https://networkhaven.org/tags/oobm/ Recent content in OOBM on Network Haven Hugo en-US Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://networkhaven.org/posts/cisco-c8300-create-dedicated-management-interface-without-oob-port/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://networkhaven.org/posts/cisco-c8300-create-dedicated-management-interface-without-oob-port/ <p>The Cisco C8300 and C8200 routers doesn&rsquo;t have an Out-of-Band-Management Port. Nevertheless you can create a dedicated management interface over an in-band port.</p> <blockquote> <p>When using an in-band port for management access it is still going through the normal data plane. When you follow this post, creating an dedicated management port over an in-band port doesn&rsquo;t make it magically an out-of-band port.</p> </blockquote> <p>In order to accomplish this we would need to create a dedicated management VRF, assign it to the interface and limit the SSH access with an ACL. The management port can then be connected to the regular out-of-band management network over that port. In the following examples we are using the Gi0/0/0 port as a dedicated management interface.</p>