User Manual

Chapter 10 ● Establishing CLI connections
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Establishing the CLI/telnet/Ethernet connection
This procedure explains how to physically connect the laptop to the node through the craft Ethernet
Requirements
• Either a cross-over RJ-45 Ethernet cable
• Or two straight-through Ethernet RJ-45 cables and an Ethernet switch with a power supply
Procedure
1. Plug one end of your RJ-45 cable into the craft Ethernet port on the active BIO/SC module.
The Active LED is lit on the BIO/SC module. (On non-redundant systems there is only a single BIO/SC
module and it is always active.)
For information about the LEDs on the BIO/SC module, see Understanding the Base Input Output/
System Controller module on page 22.
2. If you are using a cross-over RJ-45 cable and no Ethernet switch to connect the laptop to the node:
a. Plug the free end of the cable into the laptop Ethernet.
b. Skip step 3
and go to step 4.
3. If you are using two straight-through cables and an Ethernet switch to connect the laptop to the node:
a. Connect the free end of the cable into a switch port
b. Connect one end of the second cable into another switch port
c. Connect the free end of the second cable into the laptop Ethernet port
d. Power on the Ethernet switch.
The switch LED for the Ethernet port lights indicating an operational Ethernet link.
4. On the laptop, open a telnet session to the node using the node’s craft Ethernet IP address (or to the IP
address of another Airvana device, for example the IP-RNC 8500 to which this node is homed), as
follows:
a. Open a command prompt window on the laptop by clicking Start
⇒ Run, entering CMD and
clicking OK.
b. At the command prompt in the new command window, type telnet <IPaddress>, where
<IPaddress> is the IP address you configured for the BIO/SC craft Ethernet using the CLI/
serial connection (or the IP address of another Airvana device, such as the management IP address
of an IP-RNC 8500).
The following displays indicating a CLI/telnet session is active:
AIRVANA-03>
This procedure is complete. Go to Updating node software
on page 139 or Chapter 12, Running the
commissioning script as appropriate.