Help us improve your experience.

Let us know what you think.

Do you have time for a two-minute survey?

 
 

Performing the Initial Software Configuration for the PTX10003

Before you begin connecting and configuring a PTX10003, set the following parameter values on the management console or console server:

  • Baud Rate—9600

  • Flow Control—None

  • Data—8

  • Parity—None

  • Stop Bits—1

  • DCD State—Disregard

You’ll need to perform the initial configuration of the PTX10003 through the console port using the CLI or through Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP). To provision the PTX10003 using ZTP, you’ll need access to a Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server and a File Transfer Protocol (anonymous FTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), or Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server on which the software image and configuration files are stored.

To connect and configure the PTX10003 using the CLI:

  1. Connect the console port to a laptop or PC by using the RJ-45 cable and RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter. The console port (labeled CON) is located on the management panel of the PTX10003 (see Connecting the PTX10003-80C to a Management Console for more information).
    Note:

    We no longer include the RJ-45 console cable with the DB-9 adapter as part of the device package. If the console cable and adapter are not included in your device package, or if you need a different type of adapter, you can order the following separately:

    • RJ-45 to DB-9 adapter (JNP-CBL-RJ45-DB9)

    • RJ-45 to USB-A adapter (JNP-CBL-RJ45-USBA)

    • RJ-45 to USB-C adapter (JNP-CBL-RJ45-USBC)

    If you want to use RJ-45 to USB-A or RJ-45 to USB-C adapter you must have X64 (64-Bit) Virtual COM port (VCP) driver installed on your PC. See https://ftdichip.com/drivers/vcp-drivers/ to download the driver.
  2. Log in as root. You do not need to enter a password. If the software boots before you connected to the console port, you might need to press the Enter key for the prompt to appear.
  3. Start the CLI.
  4. Enter configuration mode.
  5. Add a password to the root administration user account.
  6. (Optional) Configure the name of the PTX10003. If the name includes spaces, enclose the name in quotation marks (“ ”).
  7. Configure the default gateway.
  8. Configure the IP address and prefix length for the management interface.
    Note:

    The RJ-45 management port is labeled mgmt-0 and the SFP management port is labeled mgmt-1.

  9. (Optional) Configure the static routes to remote prefixes with access to the management port.
  10. Enable the Telnet service.
    Note:

    When Telnet is enabled, you cannot log in to a PTX10003 through Telnet by using root credentials. Root login is allowed only for SSH access.

  11. Commit the configuration to activate it on the PTX10003.