Hello,
I am trying to configure the management interface on the back of a Cisco 4331 router and am having a hard time wrapping my head around getting it to work. I read through the 6 page Cisco doc "Configuring ethernet management port" and it seems really straight forward. My issue is that I can't seem to get access via putty.
My physical connectivity is as follows:
4331 Mgmt port -> Switch -> Mgmt laptop
My router config has the follow for the Mgmt port:
Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet 0
Switch(config-if)# vrf forwarding Mgmt-vrf
Switch(config-if)#ip address 192.168.45.2 255.255.255.0
Switch(config-if)# end
If I try to ping 192.168.45.2 from the router via serial cable putty session it fails (which I gather is expected) and when I use the command "ping vrf Mgmt-vrf 192.168.45.2" the pings are successful.
When I go over to my Mgmt laptop (192.168.45.20/24) connected to the switch I can't ping 192.168.45.2 nor can I connect to it via telnet/ssh in putty.
I did see some docs stating that you need an ip route added to the Mgmt-vrf using the next hop, but there is no next hop since I am not planning on routing management. As a hail mary I added the route which didn't do anything.
I can also confirm that I did set up ssh properly as if I try to ssh to a routing interface I can get in with putty as expected.
If anyone can let me know what I am doing wrong I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
