Terminal Server
My 2511 terminal server arrived today. Configuring it for each of my devices was surprisingly easy. All you have to do is issue an ip host command for each device you have connected. For example:
ip host 2513-01 2001 172.21.1.1
The “2513-01″ is the host name of the router. The “2001″ tells the terminal server what RJ-45 connector is attached to the devices console port. In this case, the device is attached to connector one. If it was attached to connector 11 the port number would be 2011, and so on. Each device will have the same IP address associated with it. This IP address is associated with a looback interface using the following commands:
interface Loopback1
ip address 172.21.1.1 255.0.0.0
That is a simple rundown of what you need to get a terminal server setup. Below is a link to a the Cisco page that I used to learn how to setup the server. That page will go into more detail as to the parameters that are used.