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    AR700 Series Router Har dwar e Ref er ence AR725 AR745 AR750S AR750S-DP AR770S[...]

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    2 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E AR700 Series Router Har dware Refer ence Document Number C613-03087-00 Re v E. © 2005-2006 Allied T elesis Inc. Al l rights re served. No part of this publication may be repr oduced without prior written pe rmis sion from Allied T elesis Inc. Allied T elesis Inc. r eserves the right to chan ge specificat[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 3 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Contents Introduction ........... ............ ................. ............. ................ ............. ................ .... 4 Models Covered By This Ref erence ............... ................ ............. ................ ........ 4 Where T o Find More Information .............. .........[...]

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    4 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Intr oduction Th is H a rdw are R ef e ren ce d es c ri b es t he ha rd wa re fe a tu res o f A R 70 0 Se ri e s router models , including information on PCI Accelerator Car ds (P ACs). Hardwar e and installation information for Port Interface Card s (PICs) and Network Service Module s (NSMs) can be found[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 5 C613-030 87-00 Rev E ■ A T -TF TP Server for W indows, for downloading softwar e versions. ■ Adobe Acrobat Reade r , for viewing online documentation. AR700 Series Routers All AR700 Se ries routers includ e Ethernet ports, asynchronous ports, and PIC bays; the AR750S, AR750S-DP and AR770S also have switch ports. PI[...]

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    6 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E AR725 Router The A T- AR725 router consists of a base CPU card, enclosur e and power supply . The base CPU card supports dual 10/10 0 autonegotiating Ethernet LAN (eth) ports and two asynchronous RS-232 ports. Figure 1: Front and r ear panels of the AR725 Series router Figure 1 shows the A T- AR725 router[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 7 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Asynchron ous Ports The two asynchr onous serial ports can be used as general purpose ports for terminals, printers, or modems. They are ef fectively identical and can be independently configur ed. The default communication s settings are: • 9600 bps • 8 data bits •1 s t o p b i t •N o p a [...]

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    8 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E A T -AR725-80 DC The A T- AR725-80, designed for use by telecommunication carrier sites, supports connection to a 48V DC power supply (in t he range 39 t o 60 V DC). The DC model does not support an RPS connection, and does not supp ort monitoring of the main PSU or fan. DC supply cable specifications: ?[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 9 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Figure 3: DB25 female connector pinout for an RPS on the A T -AR725 rear panel T able 2: DB25 RPS power connector pin out on the A T -AR725 Pin Function Direction 1, 25 Keying - 2, 14 +12 V input 3-5, 15-17 +5 V input 6-8, 18-20 0 V input 9 -12 V input 10 VCC output 11 Main PSU error output 12 Main[...]

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    10 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E AR725 LEDs and what they mean Functions of the AR725’s LEDs are show n in the following table. Additional rear pane l LEDs may be present if a PIC or NSM is installed. Functions of PIC an d NS M LE Ds a re d e sc r ib ed i n t h ei r re s pe c ti v e H ard w a re R ef e ren c es . LED Function Fron t p[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 11 C613-030 87-00 Rev E AR745 Router The A T- AR745 router consists of a base CPU car d, enclosure, and power supply . The base CPU card supports two 10/100 autonegotiating Ethernet LAN (eth) ports and two as ynchronous RS-232 ports. Front and Rear Panels Front and r ear panels of the A T- AR745 router with a Port Interf[...]

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    12 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E PIC bays and NSM bay The A T -AR745 chassis has two PIC bays. A further four PIC bays can be added if an A T -AR040 NSM is instal led in the NSM bay . The NSM bay allows one NSM to be instal led in the chassis. NSMs either have fixed ports (e.g., A T -AR041 and A T- AR042 BRI S/T NSMs) or PIC bays (e.g.,[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 13 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Power Supply The A T -AR745 is available in two power supply configurat ions: a universal AC model and a 48 V DC model. The AC model in cludes an inlet for the AR740 RPS (Redundant Power Suppl y). The AR740 RPS can be purchased separately , and each unit supports up to two A T -AR745 or A T -AR 72[...]

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    14 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Redundant Power Supply (RPS) AC models of the A T -AR745 can be us ed in conjunction with the AR740 RPS. Each AR740 RPS can provide power supply and mains circuit r edundancy for up to two A T -AR745s or A T -AR725s. For more information on the AR740 RPS, see “AR740 RPS Redundant Power Supply (A T- AR7[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 15 C613-030 87-00 Rev E AR745 LEDs and what they mean Functions of the AR745’s LEDs are show n in the following table. Additional rear pane l LEDs may be present if a PIC or NSM is installed. Functions of PIC an d NS M LE Ds a re d e sc r ib ed i n t h ei r re s pe c ti v e H ard w a re R ef e ren c es . 1. A T -AR021 [...]

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    16 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E The show system command displays the state of the main power supply and fan, and whether or not the RPS is be ing monitored. If RPS monitoring is enabled, it also shows whether an RPS is connected, and the state of its output voltage and fan. When a fault occurs in the main power supply or fan, s ystem L[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 17 C613-030 87-00 Rev E AR750S Router The A T- AR750S router has two 10/100 au tonegot iating Ethernet (eth) ports, one asynchr onous RS-232 port, five Ethernet switch ports, and two Port Interface Card (PIC) expansion bays. Figure 7: Front and r ear panels of the A T -AR750S router Har dwar e Features Th e ma i n ha rd [...]

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    18 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Asynchronou s port The asynchr onous serial port (ASYN0) pr ovides a general purpose port for terminals, printers or modems. The port is wired as a DTE ( Ta b l e 9 o n page 50 ). The default communications settings are: • 9600 bps • 8 data bits •1 s t o p b i t •n o p a r i t y • har dware flo[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 19 C613-030 87-00 Rev E AR750S LEDs and what they mean Functions of the AR750S LEDs ar e shown in the following table. Add itional LEDs may be pre sent if a PIC is installed. Functions of PIC LEDs are described in the Port Interface Card Hardwar e Refer ence . LED State Function Power/PWR Green The router is r eceivi ng [...]

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    20 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E AR750S-DP Router The A T- AR750S-DP router has two 10/100 Mbps autonegotiat ing Ethernet (eth) ports, one asynchronou s RS-232 port, f ive 10/100 Mbps Ethernet sw itch ports, and two Port Interface Car d (PIC) expansion bays. The A T- AR750S-DP uses A T -PWR03 du al hot-swappable power supplies (PSUs). Y[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 21 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Asynchronou s port The asynchr onous serial port (ASYN0) pr ovides a general purpose port for t e r m i n a l s , p r in t e r s o r m o d e m s . T h e p o r t i s w i red a s a D T E ( Ta b l e 9 o n p a g e 5 0 ). The default communications settings are: • 9600 bps • 8 data bits •1 s t o [...]

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    22 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Safety Safety information and instructions outl ining how to use an A T -PWR03 AC or DC power supply can be found in the AR750S-DP Router Installation and Safety Guide . Read these instructions before a ttempting to install, remove or power an A T -PWR03. Ha rd wa re o v er v ie w The A T -PWR03 power su[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 23 C613-030 87-00 Rev E AR750S-DP LEDs and what they mean Functions of the AR 750S-DP LEDs are shown in the following table. Additional LEDs may be pre sent if a PIC is installed. Functions of PIC LEDs are described in the Port Interface Card Hardwar e Refer ence . LED State Function Status PSU 1..2 Green The router is O[...]

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    24 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E AR770S Router The A T- AR770S Secure VPN Router prov ides gigabit E thernet and switch ports, and can accommodate optional fibr e-optic SFPs (small form-factor pluggable mod ules) and Port Interface Car ds (PICs). Figure 9: Front and r ear panels of the A T -AR770S router Har dwar e Features Th e ma i n [...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 25 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Asynchronous port The asynchronous serial port (ASYN0) is wired as a DTE ( Ta b l e 9 o n p a g e 5 0 ), and can be used as general purpose port for terminals, printers or modems. The default communications settings are: • 9600 bps • 8 data bits •1 s t o p b i t •n o p a r i t y • har dw[...]

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    26 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E PIC bays The A T -AR770S chassis has two PIC bays, which can accommodate combinations of the following PICs: • A T- AR020 PRI E1/T1 PIC, one prim ary rate E1/T1 port • A T- AR021(S) BRI-S/T P IC, on e basic rate ISDN S/T port • A T- AR023 SYN PIC, one synchr onous port with universal 50-way AMPLIMI[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 27 C613-030 87-00 Rev E AR770S LEDs and what they mean The following table shows the functi ons of the AR770S LEDs. Addi tional LEDs may be present if a PIC is installed. Functions of PIC LEDs are described in the Port Interface Card Hardwar e Reference . LED State Function Status PWR Green The router is r eceiving power[...]

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    28 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Online Documentation This section provides a step-by-step guide to acces sing the documentation on the Documentation and T ools CD-ROM. A dobe Acrobat Reader must be installed to view the online documentation. T o Access Documentation T o use the CD-ROM, follow these steps: 1. Insert your router’ s Doc[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 29 C613-030 87-00 Rev E A T -TF TP Server This section pr ovides information on how to access and use A T -TF TP Server . A T -TF TP Server can be used to transfer config uration files as well as to download software patches and versions. T o use A T -TF TP Server , follow these steps: 1. If A T -TF TP Server has not yet[...]

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    30 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E TF TP reques ts are logged to the A T -TF TP Server main wind ow . Using Windows T erminal and Hyperterminal Y ou can use a PC running terminal emulation software as the manager console, instead of a terminal. There are many terminal emulation applications available for PCs, but the most r eadily availab[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 31 C613-030 87-00 Rev E 3. In the “Connect using” field on the Connect T o dialog box, select the COM port on the PC used to connect to the router. and click the OK button. 4. In the COM n P r o p e r t i e s d i a l o g b o x , s e t p o r t p a r a m e t e r s a s f o l l o w s , a n d c l i c k the OK button.[...]

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    32 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E 5. From the main HyperT erminal window , select Pr operties fr om the File menu. Click the Settings tab, and set th e Pr operties dialog box as follows. 6. Click ASCII Setup to display the ASCII Setup dialog box, and ensure the following options are not se lected: • Echo typed characters locally • Ap[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 33 C613-030 87-00 Rev E 7. Save the current session by selecting Save from the File menu on the main HyperT erminal window . This create s a connection icon with the name yo u assigned in the HyperT erminal group. T o use the configuration, double-click the connection icon. When the HyperT erminal window appears, pr es s[...]

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    34 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E power cycle, the dynamic configuration must be sa ved as a configuration script, using the create config command. When the router starts up following either a power cycle or an oper ator- initiated reboot (using the restart command), it performs the following sequence of operations: 1. Perform start-up s[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 35 C613-030 87-00 Rev E displayed chan ges the router start-up process as described in the following table. During the start-up pr ocess the r outer generates fo ur di fferent types of messages. All messages ar e pr eceded by one of the wor ds INFO, P ASS, F AIL, or ERROR. The meaning of thes e words in the context of th[...]

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    36 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E ERROR: BBR Battery low. The BBR battery test failed, indicating that the battery is running low . The BBR system will need to be r eplaced. Contact your dis tributor or res el l er . PASS: BBR test, 256k bytes found. The BBR size/location test passed, with the indicated amount of BBR found. FAIL: BBR tes[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 37 C613-030 87-00 Rev E INFO: Initialising Flash (This may t ake some time) The flash file system was found to be corrupt. The r outer is now r e- initialising the flash device to a "g ood" state. The pr ocess will take at least 4 minutes, depe ndin g on the router . INFO: IGMP Snooping is activated. IGMP snoop[...]

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    38 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E This will pr oduce a display like that shown in Figure 12 . The DRAM and FLASH fields show the amounts of DRAM and flash memory , r espectively . Figure 12: Example output from the show syst em command Router System Status Time 10:59:39 Date 23-Mar-2006. Board ID Bay Board Name Host Id Rev Serial number [...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 39 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Battery-Backed RAM (AR725, AR745, AR770S only) The AR725 and AR745 have 128 kB of battery-backed SRAM as NVS (non- volatile storage), and the AR770S has 512 k B. The router can store files such as logs and configuration scri pts in NVS over a power cycle. Onboar d Flash Memory Flash memory is a no[...]

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    40 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Figure 13: Example output from the show flash ph ysical command for an A T- A R750S Lastly , the Flash File Sy stem (FFS) ca n be checked to en sure that it has successfully formatted the flash, using the command: show file If flash memory has been used in the past then it may already be formatted and co[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 41 C613-030 87-00 Rev E CompactFlash (AR725, AR745 only) AR725 and AR745 routers have a CompactFlash slot on their front panel. Compact flash cards incr ease the flash memory available for file storage. CompactFlash files can be manipul ated using the command line interface. Any type of data, including versions, patches,[...]

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    42 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Figure 15: Sample output from the show cfla sh test c ommand, when no test is runn ing T o test a card, insert the car d and enter: enable cflash test start= startnumber end= endnumber where st artnumber and endnumber ar e positive integers within a cluster range. The endnumber must be higher than the st[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 43 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Expansion Options Expansion options include: ■ “AR740 RPS Redundant Power Supp ly (A T- AR725, A T -AR745 only)” on page 43 ■ “CompactFlash (AR725, AR745 only)” on p age 41 ■ “SFP Ports (AR770S only)” on page 46 ■ “PICs and NSMs” on page 46 ■ “PCI Accelerator Cards (P A[...]

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    44 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Figure 18: DB25 male pinout on the AR740 RPS Specifications Dimensions • Height = 44 mm (plus 5.5 mm if the rubber feet ar e used) • W idth = 440 mm (excluding rack-mounting brackets) • Depth = 315 mm •W e i g h t = 3 . 7 5 k g Mounting System •1 U r a c k m o u n t i n g Environmental Con diti[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 45 C613-030 87-00 Rev E LEDs • AC power supply •R P S f a n f a u l t •R o u t e r P S U f a u l t • RPS PS U fault • Main (router) fan fault AC Power Su pply • Universal 1 10 V AC to 240 V A C, 50 Hz to 60 Hz input DC Output • 5 V/6.5 A • 12 V/1.0 A • -12 V/0.2 A AR740 RPS LEDs and what they mean LEDs [...]

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    46 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E SFP Ports (AR770S only) SFP (small form-factor pluggable ) tran sceivers are compact, hot-swappable, and high speed. Certain fibr e-optic SFP transceivers are s upported by the AR770S router so that you can inter c hange port types to meet changing network requir ements. The AR770S r out er has 1000BASE-[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 47 C613-030 87-00 Rev E PCI Accelerator Car ds (P ACs) PCI Accelerator Cards (P ACs) provide additional processing featur es or performance, but do not add extra physic al interfaces to the router . A P AC can be installed in the dedicate d P AC slot on A T -AR725 and A T -AR745 routers. The AR750S, AR750S-DP , and AR770[...]

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    48 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Compression P AC-based compression has the following featur es: ■ Local 32-bit pr ocessor for high speed contr ol and data transfe r . ■ Dedicated high performance 32-bit compr ession hardwar e. ■ High compress ion ratio Lempel-Ziv algorithm in hardware. ■ 2 MBytes of history memory . ■ Support[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 49 C613-030 87-00 Rev E opportunity at finding non-random data, compr ession occurs before encryption, in the or der: compression → encryption → // → decryp tion → decompression Adding compr ession to an encrypted link incr eases line thr oughput. Once compression has been carried out there is less data requiring[...]

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    50 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Asynchr onous Interfaces Asynchronous interfaces, also known as terminal ports, (labelled ASYN0, ASYN1, RS-232 or CONS OLE) use RJ-45 connectors, wir ed as DTE with one of two pinout wiring schemes: ■ For AR725, AR745 and A T- AR024 asynchronous port pinouts see Ta b l e 8 . ■ For AR750S, AR7 50S-DP [...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 51 C613-030 87-00 Rev E is ‘powered-on ’. This prevents print jobs from being sent to a disconnected printer and lost. See the Printer Server chapter of the Software Re ference. Cables and Loopback Plugs This section describes how to make cables for connecting th e AR router to networks, terminals, and printers. It a[...]

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    52 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Figure 21: Pin wiring for terminal cable to connect asyn port on AR725, AR745 or A T- AR024 to DB25 female (terminal) port Figure 22: Pin wiring for terminal cable to connect asyn port on AR750S, AR750S-DP or AR770S to DB25 female (termina l) port RJ45 (to switch or router) DB25 Female (to terminal) 1 2 [...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 53 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Figure 23: Pin wiring for terminal cable to connect asyn port on AR725, AR745 or A T- AR024 to DB9 female (terminal) port Figure 24: Pin wiring for terminal cable to connect asyn port on AR750S, AR750S-DP , or AR770S to DB9 female (terminal) port RJ-45 (to router) DB9 Female (to terminal) 1 2 3 4 [...]

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    54 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Figure 25: Pin wiring for modem cable to connect asyn port on AR725, AR745 or A T- AR024 to DB25 male (modem) port Figure 26: Pin wiring for modem cable to connect asyn port on AR750S, AR750S-DP , or AR770S to DB25 mal e (modem) port DB25 Male (to modem) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 22 6 5 8 7 4 2 3 1 → ← → [...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 55 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Figure 27: Pin wiring for modem cable to connect asyn port on AR725, AR745 or A T- AR024 to DB9 male (modem) port Figure 28: Pin wiring for modem cable to connect asyn port on AR750S, AR750S-DP , or AR770S to DB9 male (mo dem) port RJ-45 (to router) DB9 Male (to modem 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 5 6 3 4 8[...]

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    56 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Figure 29: Pin wiring diagram for a Macintosh serial cable to connec t asyn port on AR725, AR745 or A T- AR024 to Mi niDin (Macintosh) Figure 30: Pin wiring diagram for a Macintosh serial cable to connec t asyn port on AR750S, AR750S-DP , or AR770S to MiniDin (Macintosh) Loopback Plugs for T esting Inter[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 57 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Some interfaces (e.g., the synchronous ports) requir e a specially built external testing device (available from your au thorised Allied T elesis distributor or reseller ) to be used in conjun ction with th e T est Faci lity . Ta b l e 1 2 lists the loopback plug wiring diagrams for each interface[...]

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    58 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E T est Facility A T est Facility designed to test the r outer ’s physical interfaces is built into all the router softwar e. The T est Facility can be thought of as a specialised interface module like PPP or Frame Relay . Although the router can continue to operate normally during sp ecific tests, any i[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 59 C613-030 87-00 Rev E Asynchronous Interface T ests Asynchronous interfaces require a loopback plug to be instal led before the test will operate. See “Cables and Loopback Plugs” on page 51 for details of how to make a loopback plug. T o start a test of an asynchro nous interface, use the command: enable test int=p[...]

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    60 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E Restricted Maintenance Pr ocedures This section contains pr ocedures that sh ould only be performed by authorised service personnel. U nauthorised use of pr ocedures i n this section may cause danger of injury from electric sho ck, damage to the r outer , and invalidation of the product warranty . If you[...]

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    Ha rd w are R e fe re n c e 61 C613-030 87-00 Rev E 3. Enable diagnostics mode during start-up. During the router start-up pr ocess, at the prompt: Force EPROM download (Y)? press [Ctrl/D] on the terminal to enter diagnostics mode. A banner page is displayed on the terminal ( Figure 35 ). This can be used to check that the terminal is correctly con[...]

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    62 AR700 Series Rout er C613-03087 -00 Rev E diagnostics and interpr et the r esults. Diagnostics only requir e the base CPU board to be installed in the system. T o r estore an AR725, AR745 , AR750S, or AR770 S router to normal operation, perform a restart by switching its power switch (rear panel) OFF and ON. T o restor e the AR750S-DP to normal [...]