Cisco 4331 management port can be used as a normal port?
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08-03-2017 02:54 PM - edited 03-05-2019 08:56 AM
Hi,
Can the management port on Router 4331 be used as a normal port for circuit connection etc?
Thanks!
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08-03-2017 03:22 PM
short answer, no
Gigabit Ethernet Management Interface Overview
The router provides an Ethernet management port named GigabitEthernet0.
The Ethernet management port allows you to perform management tasks on the router. It is an interface that should not, and often cannot, forward network traffic, but can be used to access the router via Telnet and Secure Shell (SSH) to perform management tasks on the router. The interface is most useful before a router has begun routing, or in troubleshooting scenarios when other forwarding interfaces are inactive.
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08-03-2017 03:45 PM
Thank you for your reply!
So it also can't be used for connecting to secondary router (HSRP)?
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08-04-2017 07:47 AM
By default, probably not.
If it could be configured as a "normal" port (which is a big if), you're may also find it offers very little capacity and any substantial traffic on the port might overload the router.
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08-04-2017 07:44 PM
Thank you!
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08-04-2017 07:45 PM
Thank you!
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08-03-2017 04:02 PM
You might get it to work, but given the caveats above (straight from the 4331 doc) why risk it?
I doubt if the TAC would be much help if you did.
