for specific procedures.

The Connection Description dialog box opens.

Step 2 In the Name field, enter a short name and then click OK. The Connect To dialog box opens.

Step 3 In the Connect Using field, select the desired COM port and then click OK.

The COM Properties dialog box opens.

Step 4 In the COM Properties dialog box, set bits per second to 9,600, data bits to 8, parity to none, stop bits to 1, flow control to none. Then click OK.

Step 5 In the Hyperterminal window, select File; then select Properties.

The Properties dialog box opens.

Step 6 Click the Settings tab and then select VT100 from the Emulation drop-down list. Then click OK.

Step 7 Click File; then click Save to save your terminal emulation settings for future use. You only have to perform this procedure once on a specific PC.

Step 8 If you have not already done so, connect an EIA-232 cable between the MGX 8260 console port and the PC.

You are now ready to log onto the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway and initialize the equipment.

Note Before putting the MGX 8260 in service, replace this default account with a unique one. For more information on changing accounts, see Configuring User Accounts.

To log on, follow these steps:

Step 2 At the User Id prompt, enter SuperUser.

Step 3 At the Password prompt, enter cisco.

The Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway displays a command line prompt.

• System

• In-band (optional)

The system management interface supports two IP addresses. If your system uses redundant subnetworks for system management, set both IP addresses. Otherwise, just set one system IP address.

Before performing this procedure, obtain IP addresses, subnet masks, and gateway addresses for the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway from your system administrator.

To configure IP addresses, follow these steps:

For example, with a system IP address of 10.15.26.20 and a 24-bit subnet mask, enter the following command:

chsysip1 10.15.26.20 255.255.255.0
 

Step 2 Optionally, set the IP address and mask for the secondary management interface using the chsysip2 command.

For example;

chsysip1 10.15.27.20 255.255.255.0
 

Step 3 Set the IP address and mask for the inband management interface using the chibip command.

For example;

chibip 10.15.28.20 255.255.255.0
 

Note To configure an inband management path, a Fast Ethernet interface must be installed.

Step 4 Check the IP configuration settings using the lsmgips command. For example:

=========================================================================
           Management Interfaces Configuration (lsmgips)
=========================================================================
SNMP Interface IP1 Address   :          10.15.26.20
SNMP Interface IP1 Mask      :          255.255.255.0
SNMP Interface IP2 Address   :          10.15.27.20
SNMP Interface IP2 Mask      :          255.255.255.0
SNMP Interface MAC Address   :          00:50:a3:00:26:c8
In-Band Interface Address    :          10.15.28.20
In-Band Interface Mask       :          255.255.255.0 
 

To configure system settings, follow these steps:

• RackNum---The rack number of this shelf, which generally indicates a physical location. Enter 1 to 100

• NodeName---The name of this node. Enter up to 15 characters

• NodeNum---The node number of this shelf

For example, you could set the system information as follows:

chndinf 1 MGX 1
 

Step 2 Set the system date with the chdate command, using the mm/dd/yyyy format.

The following example sets the system date to January 14, 2001:

chdate 01/14/2001
 

• Configuring the Cisco MGX 8260 Media Gateway for remote management