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Cabletron Systems FRX6000 manual

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    Cab letro n Sy s t ems res e r ves t he righ t to mak e cha nge s in s pe cifi ca ti on s and othe r in f ormat i on c on- tain ed in th is d ocu me nt wit ho ut p rio r no tice . T he r eade r sh ould in a ll ca ses con sul t Cab letro n Syst ems to det ermi ne whe th er a ny s uc h chan ges hav e been made. The h ardware, f irmware , and/ or soft[...]

  • Page 3

    Overv iew of In stallatio n and Set up Wh en a Net li n k ™ FRX6000 is ordere d, th e custome r and s al es repr esen tativ e deci de on the r equired c omponen ts (c ards , cable s, etc. ). Ca rds a nd sof twar e are then inst alled before the no de is ship ped. Thi s docu ment describe s th e st eps t o be tak en at the custom er s ite to set u[...]

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    Figure 2 LAN Card Conne c tors 3. Assum ing t he node wil l be mounte d in a r ac k, i t can be se cu red to slide s, or se t on a fixed or sli de-o ut shelf. The node can al so be mounte d direct ly to th e ca b in e t fr a m e , but th is ma ke s ac ces s di ffi c ul t. Do no t su pp or t a ra ck-m oun ted no de only in the f ro nt . It mus t be [...]

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    DCE cable s have female connectors at the user en d, a nd DTE cab les have male conne ct ors. Configur e the Video Device Fol low the appropri at e proc edur e to c onfigure th e FRX6000 t o op erate wit h an att ac hed Auxi li ary Console (ASCII termina l) or VGA monitor. A VGA monitor may be nece s sary even if you a re configu ring th e node to [...]

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    6. When p rompted fo r a t ermi nal spe ed, type t he line speed (in b its per se cond ) of t h e at ta che d te rmi na l ( 12 00 , 2 400 , o r 48 00 ) and pres s [Enter] . 7. When as k e d: Ar e you ch ang ing on ly the As yn c c on sol e o r LAN adap ter co n - figur ation? , press [Y] . 8. Y o u w i ll be as ke d : How ma ny LAN car ds ha ve yo [...]

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    Configur e the Token Ri ng Card If the node ha s a T oken Ring c ard, it is co nfigured for a spee d of 16 MB/s ec and UTP (unsh ie lded twiste d pair) ca ble . If you wish to chang e eithe r sett ing, follo w this proc edure: 1. Boot the node with a DOS syste m di sk . 2. A t th e A:> prompt, ins e rt the S MC SuperDi sk , then t yp e ezst art [...]

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    Figure 8 Main Menu 3. From here, configure the datab ase as describ ed in the User Guide, or, if there was some proble m, go t o "Displayin g B oot-up I nformat ion." Displaying Boot-up Information As the node boots , scree n informati on tra cks th e loadi ng of RLPs, veri fie s con- figura tion fil e fo rmat, and displ ays any erro rs. [...]

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