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Lightwave Communications Server 3200 User's Manual

1. ne MODEM a E Q Y 17 zi All Alli 4 3 2 1 6 N A e 3 7 ch El dl dl El NETWORK 8 7 6 5 So o 5 OR d TERMINAL PORT S 12 11 10 9 a E 5 le db db En m3 16 15 14 13 a gt a z o 2 S e 2 S ee 4 3 2 1 al oe a B S 8 7 6 5 a Eg mB S ES 12 11 10 9 a l pea S RO 16 15 14 13 sl El EE lett All DEVICE S Re PORT S 20 19 18 17 e ll lio 24 23 22 2 A a a a S 50 28 27 26 25 a Aa e S RO 32 31 30 29 se as E S RO i 8 LL Eh Z A lo io SYS ADMIN PORT 0 O Fig 3 General layout showing terminal port and device port numbers 6 0 ConsoleServer 3200 Administration The following section outlines the administration functions and commands The administration functions and commands are designed to enable the administrator to configure the ConsoleServer 3200 to fit the needs of the system application User IDs devices terminals and access rights may be configured using the administration commands As new features ar
2. Sa oa 200 0070 O R Included in cable kit 200 0135 Sys Admin Terminal Cable Adapter RJ45 RJ45 Cable UN ml DB25 RJ45 _ J DTE SGI Supplied 200 0067 RJ45 RJ45 Cable Adapti dl ese ees RJ45 RJ45 Cable DCE 200 0066 O R Terminal Cable Adapter RJ45 RJ45 Cable Sun Supplied DB25 RJ45 AAA DTE o Pp 200 0067 O Depending on Sys Admin En Terminal I O port adapter pan will be one of following Control Card E RJ45 RJ45 Cable O IE RJ45 RJ45 Cable H DCE 2 Port A 200 0066 hed BEAN Rj45 Connector 200 0067 RJ45 DB25F 5 OR O 200 0069 RJ45 DB9M 2 OR 200 0070 RJ45 DB9F Terminal Cable Adapter Adapter __RJ45 RJ45 Cable Q T MMJ DB25 DB25 RJ45 mm DTE DEC Supplied 200 0100 200 0066 a Note Other adapters are available Terminal Cable 1625 45 us Cables DTE from Lightwave Call for information IBM Supplied 200 0067 and availability Terminal Cable Adapter RJ45 RJ45 Cable el DB25 RJ45 mmm DTE Cisco Supplied 200 0067 DTE RJ45 RJ45 Cable does 0 RJ45 RJ45 Cable H DCE RJ45 Connection to Switch
3. W w w w w sys admin gt gt When the NETWORK command is used with a card slot letter as a command qualifier it will attempt to change the parameters only for that card slot In all other aspects the command behaves the same as if the ALL qualifier was used If a bootp server is present on the same network as the ConsoleServer 3200 network card and bootp is enabled on the network card then the network card will use the IP address and subnet mask assigned by the bootp server rather than those assigned by the sys admin Once a network card has been assigned an IP address either by a bootp server or by the sys admin then the ConsoleServer may be accessed by telnet Connecting to the default telnet port reaches the user login connecting to port 5000 reaches the sys admin login 6 6 Modem Command The MODEM command allows manipulation of the modem card initialization string When the command is entered the sys admin is prompted for the new initialization string Typing a new initialization string and pressing lt ENTER gt will create a new initialization string for the modem while just pressing lt ENTER gt will accept the current value After pressing lt ENTER gt the sys admin is asked to confirm the changes to send the string to the modem Typing YES and lt ENTER gt will send the initialization string immediately to the modem card while typing NO and lt ENTER gt discards the entered initialization string and keeps the ol
4. Title RJ45 Receptical to DB25F Adapter Part Number 200 0067 Drawing Number 700 200 0067 Size A System ConsoleServer 3200 Rev A File 200d0067 vsd Sheet 01 of O1 Lightwave Communications 100 Washington Street Milford CT 06460 800 871 9838 Fax 203 874 0157 www lightwavecom com Title RJ45 Receptical to DB9F Adapter Part Number 200 0070 Drawing Number 700 200 0070 Size A System ConsoleServer 3200 Rev A File 200d0070 vsd Sheet 01 of O1 RJ45 RJ45 female female e 7 o o N cm 5 y 2 D 2 2 8 c o o 2 ave Commun Inc 261 Pepe s Farm Road Milford CT 06460 800 871 9838 Fax 203 874 0157 www lightwavecom com Netra t1 to CS3200 RJ45 adapter pinout Part Number 200 0225 Drawing Number 700 200 0225 Size A System ConsoleServer 3200 File 200d0225 vsd Sheet 01 of 01 Title Appendix B Field Update of Console Server 3200 Flash Memory B 1 Introduction The system administrator may desire to update the software held in flash memory The modem terminal network device and control cards all have field programmable flash memory Switch cards are not programmable in the field The flash software may be updated by two means through a direct serial connection or via network B 2 Requirements Direct Serial Connection e terminal or computer capable of communication with control card e ability to uploa
5. B B I B l B I r TBa Ils Ea Ile IBE Il B B l B G C E 6 B C C G C E dele e a alla lee a e e e Q D D D D D D D D D D D B Ol Of Ol OLI Ol Oi Oi OO Ot Dh DH Dh OT Dh D Appendix C System Specifications C 1 Physical Width Depth Height Rack size Weight fully loaded C 2 Environmental Operating temperature range Operating humidity range Storage temperature range Storage humidity range Heat generated in normal operation C 3 Electrical 17 25 inches 43 82 cm 14 75 inches 37 47 cm 5 25 inches 13 34 cm 3u high mounts in ElA standard 19 inch rack 20 Ibs 9 08 kg 32 F 0 C to 125 F 52 C 30 to 90 RH non condensing 4 F 20 C to 158 F 70 C 10 to 90 RH non condensing 170 6 BTU hr Both the AC and DC power versions of the ConsoleServer feature redundant power supplies C 3 1 AC Power Universal input voltage auto switched AC power supplies switch fused Input voltage AC frequency Maximum power consumption Typical power consumption C 3 2 DC Power 48 volt only externally fused Input voltage Maximum power consumption Typical power consumption 115 230 VAC 50 60 Hz 65 W 50 W 48 VDC 65 W 50 W C 4 Interface C 4 1 Terminal and Device Connector RJ45 with adapters for ElA standard connectors DB9 and DB25 Specification ElA 232 Maximum baud rate 38400 Minimum baud rate 9600 C 4 2 Network Con
6. Ca Console Server 3200 C P User Manual 21 June 2001 Lightwave Communications www lightwavecom com Lightwave Communications Inc 100 Washington Street Milford CT 06460 USA 800 871 9838 203 878 9838 Fax 203 874 0157 Email info lightwavecom com Internet www lightwavecom com LCI Asia Pacific Postal address P O Box 19 Glenlris VIC 3146 Australia Delivery address 16 Network Drive Port Melbourne VIC 3207 Australia 61 3 9646 1144 Fax 61 3 9645 3377 Email sales lightwavecom com au Internet www lightwavecom com au LCI Europe ZaubzerstraBe 11 Munich D 81677 Germany 49 89 306 3810 Fax 49 89 306 3812 Email office lightwave de Internet www lightwave de ConsoleServer 3200 User Manual Edition of 21 June 2001 Copyright 1999 2000 Lightwave Communications Inc 100 Washington Street Milford CT 06460 USA All rights reserved No part of this copyrighted material may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written permission from Lightwave Communications Inc 1 0 Product Description The ConsoleServer 3200 also referred to as the CS 3200 is one of the most versatile network administration tools available today allowing as many as 17 simultaneous users to access up to 32 connected devices via the RS 232C serial protocol Pull down menus help users navigate through all the functions of the ConsoleServer 3200 creating an easy to use way to access system res
7. Current Modem State in command mode Modem Init string ATHOSO 1 Modem error none sys admin gt INFO C Slot C2 O Active Telnet Sessions Timeout 1 mins Ethernet Address 00 30 31 00 00 4F IP 172 16 1 31 SM 255 255 255 0 Gw 172 16 1 151 2nd route IP 255 255 255 255 SM 255 255 255 255 Gw 255 255 255 255 sys admin gt gt INFO D Slot D1 Port 9 A DCE 38400 N 8 1 Flow XON XOFF RTS 0 DTR 1 Port 10 B DCE 38400 N 8 1 Flow XON XOFF RTS 0 DTR 1 Port 11 c DCE 38400 N 8 1 Flow XON XOFF RTS 0 DTR 1 Port 12 D DCE 38400 N 8 1 Flow XON XOFF RTS 0 DTR 1 sys admin gt gt The INFO command allows the sys admin to list the properties of a card The switch cards are incapable of returning information and any request to view information from the switch cards will be refused The INFO command is used in the form INFO lt slot letter gt where lt slot letter gt is the letter designation of the card slot in the ConsoleServer 3200 chassis The modem card will always be in card slot A while the network card may be in slots B C D or E The modem card will return the following information e The slot letter and processor number which will always be A1 The connection status of the modem e The current modem session timeout limit see Section 6 9 Breaking User Connections e The current modem state listed as either power up mode or command mode The modem initialization string sent at startup e Any miscellaneous modem error mess
8. application code version which is listed first is greater than 1 70 then Kermit may be used to transfer the binary update files otherwise Xmodem must be used B 3 Getting Started Before initiating the flash update process the system administrator must check that there are no active users on the ConsoleServer 3200 by using the CONNECTIONS command If there are any users logged in they should be notified to log out immediately or forcibly logged out by using the FORCELOGOUT command B 3 1 Communications Settings The communications settings are slightly different for the serial flash update than for the normal operation mode The baud rate date bits parity and stop bits all remain the same between modes but the flow control changes In the flash update mode the flow control changes to hardware flow control RTS CTS Once the system returns to normal operating mode software flow control XON XOFF is used B 4 Update over Direct Serial Connection The terminal or computer that will be used for the flash update must be connected to the control card port A All users must be logged out The system administrator must log in before beginning the update Commands that the sys admin should enter and text returned by the ConsoleServer 3200 are in Lucida Console font All commands should be followed by lt ENTER gt sys admin gt LCIUPDATE Start system update are you sure write out YES Yes or No No gt YES Once there
9. DEVICE MODE MENU ENTER DIRECT MODE CONNECT TO SERVER DIR CONNECT TO SERVER DISPLAY NEXT PAGE DISPLAY PREVIOUS PAGE GOTO BEGINING OF BUFFER GOTO END OF BUFFER CLEAR BUFFER FORWARD N LINES REVERSE N LINES CAT CAT WITH FILTER EXIT FROM SERVER DISPLAY CONNECTED LIST LOGOUT DISPLAY HELP Each device port saves the output of a server to a FIFO buffer Each buffer can store up to 64K of data giving approximately 100 text pages However the actual amount of pages may vary according to the data The user must be in monitor mode to view or clear the data stored in the buffer user DEVICE_1 gt TOP When at the monitor mode prompt the user may view the contents of the buffer using the commands TOP BOTTOM NEXT PREVIOUS FORWARD and REVERSE or by selecting the commands DISPLAY NEXT PAGE DISPLAY PREVIOUS PAGE GOTO BEGINNING OF BUFFER GOTO END OF BUFFER FORWARD N LINES and REVERSE N LINES from the pull down menu The monitor mode prompt will appear at the bottom of the displayed buffer data and the user may enter commands normally at this prompt The prompt is prefixed with the position of the currently displayed screen in the buffer the top of the buffer is indicated by TOP gt the bottom of the buffer is indicated as BOTTOM gt and any other position is indicated as a percentage of the total buffer e g 51 gt Connecting W O P R LOGIN GUEST PASSWORD LOGIN FAILED LOGIN SF
10. The last system records saved may be restored to the ConsoleServer 3200 using the RESTORE command As with the BACKUP command all users must be logged out before proceeding with the RESTORE process To begin enter the command RESTORE atthe sys admin gt gt prompt The ConsoleServer will wait for the plain ASCII file containing the system records previously saved using the BACKUP command Send the records file to the ConsoleServer 3200 using the communications program s ASCII file upload function The ConsoleServer will exit the restore process and return to the sys admin gt gt prompt without altering the current system records if the wrong file is sent or if the file is somehow corrupted i e through accident or attempted modification The 3200 does not provide any feedback of the data being restored and since some Terminal Emulation Software i e Hypecterminal does not provide any indication of an ACSI upload i e Dialog Status Box no indication will display until the ConsoleServer completes the restore process Once the records file has been transmitted to the ConsoleServer and the restore process is complete the ConsoleServer 3200 will reboot and load the restored system settings 6 11 Changing the System Prompt The administrator may change the logged out system prompt for the ConsoleServer 3200 The prompt may not contain the character and can be up to 20 characters To change the system prompt use the command PROMPT Enter
11. is 0 to 30 with the default value set as 1 If the value is set to 0 then the time limit is disabled 6 9 4 MODEMTIMEOUT Command Sys admin gt gt MODEMTIMEOUT Timeout set to 5 minutes Sys admin gt gt MODEMTIMEOUT O Timeout set to 0 minutes O disables the timeout from occurring Sys admin gt gt MODEMTIMEOUT 2 Timeout set to 2 minutes sys admin gt gt The MODEMTIMEOUT command is identical to the TELNETTIMEOUT command but causes the automatic disconnection of idle modem card sessions The modem card will deselect any currently selected device port channel log the user out and disconnect the telephone connection once the idle session time limit has been reached Entering the time limit in whole minutes after the command sets the idle time limit Entering a value of 0 will disable the timeout Entering the command by itself will display the current modem idle call time limit Any users listening to a connection that is broken by BREAK FORCELOGOUT TELNETTIMEOUT or a MODEMTIMEOUT will lose the connection as well 6 10 Saving and Restoring System Settings The sys admin may save all the ConsoleServer 3200 system parameter settings terminal port settings device port settings user IDs etc and restore them at a later time using the BACKUP and RESTORE commands To use this feature the sys admin must be directly connected to control card port A using a terminal or communications program capable of capturing the screen
12. network session sys admin gt gt tftp 172 16 1 1 fdevice bin Download complete sys admin gt gt In the example above the sys admin is connected through a network session The tftp download is performed through the same card to which the sys admin is connected sys admin gt gt tftpkill If for some reason the tftp download must be halted the command TFTPKILL can be entered at the sys admin gt gt prompt to stop any download in progress This must be entered at the local serial connection or at a remote Sys Admin session to a network card other than that used by the tftp transfer sys admin gt gt Iciupdate tftp h1 Once a flash update file has been downloaded via tftp it can be sent to the appropriate card using the LCIUPDATE command with the qualifier TFTP This sends the last downloaded file to the card processor specified 70 B 6 Ending the Flash Update Slot letter Processor number Ex Cl exit to restart system EXIT Starting system ConsoleServer 3200 Control Boot V1 26 Jun 15 1999 Copyright 1999 by Lightwave Communications Inc All rights reserved Starting system Lightwave Communications Inc Consoleserver 3200 Please wait system initializing Checking page 30 Once the flash update is completed for all selected cards the system administrator must type EXIT atthe update prompt Once lt ENTER gt is pressed the ConsoleServer 3200 will restart and
13. Insert a small flat blade screwdriver in the provided connector to depress the internal wire clamp 5 Insert the appropriate wire into the connector Remove the screwdriver Check that the clamp has captured the wire Repeat steps 4 and 5 for all wires 6 Attach the provided strain relief to the connector Be sure to use a tie wrap to firmly attach the strain relief to the cable 7 Attach the connector to the socket on the back of the ConsoleServer Repeat the above steps to attach the redundant power input Fan 48V Return PSU Gnd Power On Off Switch 48V DC Feed Through Headers Input voltage Minimum voltage Maximum voltage Maximum operating current Maximum input surge current 76 48 VDC 40 VDC 60 VDC 15A 5A The DC power source must be e electrically isolated from any AC source e reliably connected to earth e capable of providing up to 100 Watts of continuous power D 2 Overcurrent Protection Overcurrent protection requirements e 10 Amp trip double pole fast trip DC rated e Overcurrent protection devices e g circuit breakers must be provided as part of each equipment rack and are not included with the ConsoleServer e The device must be located between the DC power source and the ConsoleServer D 3 DC Supply Connector The supply input connectors are provided with each ConsoleServer However the conductors are not See below for conductor specifications Conductor material copper only
14. Subnet Mask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter Default Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Dest Network 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Netmask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt BOOTP at startup Y gt IP address 000 000 000 000 gt Subnet Mask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter Default Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Dest Network 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Netmask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt BOOTP at startup Y gt sys admin gt gt When used without qualifiers the NETWORK command will display the network settings assigned to each card slot The IP address subnet mask default gateway secondary route and bootp settings are displayed for each slot These parameters are assigned to the slots rather than the cards If a network card is moved from one slot to another it will have the parameters assigned to its new slot rather than those previously assigned to it sys admin gt gt NETWORK ALL Enter accepts present value N B Enter IP address 000 000 000 000 gt Enter Subnet Mask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter Default Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Dest Network 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Netmask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt BOOTP at startup Y gt e changes and update card Yes or No No gt Enter IP address 000 000 000 000 gt 172 16 1 2 Enter Subnet Mask 255 255 255 255
15. UPDATE where YY is the card ID CCCCCC is the card type X XX is the boot ROM version number and DDD DD DDDD is the date of the boot ROM version When using XMODEM this prompt will be followed by the letter C which will keep appearing on the screen indicating the control card is ready to accept the download Received V2 15 10 01 99 TERMINAL SOFTWARE Continue with programming y n Y Sending update to Bl Download Successful starting to program cece eee eee eee Programming Successful Slot letter Processor number Ex Cl exit to restart system The system administrator should begin the upload of the appropriate flash update from their computer at this point Once the upload is complete the ConsoleServer 3200 will return the prompt RECEIVED VX XX DD DD DD CCCCCC SOFTWARE CONTINUE WITH PROGRAMMING Y N where X XX is the version number of the newly downloaded software DD DD DD is the date of the software and CCCCCC is the card type If the system administrator wishes to continue with the update he should type Y otherwise to end he should type N which will return the system administrator to the previous flash update prompt Once Y is selected the message SENDING UPDATE TO XX where XX is the card ID will appear which will be immediately be followed by DOWNLOAD SUCCESSFUL STARTING TO PROGRAM and then PROGRAMMING SUCCESSFUL The control card will then display the original update prompt If
16. are no users logged in the system administrator must type LCIUPDATE to initiate the flash update process The ConsoleServer 3200 will ask the system administrator if he is sure by displaying the prompt START SYSTEM UPDATE ARE YOU SURE PLEASE TYPE OUT YES YES OR NO NO gt If the system administrator wants to proceed with the update he should type out YES completely and press lt ENTER gt Otherwise NO or just N and lt ENTER gt will exit the process ConsoleServer 3200 Control Boot v1 26 Jun 15 1999 Sale des 1999 by Lightwave Communications Inc All rights reserved Slot letter Processor number Ex Cl exit to restart system B1 B1 is Consoleserver3200 Terminal Boot v1 62 Sep 30 1999 Start XMODEM transfer of update CCCCCCCCCC After typing YES the ConsoleServer 3200 will return the prompt SLOT CLETTER PROCESSOR NUMBER EX Cl EXIT TO RESTART SYSTEM The system administrator should enter the letter ID of the card and number of the processor that is 68 to be updated at this prompt See page XX for slot letter ID s For most cards the processor number will be 1 network cards have two processors processor 1 is the user interface to the network card use netterm bin while processor 2 is the network interface use network bin After the system administrator enters the card ID the ConsoleServer 3200 will return the prompt YY IS CONSOLESERVER3200 CCCCCC BOOT VX XX DDD DD DDDD START XMODEM TRANSFER OF
17. enter direct mode To enter direct mode using the DIRECT command the user must first select a device port as outlined in Section 7 8 Selecting a Server Then at the prompt the user must use the command DIRECT or select the command ENTER DIRECT MODE from the pull down menu The user may also select a device port and enter direct mode in one step by using the DISELECT command or selecting DIR CONNECT TO SERVER from the pull down menu The DISELECT command must have either the device port number or the name assigned to the port as the command qualifier if using the pull down menu a prompt box will appear to select the device port The user s terminal will then be directly connected to the server and will act as if the terminal was physically connected to the server The ConsoleServer 3200 displays the last page of the device buffer along with a system information message indicating which device port is selected as the user enters direct mode 7 10 1 Direct Mode Escape Sequence To escape from direct mode the direct mode escape sequence must be used The direct mode escape sequence is a series of two to five characters that allow the user to leave direct mode and return to monitor mode The factory default for the direct mode escape sequence is lt ESC gt A escape key then uppercase a but the user may change the sequence by using the command EDITESC or selecting CHANGE DIRECT MODE ESC from the pull down menu at the user prompt It is recommen
18. enter the IP address subnet mask default gateway secondary route and bootp settings for each card slot If lt ENTER gt is pressed at the prompt the value displayed in the prompt will be used After entering the parameters for each slot the sys admin will be asked if the new parameters should be used If NO is entered or just lt ENTER gt is pressed then the previously entered changes will be discarded and the system will move on to the next slot s parameters If YES is entered then the slot s network parameters will update in control card memory and the control card will send the new parameters immediately to the card in that slot If the card is a network card it will immediately acquire the new network parameters and disconnect all telnet sessions to that card If a terminal card is in the slot or if the slot is empty the network parameter update is refused but the network parameters for that slot will be saved to control card memory sys admin gt gt NETWORK B Enter accepts present value N B Enter IP address 000 000 000 000 gt 172 16 1 1 Enter Subnet Mask 255 255 255 255 gt 255 255 255 0 Enter Default Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt 172 16 1 200 Enter 2nd Dest Network 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Netmask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt N B BOOTP at startup Y gt Save changes and update card Yes or No No gt y Card installed settings updated N N N N N
19. insert the other end in a telephone network jack as outlined in section 5 3 See section 6 6 for instructions on setting the modem initialization string The user interface for the modem card is identical to that found on the terminal card with the exception of one command which is outlined below Only one user at a time may connect to the modem card 7 3 1 The Bye Command A user may disconnect from the modem card and automatically log out from the ConsoleServer 3200 by sending the BYE command This command will work at any login level that the user may send commands to the ConsoleServer 3200 i e logged out logged in and monitor mode When the command is received the modem card disconnects the telephone connection and then logs the user out from the ConsoleServer 3200 This command is unique to the modem card user interface 7 4 Overview of Commands Several levels of access are available to the user from simple access of the ConsoleServer 3200 to direct access of servers attached to the ConsoleServer 3200 Many of the commands are sensitive to which level the user is in and not all commands are available at all levels The first prompt the user should see after connecting to the ConsoleServer 3200 is the LCT3200 gt prompt additional information may be on the screen as indicated in the sections above This indicates that the user is not currently logged in and that no servers may be reached through the ConsoleServer 3200 The p
20. on flash updates j Dl 0 Dl Dr 0 OD DD D D ol PD P D GD 0 z c a c c Y c c c c q c Y c Ot A A A A A A A A A A A O c d MODO EO EO EC EH a B B B B B B B B B B 5 HE c c c q c c q c c al Cc E Cc C E O C e c Sl c d HN KIEL NE HIE NE OEA et i D D D D D D D D D D B Ph Of Oh OF Oh Oh Oi OI Ol Ol OF Of Ot ODI OF DI Fig 1 Rear View of ConsoleServer 3200 1 1 Features Connect up to thirty two RS 232C compatible console ports No break sent to attached servers at any time unless sent by a user 100 screens of buffered data storage per device Remote access via modem card Network access card Can be administered both locally and via network Can update system software
21. output from the ConsoleServer 3200 to a plain ASCII file to backup the system settings and then sending the file as plain ASCII text to the ConsoleServer 3200 to restore the system settings It is not possible to use the BACKUP and RESTORE commands from a network sys admin session Before beginning either the backup or restore processes make sure that there are no users logged in to the ConsoleServer 3200 by using the CONNECTIONS command If there are any users logged in notify them to log out immediately or forcibly log them out using the FORCELOGOUT command Once there are no users logged in start the backup process by beginning the screen output capture Send the output to an ASCII file with a descriptive name ie 3200_backup log After the screen capture is set to run begin sending the settings by entering the command BACKUP atthe sys admin gt gt prompt The ConsoleServer 3200 will begin to output its internal records to the screen as ASCII characters in a code for ConsoleServer 3200 internal use The output may pause several times as the ConsoleServer parses the records Once all records have been sent to the screen the ConsoleServer 3200 will return to the sys admin gt gt prompt Stop the screen capture to close the ASCII file once the prompt returns to the screen Do not attempt to modify or edit the text in the captured ASCII file modifying the contents of the backup file will render the backup records invalid and unusable
22. s texr capture capabilities CAT outputs the data in the buffer exactly as it was received without any additional formatting CAF outputs the data in the buffer by applying the same formatting that is used by the TOP BOTTOM NEXT and PREVIOUS type commands Characters are counted and a lt CR gt lt LF gt is added after 80 characters if one is not found in the data Due to the counting escape sequences may not be preserved Tabs are considered one character 8 0 The Break Generation Sequence F2 PULL DOWN MENU TO CHANGE BREAK SEQUENCE LOGGED IN MENU CONNECT TO SERVER DIR CONNECT TO SERVER LISTEN TO SERVER DISPLAY CONNECTED LIST DISPLAY SERVER NAMES DISPLAY ACTIVE DEVICES LOGOUT CHANGE PASSWORD CHANGE DIRECT MODE ESC CHANGE BREAK MODE ESC DISPLAY HELP The user may find it necessary to send a break to the selected server The break generation sequence is a two to five character sequence The factory default break generation sequence is lt ESC gt B the escape key then uppercase b The user may edit the break generation sequence in a manner similar to the direct mode escape sequence The user may use the command EDITBRK or select CHANGE BREAK MODE ESC from the pull down menu It is recommended that the user only change the break generation sequence if it causes problems with the hardware or software used It is also recommended that the user avoid combinations of the lt CTRL gt key and other keys as th
23. screen and return to the user prompt If the new entries do not match the message New and verify password mismatch is displayed the new password is rejected and the old password remains valid The ConsoleServer 3200 will also reject a new password if the incorrect password is entered when prompted for the old password or if the new password is the same as the old password 7 6 Logging Out A user may logout at any time that commands may be made to the ConsoleServer 3200 by typing LOGOUT LOGOFF or by selecting LOGOUT from a pull down menu When a user is connected to a server and they logout the connection to that server will be broken and any other users that are listening to that session will lose their connection to that server as well 7 7 Checking Connections CONNECTION INFO SCREEN CONNECTION INFO User logged in Channel present Channel present Channel present Channel present Channel present Channel present Channel present Press Any Key To Continue Only one user at a time may connect to a device on the ConsoleServer 3200 except when using listen mode see Section 7 9 Listening to a Server Session for more details Before attempting to select a device port the user may desire to check if the device port is free The CONNECTIONS command allows the user to list the users that 48 are logged in which devices they have currently selected and which mode they are in Users may also view this informat
24. serial terminal port Connect the terminal port to a terminal device or computer using a terminal emulation program refer to section 3 4 for instructions on connecting to the terminal port After the network interface has been configured see section 4 4 the administration login may also be reached via telnet All the functions available from a local serial connection with the exception of BACKUP and RESTORE are also available through telnet by connecting to port 5000 of a ConsoleServer s network IP address Administration access via modem is not supported at this time 16 The serial terminal will display the following text at power up ConsoleServer3200 Boot V1 76 Copyright 2000 by Lightwave Communications Inc All rights reserved Identify Flash Flash ID OK Verifying Flash Image Starting system Lightwave Communications Inc Consoleserver3200 Please wait system initializing a O non volatile memory 4 start checking and reading stored data Reading User Start up LCI3200 gt gt The power on self test may be skipped by pressing lt ESC gt lt ESC gt or lt CTRL gt C but the ConsoleServer 3200 should be allowed to complete the POST if possible this check usually takes about three minutes This information is not available on a network connection as it is not possible to connect to the ConsoleServer via telnet until the power on self test is complete Atthe completion of the power up sequence the ad
25. sys admin write out YES Yes or No No gt yes sys admin gt gt The FORCELOGOUT command may also be used to disconnect a network sys admin session The qualifiers SYSADMIN and the network card slot ID must be specified after the command 6 9 3 TELNETTIMEOUT Command sys admin gt gt TELNETTIMEOUT Timeout set to 5 minutes Sys admin gt gt TELNETTIMEOUT 0 Timeout set to 0 minutes A 0 disables the timeout from occurring Sys admin gt gt TELNETTIMEOUT 2 Timeout set to 2 minutes sys admin gt gt The TELNETTIMEOUT command allows the sys admin to define the amount of time that a network card may have an idle telnet session before breaking the network connection A telnet session is considered to be idle if no characters are sent from the user s terminal Once the time limit has been reached the user will be logged out and the network connection will be broken The connection will be broken if there is no activity at any login level from logged out up to direct mode This is intended to prevent a dead session from tying up system resources This command will define the idle time limit for all network cards present in the chassis To display the current system value for the idle telnet session time limit type TELNETTIMEOUT at the command prompt To change the time limit the command is entered in the form TELNETTIMEOUT lt t gt where lt t gt is the time limit in whole minutes The valid range for lt t gt
26. the system administrator wishes to continue updating cards he should enter the card ID at the prompt When programming multiples of the same card type in one session it is not necessary to download the flash update again The ConsoleServer 3200 will ask the system administrator if the previously downloaded flash upgrade can be used again If the system administrator wishes to upload the update again they can decline to reuse the previously uploaded version and upload the update again as outlined above B 5 Update over Network A flash update file download may be initiated from either a network sys admin session or a local serial sys admin session If connected via network only the network card used for the session may download from the tftp server A local serial session may specify the network card slot to use for the update download as a qualifier after the command In either case no other sys admin session activity is allowed while the download in progress The tftp server must be specified by a numerical IP address The file path and name on the server is specified after the IP address local serial connection sys admin gt gt tftp b 172 16 1 1 fdevice bin Download complete sys admin gt gt In the example above the sys admin is connected through a local serial connection The tftp download is performed through slot b b qualifier from the tftp server at 172 16 1 1 and the file fdevi ce bin is retrieved
27. 2 User id gt KEVIN 3 User id gt TONY sys admin gt gt LISTUSERS ALL 1 User id gt PETE Allowed devices gt 1 32 Allowed listen devices gt 1 32 Max logins gt 17 Allow user to clear device buffer gt YES Clear screen after a command gt YES 2 User id gt KEVIN Allowed devices gt 1 32 Allowed listen devices gt 1 32 Max logins gt 17 Allow user to clear device buffer gt YES Clear screen after a command gt YES 3 User id gt TONY Allowed devices gt 1 32 Allowed devices gt 1 32 Max logins gt 17 Allow user to clear device buffer gt YES Clear screen after a command gt YES sys admin gt gt 6 2 4 Deleting a User ID To delete a user use the DELETEUSER command followed by the user ID on the same line The LISTUSERS command will allow verification after deleting a user ID The following command sequence is an example of the use of DELETEUSER with LISTUSERS sys admin gt gt DELETEUSER PETE Delete user pete Yes or No N y sys admin gt gt listusers 2 User id gt KEVIN 3 User id gt TONY sys admin gt gt User IDs may also be deleted by their record number As each user ID is created it is assigned a sequential record number This number is associated with the user ID and will be displayed using the LISTUSER command sys admin gt gt deleteuser 3 Delete user tony Yes or No N y sys admin gt gt To delete a user ID using the record numb
28. 2 43 idle timeout 38 39 setting parameters 27 30 see also User Passwords 1 3 17 18 46 47 changing sys admin 20 changing user 21 23 40 47 Power Supplies 1 5 checking status 35 60 Rack Mount 7 Restoring System Settings 40 Software 1 updates 41 66 71 version 33 56 70 Sys Admin 14 16 41 changing password 20 connecting terminal 8 9 logging in 17 18 logging out 18 timeout 37 Terminal Card 5 numbering of ports 15 27 setting parameters 26 27 see also User Timeout modem connections 39 network conections 38 39 sys admin sessions 37 User 1 42 54 changing parameters 23 changing password 23 46 47 creating 21 23 deleting 24 25 directly interacting with device port 51 52 editing break sequence 55 editing direct mode escape sequence 51 52 logging in 46 logging out 47 selecting device 48 49
29. ALKEN PASSWORD der LOGIN FAILED LOGIN JOSHUA Greetings Professor Falken How are you today gt TOP gt usr1 DEVICE_1 gt The following table outlines the functions of the individual commands and pull down menu items COMMAND MENU ITEM FUNCTION TOP GOTO BEGINNING OF BUFFER displays first 24 lines of buffer data BOTTOM GOTO END OF BUFFER displays last 24 lines of buffer data NEXT DISPLAY NEXT PAGE displays next 24 lines of buffer data PREVIOUS DISPLAY PREVIOUS PAGE displays previous 24 lines of buffer data FORWARD FORWARD N LINES skip forward N lines in buffer REVERSE REVERSE N LINES skip back N lines in buffer The commands FORWARD and REVERSE must be followed by the number of lines the user wants to move in the buffer The command will not execute if the number of lines is omitted The user may also clear the buffer by using the command CLEAR or by selecting CLEAR BUFFER from the pull down menu All data stored in the device buffer will be erased and is not recoverable The sys admin may inhibit this ability on a per user basis by either creating the user ID without this ability or editing the user parameters after the user is created The CAT and CAT WITH FILTER commands allow a user to output the content of the device buffer to the screen This allows a user to capture the contents of a device buffer by using the telnet client terminal emulation software
30. ISTEN TO SERVER and a device port from the pull down menu There must be a connection between a user and a device port for another user to be able to listen to the connection Also the user must have permission to listen to the server as defined by the system administrator in their user profile Any user that can log in and has listen permission for a device port may listen to a session on that device port If the user does not have permission to listen to a server the ConsoleServer 3200 will display the message NO ACCESS TO DEVICE CHANNEL When listen mode is entered the screen will clear and the message LISTEN MODE PRESS ANY KEY TO EXIT will appear To exit listen mode the user may press any key The user will also exit listen mode if the connection between the other interactive user and the device port is broken Note that when selecting a server from a pull down menu only those device ports that are installed shall be displayed 51 7 10 Direct Mode F2 PULL DOWN MENU SHOWING DEVICE A K A MONITOR MODE OPTIONS DEVICE MODE MENU ENTER DIRECT MODE CONNECT TO SERVER DIR CONNECT TO SERVER DISPLAY NEXT PAGE DISPLAY PREVIOUS PAGE GOTO BEGINING OF BUFFER GOTO END OF BUFFER CLEAR BUFFER FORWARD N LINES REVERSE N LINES CAT CAT WITH FILTER EXIT FROM SERVER DISPLAY CONNECTED LIST LOGOUT DISPLAY HELP If a user desires to interact directly with a server rather than only monitor its output then they must
31. Interface Interfaces to the device and terminal cards are all RS 232C compliant These ports are configured through the system administration port on the control card Port A on the control card is the system administration port Each port has settings for baud rate stop bits parity number of data bits flow control and port type i e DTE or DCE The communication settings for control card port A are configured using DIP switch settings on the control card surface see section 4 5 Interfaces to the network card must be done over a network using TCP IP on 10 base T at 10 Mbits no auto negotiation Each network card is assigned an IP address a subnet mask a default gateway and an optional secondary destination path see section 6 5 for more information by the control card at start up and may be configured using port A on the control card The modem card connects directly to an ordinary phone jack RJ11 to interface with a telephone network The sys admin may designate a modem initialization string or may use the default modem initialization string which allows auto answering on one ring 3 0 System Components Each ConsoleServer 3200 consists of three major components chassis device cards and access cards 3 1 Chassis The chassis contains a front panel LCD for quick system information that is available at all times Two front panel buttons allow display selection and paging through displays see section 10 0 for mor
32. L slot letter Set network parameters B E POWERSTATUS Show status of power supplies PROMPT CLEAR DEFAULT Set clear system prompt for logged out state or set prompt to factory default MODEM DEFAULT Display set modem init string DEFAULT set init string to default MODEMTIMEOUT t Display set timeout for modem calls t can be 0 to 30 minutes O disables NETWORK ALL slot letter Set network parameters B E POWERSTATUS Show status of power supplies PROMPT CLEAR DEFAULT Set clear system prompt for logged out state or set prompt to factory default More RESTORE Restore internal database upload ASCIT file TELNETTIMEOUT t Display set timeout for telnet sessions t can be 0 to 30 minutes O disables TERMINALS Display terminal settings TERMINALS ALL n tftp BI CI DI E Ll n can be 1 to 17 change settings get host file Modified tftp command used to transfer new updates to this box B use network card B C use card C etc tftpkill kill active tftp session TIMEOUT t Display set timeout on sys admin login t can be 0 to 9 minutes O disables VERSION ALL slot letter Report software version information ALL return version for all cards sys admin gt gt A listing of abbreviations for the administrator commands is also available when connected to the administrator port The ABBREVIATIONS command is only available when logged in sys admi
33. Wire gauge 16 AWG Insulation rating 75 C minimum low smoke fume flame retardant Branch circuit cable insulation color per applicable national electrical codes Grounding cable insulation color green yellow The cable type should be one of the following e UL style 1028 or other UL 1581 VW 1 compliant equivalent e IEEE 383 compliant e IEEE 1202 1991 compliant Appendix E Command Abbreviations Most but not all commands available on the ConsoleServer 3200 may be abbreviated The following list outlines the allowed maximum abbreviations for all commands Command qualifiers for a command may be found immediately below that command Sys Admin Commands command abbreviation adduser addu au backup backup break break changepswd passwd pswd connections C monitor m deleteuser deleteu devices dev Jall Ja edituser editu eu forcelogout forcelogout heTp h info info Tciupdate Tciupdate tftp tftp Tinesperpage Tinespp lines Tpp Tistcards Tistc Tc Tistdevices Tistd Td Tistusers Tistu Tu all a Togin Togi Togout logoff To modem modem modemtimeout modemt mt network net Jall Ja powerstatus po ps teTnettimeout teTnett tt terminals term Jall Ja timeout time version ver Jali Ja 78 Terminal Network and Modem Commands co
34. ages The network card will return the following information The slot letter and processor number the number will always be 2 The amount of active telnet sessions The telnet session timeout limit Sys Admin sessions The unique hardware MAC address of the card expressed as six groups of one byte hexadecimal numbers e P source 3200 BootP RARP e The primary IP information including IP address subnet mask and gateway e The secondary IP information including destination address subnet mask and gateway The terminal and device cards will return the following information The terminal or device port number The port letter as indicated on card label Equipment port type DCE or DTE Baud rate Parity N none E even O odd Data bits Stop bits Flow control type Status of RTS line O off 1 on Status of DTR line O off 1 on The labels RTS and DTR do not change when the port type is changed from DCE to DTE When the port type is changed the label RTS indicates the status of the CTS line and DTR indicates the status of the DSR line 6 7 5 POWERSTATUS Command sys admin gt gt POWERSTATUS Power supply A is OK Power supply B is OK sys admin gt gt The POWERSTATUS command displays the status of the two redundant power supplies in the ConsoleServer 3200 chassis Power supplies will either be listed as OK or Fai led The ConsoleServer 3200 will continue to function with
35. al port 2 Connect the Cat 5 cable to the adapter Connect the other end to the ConsoleServer 3200 terminal port 3 Turn on the terminal or start the computer s communication program Make sure that the communication parameters of the terminal or computer match those of the terminal port 10 5 2 Network Card The network card runs at 10 Mbits half duplex with no auto negotiation The device used to connect the ConsoleServer to the network i e a hub or switch must support this configuration It is essential that the network device does not attempt auto negotiation the ConsoleServer network card does not support this and will fail to establish a functioning link if auto negotiation is used Materials e ConsoleServer 3200 network port e network point of connection i e a switch or hub e RJ45 terminated Cat 5 cable standard LAN cable 1 Configure the ConsoleServer network parameters to the desired values as outlined in section 6 5 2 Configure the network point of connection It must be manually set to 10 Mbits half duplex with no auto negotiation 3 Connect the ConsoleServer network port to the network using a standard LAN cable 4 Check the status lights at the network end of the connection It should indicate a good link Try reaching the IP address assigned to the ConsoleServer by using PING or TELNET If there is a problem check the network configuration on both ends 5 3 Modem Card Materials e C
36. connection write out YES Yes or No No gt yes sys admin gt gt The BREAK command allows the sys admin to disconnect a user from the device port to which they were connected if they are in monitor listen or direct mode The user is still logged in after the connection is broken but there is no longer any connection between the terminal port and the device port The sys admin must specify the terminal port number as listed with the CONNECTIONS command of the connection to be severed when using the BREAK command Pressing lt ENTER gt or typing NO at the confirmation prompt will abort the command To execute the command enter YES at the confirmation prompt 6 9 2 FORCELOGOUT Command sys admin gt gt FORCELOGOUT 1 Force this user off write out YES Yes or No No gt yes sys admin gt gt The FORCELOGOUT command causes the forcible logout of a user at any level of connection The user will be returned to the LCI3200 gt prompt after being forced off and may login again unless their allowed logins are reduced to O before they can attempt another login When using the FORCELOGOUT command the sys admin must specify the terminal port number as listed with the CONNECTIONS command of the user to be forced off Pressing lt ENTER gt or typing NO at the confirmation prompt will abort the command To execute the command enter YES at the confirmation prompt sys admin gt gt FORCELOGOUT SYSADMIN B Force logout
37. d binary files using kermit or Xmodem see NOTE below e latest flash software files Network Update e installed and configured network card e latest flash software files e tftp server e network or direct serial connection to the sys admin login The latest versions of software may always be obtained at Lightwave Communications FTP site ftp lightwavecom com accessible from any web browser or FTP client program The full URL to the latest ConsoleServer 3200 flash software updates procedures and instructions is ftp ftp lightwavecom com pub products 3200 software There are two hardware versions of the control terminal and device cards those with a 40 pin ROM containing the boot code and those with flash only The easiest way to tell the difference is by looking at the card surface If there is a large 40 pin ROM mounted in a socket on the card then it is the ROM flash version There are two different versions of the flash update files corresponding to the two hardware versions The files prefaced with an f are for the flash only versions while those prefaced with an r are for the ROM flash versions of the cards The ConsoleServer will reject the update if the incorrect file is sent Simply send the other file version if the first file is rejected NOTE To determine if the control card is capable of receiving Kermit protocol uploads enter the VERSION command at the sys admin gt prompt If the boot code version not 67
38. d string If the modem card is not currently installed the settings are not sent but are kept in control card memory The control card will send those settings in memory when a modem card is installed 31 sys admin gt gt MODEM Enter accepts present value Init string gt ATB2HO Save changes and update modem card Yes or No No gt yes Modem card not installed in slot A init string saved Sys admin gt MODEM DEFAULT Current modem init string is ATB2HO Set modem to factory default value of ATHOSO 1 write out YES Yes or No No gt yes Modem card not installed in slot A init string saved sys admin gt gt The sys admin may also reset the initialization string to the default value by entering the command with the default qualifier in the form MODEM DEFAULT When using the DEFAULT qualifier the current initialization string is displayed along with the factory default string The sys admin is asked to confirm the use of the default modem string typing YES and lt ENTER gt will send the default initialization string immediately to the modem card while typing NO and lt ENTER gt keeps the old modem string It is recommended that the default modem initialization string be used unless the application requires that it be changed The default initialization string is ATHOSO 1 which disconnects any active phone connections when the initialization string is sent and sets the modem to auto answer on one ring 6 7 Stat
39. ded that the user only change the escape sequence if it causes problems with the hardware or 52 software used It is also recommended that the user avoid combinations of the lt CTRL gt key and other keys as these combinations are usually reserved for sending and receiving special characters through the terminal When the user changes the escape sequence a window with the hexadecimal representation of the old escape sequence will appear Pressing lt ESC gt to exit from the edit prompt will not work it will add additional lt ESC gt characters hexadecimal value 1B to the direct mode escape sequence If the user wishes to keep the old sequence they need only to press lt ENTER gt Otherwise they should press backspace to delete the old characters then enter the new sequence and press lt ENTER gt If for some reason the selection is unacceptable an error message will appear and the sequence will revert to the old character values The escape sequence is stored with the user profile therefore it is possible to have different sequences for different users A hardcoded escape sequence is provided in the event that the programmed sequence is lost It is semi colon exclamation semi colon exclamation or none of these characters should echo and no lt ENTER gt is required Appendix F lists the hexadecimal codes for the ASCII character set 7 11 Using the Buffer F2 PULL DOWN MENU FOR DEVICE A K A MONITOR MODE
40. dule is an auto switching power supply operating on 110 220 VAC at 50 60 Hz and draws approximately 1 A at 110 VAC An AC power cord is included with the unit Alternate power cords are available for all national connector standards The standard AC power module has dual inputs The DC power module operates on 48 VDC with 1 5 A maximum operating current and 5 A maximum surge current DC power must be externally protected against over current Each DC power module features dual power inputs See Appendix D for further specifications and instructions regarding DC power requirements and installation 4 5 Connecting to the Sys Admin Port The cable kit P N 200 0135 contains the necessary adapters to interface the system administrator port on the control card to a laptop or a terminal The control card can be removed from the system without turning off power if it is necessary to change the factory default settings of this port however the system will reboot once the control card is re inserted Using the adapters in the kit follow the steps outlined below and interface to the port A on the control card to a laptop or terminal The factory default communications settings for the system administrator port are 9600 baud one stop bit no parity eight data bits and DCE 9600 8N1 DCE The settings can be changed using the DIP switches shown in Figure 2 NOTE The administration functions may also be reached via telnet However it is fir
41. e added to the product the administration user will also be used to install new flash memory software updates see section 6 12 Updating the ConsoleServer 3200 Software and Appendix B The administrator may not access device ports only users may access device ports see section 7 0 User Access and Interface Screen shots of interactive terminal sessions are shown in outlined boxes while in text command words and system responses are in Lucida Console font to differentiate them from normal text All system commands require the lt ENTER gt key to respond but are not case sensitive unless otherwise specified Many commands may be abbreviated to one extent or another but some may not be abbreviated at all For example the command VERSION may be abbreviated to VER but LCIUPDATE may not be abbreviated See Appendix E for more information regarding abbreviations NOTE lt ESC gt lt ESC gt or lt CTRL gt C will cancel an operation and return to the administrator prompt Pressing lt CTRL gt R at the LCI3200 gt or sys admin gt prompt will discard the characters on the current command line and retype the last command used lt ENTER gt must still be pressed to execute the command Pressing lt CTRL gt U at either prompt erases the current command line back to the prompt 6 1 Power up Sequence and Basic Use of the Administrator Functions When the ConsoleServer 3200 is first installed and powered up it must be configured through the
42. e information The second component of the chassis is the power supply module This module contains two independent supplies each capable of sustaining the system should one supply fail The third and last component of the chassis is the switch and control card set The switch cards connect the access cards to the device cards with a maximum of 17 simultaneous connections using all available terminal network and modem ports 3 1 1 Power Supply Module The ConsoleServer 3200 may be equipped with either an AC power module or a DC power module The power module may be changed if the available power source changes 3 2 Device Cards Each device card has four completely independent ports for attachment to servers or other devices with console ports Eight device cards may be installed per unit for a maximum of 32 device ports The device ports do not send a break to the attached servers at any time unless specified by the user There are no adjustments directly on the device cards All parameters are set up through the system administrator port 3 3 Access Cards 3 3 1 Terminal Cards The terminal card provides a point of connection for a conventional terminal or a computer running a terminal emulation program Users connected through a terminal card may connect to any of the device cards in the system provided that their user profile has access rights for the port There are four ports per terminal card Each port s parameters are set up inde
43. e port Attach the Lightwave adapter to the serial console port Connect the Cat 5 cable to the adapter Connect the other end to the ConsoleServer 3200 device port Check that the device port and serial console port communications parameters match and synchronize them if they do not match See sections 6 3 and 6 7 4 for more information regarding the device port parameters Sun Netra t1 installation Materials 1 Connect a Cat 5 cable to the console port of the Netra Connect the other end to the end of the ConsoleServer Netra adapter P N 200 0225 marked to Netra 2 Connect another Cat 5 cable between the adapter end marked ConsoleServer and the ConsoleServer device port 3 Check that the device port and serial console port communications parameters match and synchronize them if they do not match See sections 6 3 and 6 7 4 for more information regarding the device port parameters VL HP9000 SGI Origin O2 Octane Onyx2 ConsoleServer 3200 Adapter Quick Checklist PORT CONFIG RJ45 RJ45 Cable Sun Netra RJ45 DEC RS6000 Cisco Router Hub Cisco w RJ45
44. e the network card s IP address local subnet mask and default gateway The secondary configuration allows the sys admin to define a routing path to reach a specific destination network via an alternate gateway that has a better route to that destination network The network administrator for the ConsoleServer 3200 will determine if it is necessary to use this feature If the secondary configuration will not be used all fields for the secondary configuration should be set to 255 255 255 255 which is the default setting The NETWORK command will either display the network settings of the installed network cards or change those settings depending on which command qualifier is used I lt ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZV I mmmmmmmUDOUUUCVUAAANONQOW0WUUWWW0O0N admi n gt gt NETWORK IP address Subnet Mask Enter Default Gateway address Enter 2nd Dest Network Enter 2nd Netmask Enter 2nd Gateway address BOOTP at startup IP address Subnet Mask Enter Default Gateway address Enter 2nd Dest Network Enter 2nd Netmask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt 000 000 000 000 gt BOOTP at startup Y gt 255 255 255 255 gt 255 255 255 255 gt 255 255 255 255 gt 255 255 255 255 gt 255 255 255 255 gt Y gt 000 000 000 000 gt 255 255 255 255 gt 255 255 255 255 gt 255 255 255 255 gt IP address 000 000 000 000 gt
45. elect from a server DEVLIST Display installed devices list TOP Go to begining of device buffer BOTTOM Go to end of device buffer NEXT Display next page of device data PREVIOUS Display previous page of device data FORWARD n LINES Go forward n lines and display page REVERSE n LINES Go reverse n lines and display page CAT Display entire contents of device buffer CAFILTER Display entire contents of device buffer with filter CLEAR Clear device buffer DIRECT Enter direct mode The user may see a complete list of available commands at any prompt by typing HELP H or and pressing lt ENTER gt by pressing lt F1 gt or by selecting DISPLAY HELP SCREEN from a pull down menu To use the pull down menu of commands available at each user level the user may press lt F2 gt or lt CTRL gt D By using the up and down arrow keys the user may move the highlight bar to the desired command and then press lt ENTER gt to select that command The user may use the lt F1 gt and lt F2 gt keys only if the terminal or terminal emulation supports VT100 function keys If the terminal or emulation program does not support VT100 function keys then the user may press the lt CTRL gt and D key simultaneously to use the pull down menu To exit from a menu without selecting a command press lt ESC gt lt ESC gt or lt CTRL gt C Pressing lt CTRL gt U the control and U key simultaneously will erase all typed commands on
46. en accessing attached devices Users are allowed to clear buffers by default Pressing lt ENTER gt will allow the user to clear the buffer typing NO and then pressing lt ENTER gt at the prompt when defining a user ID will disallow the user from clearing all device buffers The Clear screen after a command Y N YES gt option determines if the screen clears when most commands are executed Disallowing this screen behavior keeps the last few commands and responses on the terminal screen The default value for this option is YES Pressing lt ENTER gt will accept the default value typing NO and then pressing lt ENTER gt disallows this screen behavior sys admin gt gt ADDUSER Number of available user records 200 Number of users defined 0 Enter user id USER ID gt tom Enter case sensitive password PASSWORD gt Re enter case sensitive password PASSWORD gt 0 17 MAX CONCURRENT LOGINS 1 gt 2 Allowed devices example 1 5 10 DEVICES O gt 1 4 Allowed listen devices example 1 5 10 DEVICES O gt O Allow user to clear device buffer Y N YES gt n Clear screen after a command Y N YES gt n Enter user id USER ID gt Sys admin gt gt The above procedure has defined one user The ConsoleServer 3200 will prompt for the next user ID to be defined Repeat the set up process until all users have been entered To return to the sys admin prompt simply press lt ENTER gt at the USER ID gt pr
47. er specify the number as a qualifier after the DELETEUSER command in the form DELETEUSER N where N is the user record number 6 3 Devices Command Device port parameters must be defined by the sys admin using the DEVICES command If a single device port is to be changed the port number must follow the DEVICES command If the DEVICES command is entered by itself the configuration of all device ports will be listed To edit all possible device ports for a unit enter the command DEVICES ALL Programmable elements include device name baud rate stop bits parity data bits DCE DTE flow control and inhibit direct mode Pressing lt ENTER gt accepts the parameter as is If changes need to be made each parameter may be edited as it comes up after each gt prompt The device name may not contain the character If a name is entered with this character the administrator will be asked to re enter the name Four baud rates are offered 9600 19200 38400 and 57600 Most devices use 9600 as the console admin port baud rate so the device port defaults to this value Check the equipment documentation for the proper baud rate The format of the bit wise transmission of data is determined by the stop bits parity and data bits parameters The default settings are 1 stop bit no parity and 8 data bits Check the equipment documentation for the proper settings Each device port may be separately configured as either DCE or DTE The DCE sett
48. ese combinations are usually reserved for sending and receiving special characters through the terminal When the user changes the break generation sequence a window with the hexadecimal numerical equivalent of the old break generation sequence will appear Pressing lt ESC gt to exit from the edit prompt will not work it will add additional lt ESC gt characters hexadecimal value 1B to the break generation sequence lfthe user wishes to keep the old sequence they need only to press lt ENTER gt Otherwise they should press backspace or delete to remove the old characters then type the new sequence and press lt ENTER gt If for some reason the selection is unacceptable an error message will appear and the sequence will revert to the old character values Appendix F lists the hexadecimal codes for the ASCII character set 9 0 Displaying System Information F2 PULL DOWN MENU TO DISPLAY SYSTEM INFO LOGGED OUT MENU USER LOG IN SYSTEM INFO DISPLAY HELP The user access cards are capable of displaying information about their software and communications settings This information can be accessed only at the LCI3200 gt prompt by selecting SYSTEM INFO from the pull down menu or typing the command INFO or MISC at the prompt The command line INFO MISC commands are also available at the user prompt USER gt MISC SYSTEM INFO v2 15 10 01 99 TERMINAL SOFTWARE Card Number Channel B1 38 400 Baud No Par
49. for the connection and the IP address of the network card Once at the LCI3200 gt prompt the user interface behaves exactly the same as for the terminal cards 43 At power up the network card does not respond to network connect requests until the control card has completed its system initialization Once the power up sequence is complete the network card obtains its network parameters from the control card and is ready to accept connections over the network It is important to note that the network card does not retain its network parameters i e IP address subnet mask gateway address if moved from one card slot to another The network parameters remain assigned to a card slot and will be assigned to whatever network card is in that slot 7 3 Modem Card The modem card allows users to remotely access the servers attached to the ConsoleServer 3200 via a dial up connection The modem automatically detects the connection speed and allows connections of up to 38 4K baud The control card must complete its start up initialization check before a user may access the ConsoleServer 3200 through the modem card The modem card must be installed in card slot A of the ConsoleServer 3200 chassis The modem card will not function if it is inserted in any other card slot nor will any other card type function in slot A To connect the modem card to the telephone network insert an ordinary telephone cable RJ11 in the jack on the modem card and
50. g 48 H 68 h 49 69 i 4A J 6A j 4B K 6B k 4C L 6C 4D M 6D m 4E N 6E n AF O 6F O 50 P 70 p 51 Q 71 q 52 R 72 r 53 S 73 s 54 T 74 t 55 U 75 u 56 V 76 V 57 W TT Ww 58 X 78 x 59 Y 79 y 5A Z 7A Z 5B 7B 5C 7C 5D 7D 5E di 7E 5F a 7F DEL 81 Index Abbreviations 16 19 20 45 76 77 Backing up system settings 39 40 Breaks 2 5 editing generation sequence 55 sending 55 Buffers 2 3 25 49 clearing content 22 54 viewing content 49 52 54 Cards 1 6 listing installed cards 33 59 60 processors 34 67 68 slot letters 33 39 67 68 71 system information INFO command 34 35 Connections to Devices 3 5 6 breaking from sys admin 37 39 breaking from user 49 checking from front panel 57 58 checking from sys admin 31 32 checking from user 47 48 listening to 21 47 49 50 making 48 52 Device Card 1 5 connecting servers to 12 14 directly accessing ports 51 listening to port connections 21 47 49 50 numbering of ports 15 22 selecting ports 47 52 setting port parameters 25 26 viewing port buffers 52 54 Front Panel 5 accessing information 57 60 Modem Card 1 4 6 checking settings 34 connecting to 43 idle timeout 39 setting initialization string 30 31 see also User Network Card 1 3 5 6 checking settings 34 35 connecting to 4
51. gt 255 255 255 0 Enter Default Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt 172 16 1 200 Enter 2nd Dest Network 255 255 255 255 gt I ttt etetit Enter 2nd Netmask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt BOOTP at startup Y gt changes and update card Yes or No No gt y e d installed settings updated Enter 1P address 000 000 000 000 gt 172 16 1 3 Enter Subnet Mask 255 255 255 255 gt 255 255 255 0 Enter Default Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt 172 16 1 200 Enter 2nd Dest Network 255 255 255 255 gt ee I l I emmmmmmmt lt OOOO SS OOAONONO lt WWWWWWLC Enter 2nd Netmask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt BOOTP at startup Y gt e changes and update card Yes or No No gt y work card not installed in slot D 000 000 000 000 gt 172 16 1 4 Enter IP address wl Enter Subnet Mask 255 255 255 255 gt 255 255 255 0 Enter Default Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt 172 16 1 200 Enter 2nd Dest Network 255 255 255 255 gt It toot Enter 2nd Netmask 255 255 255 255 gt Enter 2nd Gateway address 255 255 255 255 gt BOOTP at startup Y gt e changes and update card Yes or No No gt y Network card not installed in slot E fe sys admin gt gt When used with the ALL qualifier the NETWORK command will allow the system administrator to change the network parameters for all the card slots in order The sys admin will be prompted to
52. he ADDUSER command creates user IDs and assigns initial privileges The following screen will be displayed when the command is used sys admin gt gt ADDUSER Number of available user records 200 Number of users defined 0 Enter user id USER ID gt Press lt ENTER gt after typing the user ID The user name is not case sensitive The next prompt asks for a password for the user ID When the user logs in for the first time he will be asked for this password This password is case sensitive and is pre expired The user must change the password before accessing any of the ConsoleServer 3200 device ports The user password may be up to 10 alphanumeric characters long and may not contain the character The ConsoleServer 3200 will echo only stars when the sys admin enters the password and confirmation de le le sle ve ne ve ve Enter case sensitive password PASSWORD gt Re enter case sensitive password PASSWORD gt 0 17 MAX CONCURRENT LOGINS 1 gt 17 This parameter limits the number of simultaneous logins a user may have The sys admin may select between 0 and 17 concurrent logins A user with 0 logins will have connect and listen permissions defined but cannot login to access anything until a number of logins greater than 0 is defined Allowed devices example 1 5 10 DEVICES O gt 1 5 7 8 30 Allowed listen devices example 1 5 10 DEVICES O gt 1 32 The sys admin is now prompted to defi
53. ice port location reference and device name template H J K L M N O A A A A A A A A 6 10 4 18 2 5 30 B B B B B B B B 7 i 1 19 3 21 3l E C C E C e E E 8 12 16 0 24 8 32 D D D D D D D D A list of device port names and their corresponding port number may be displayed by using the LISTDEVICES command 6 4 Terminals Command The sys admin defines terminal port parameters using the TERMINALS command in a manner similar to the DEVICES command If the command is entered by itself the terminal settings will display If the terminal port number is specified after the command then the settings for that terminal port may be altered Programmable elements include device name baud rate stop bits parity data bits DCE DTE and flow control as in the example below 27 sys admin gt gt TERMINALS 1 Enter accepts present value T1 0 9600 1 19200 2 38400 3 57600 T1 O 1 1 2 T1 O None 1 0dd 2 Even T1 0 8 1 7 2 6 T1 O DCE 1 DTE T1 O XON OFF 1 DTR DSR 2 RTS CTS Card installed settings updated BAUD RATE 38400 gt STOP BITS 1 gt PARITY None gt DATA BITS 8 gt EQUIP PORT TYPE DTE gt FLOW CONTROL XON XOFF gt sys admin gt gt Terminal port connection location reference template B C D E 6 5 Network Command The NETWORK command will define a primary and secondary configuration for each card slot The primary configuration will defin
54. ing is used when connecting to a DTE device such as a computer The DTE setting is used when connecting to a DCE device such as a managed switch The device ports are configured as DCE by default The device port flow control setting determines the method of flow control The two most common settings are XON XOFF a k a software and RTS CTS a k a hardware DTR DSR is used very infrequently The default setting for the device ports is XON XOFF Check the equipment documentation for the correct flow control setting The INHIBIT DIRECT MODE setting allows the administrator to turn off port buffering while a user is connected to the device and is in direct mode The device port buffer still collects data while not in direct mode when this setting is active It may be desirable to disable direct mode buffering so sensitive data is not viewable by other users but alert and panic messages from the attached device are still stored when nobody is connected This setting is disabled by default so buffer data is collected both in and out of direct mode sys admin gt gt terminal 1 Enter accepts present value T1 0 9600 1 19200 2 38400 3 57600 T1 O 1 1 2 T1 O None 1 0dd 2 Even T1 0 8 1 7 2 6 T1 O DCE 1 DTE T1 O XON OFF 2 RTS CTS Card installed settings updated BAUD RATE 9600 gt STOP BITS 1 gt PARITY None gt DATA BITS 8 gt EQUIP PORT TYPE DCE gt FLOW CONTROL XON XOFF gt sys admin gt gt Dev
55. ion List 3 3 15 16 17 lt not installed gt d E W W D The next series of panel shows the port number along with the name of the device connected to that port Panel 5 press down Server Names List 1 5 01 DEVICE 1 02 DEVICE 2 03 DEVICE 3 04 DEVICE 4 05 DEVICE 5 06 DEVICE 6 07 DEVICE 7 Panel 6 press down Server Names List 2 5 08 DEVICE 8 09 DEVICE 9 10 DEVICE 10 11 DEVICE 11 12 DEVICE 12 13 DEVICE 13 14 DEVICE 14 dd QU PD Panel 7 press down Server Names List 3 5 15 DEVICE_15 16 DEVICE_16 17 DEVICE_17 18 DEVICE_18 19 DEVICE_19 20 DEVICE_20 21 DEVICE_21 Panel 8 press down Server Names List 4 5 22 DEVICE_22 23 DEVICE_23 24 DEVICE_24 25 DEVICE_25 26 DEVICE_26 27 DEVICE_27 28 DEVICE_28 Panel 9 press down Server Names List 5 5 29 DEVICE_29 30 DEVICE_30 31 DEVICE_31 32 DEVICE_32 Wow DY The next series of panels displays the inventory of cards that are installed in the chassis Panel 10 press down Installed Cards 1 3 A lt card not present gt Terminal card found Terminal card found Terminal card found Terminal card found Switch card 1 found Switch card 2 found Anm Panel 11 press down Installed Cards 2 3 Device card found Device card found Device card found Device card found Device card found Device card found Device card found ZEPAUHI WoW Panel 12 press d
56. ion by selecting DISPLAY CONNECTED LIST from the pull down menu when logged in 7 8 Selecting a Device Port F2 PULL DOWN MENU TO SELECT A DEVICE PORT PART 1 LOGGED IN MENU CONNECT TO SERVER DIR CONNECT TO SERVER LISTEN TO SERVER DISPLAY CONNECTED LIST DISPLAY SERVER NAMES DISPLAY ACTIVE DEVICES LOGOUT CHANGE PASSWORD CHANGE DIRECT MODE ESC CHANGE BREAK MODE ESC DISPLAY HELP F2 PULL DOWN MENU TO SELECT A DEVICE PORT PART 2 SELECT SERVER DEVICE_1 DEVICE_2 DEVICE_3 DEVICE_4 To select a device port the user must type SELECT along with a device port name or number or select CONNECT TO SERVER from the pull down menu and then select the device port to be connected The user must also have permission to connect to a device port as defined by the system administrator in their user profile For example to connect to a server named Alpha on device port 23 the user may either type SELECT Alpha SELECT 23 or select CONNECT TO SERVER and then select Alpha from the next menu that appears If the system administrator has determined that the user does 49 not have permission to access a server the ConsoleServer 3200 will display the message NO ACCESS TO DEVICE CHANNEL and the connection will not be made The user may exit from their current device port first by using the EXIT command or selecting EXIT FROM SERVER from the pull down menu to free the device port for use by other users A user may n
57. isplay a welcome message and the LCI3200 gt gt prompt At the prompt type LOGIN The system will only prompt for the password At the Please enter password prompt enter the administration password The default administrator password is PASS see section 6 1 5 to change the administrator password The ConsoleServer will only echo stars when the password is entered If the password is correct the prompt will change to sys admin gt gt 6 1 3 Logging Out To log out from an administration session enter the command LOGOUT or LOGOFF If logging out from a network session the ConsoleServer will disconnect the telnet session If logging out from a direct serial session the ConsoleServer will return to the LCI3200 gt gt prompt 6 1 4 System Help To access the help screens type lt F1 gt H or HELP to display the help page There are two different help screens to reflect the commands available if the administrator is logged in or logged out 18 LOGGED OUT HELP SCREEN LCI3200 gt gt help ConsoleServer 3200 Sys Admin Command List optional lt gt parameter must be specified OR F1 Display Help Screen VT100 mode ABBREVIATIONS Show list of command abbreviations CONNECTIONS MONITOR Show list of current connections monitor will auto refresh INFO lt slot letter gt Report miscellaneous information LISTCARDS Show list of installed cards LISTDEVICES Show list of device names POWERSTATUS Show
58. ity 8 Data Bits 1 stop Bit software Flow Control Port Type DCE Press Any Key To Continue The system information appears in a pop up window The first two lines show the version of the software in flash memory and the type of software The third line shows the position of the terminal or network card in the ConsoleServer 3200 chassis The next six lines show the current communication settings for the port Pressing any key that sends a character through the terminal exits the window 57 10 0 Front Panel Display Information The up down arrow keys are used to scroll through multi page displays l Lightwave Communications Inc o CO A O Consol Or 3200 e The LCD displays the panel below at power up time This will be displayed for as long as five minutes while the ConsoleServer 3200 is in the initialize mode A ConsoleServer 3200 Lightwave Communications Inc Please wait system initializing Y After the ConsoleServer 3200 has gone through the initialization phase the terminal connection list will automatically be displayed To display the next panel in a function press the down arrow on the ConsoleServer 3200 To display the previous panel press the up arrow Panel 2 press down Terminal Connection List 1 3 A Y Panel 3 press down Terminal Connection List 2 3 Panel 4 press down Terminal Connect
59. leServer 3200 will only echo stars for each character typed at the password prompt Once the user has entered their password the screen will clear and a prompt displaying their user ID will appear indicating that the ConsoleServer 3200 is ready for use For example a user with an ID of GEORGE will have a prompt of GEORGE gt once they have logged in When a user profile is created by the sys admin the password is pre expired The user must change the password assigned by the sys admin before selecting a device or listening to a device port for the first time To change the password the user must use the command CHANGEPSWD or PASSWD The ConsoleServer 3200 will first prompt the user for the old password by displaying PLEASE ENTER OLD PASSWORD At this prompt the user should enter the old 47 password and press lt ENTER gt The ConsoleServer 3200 will then prompt the user for the new password by displaying the prompt PLEASE ENTER NEW PASSWORD The user should enter the new password which may be up to ten alphanumeric characters and is case sensitive at this prompt and press lt ENTER gt After entering the new password the user will be asked to verify the new password by the prompt PLEASE VERIFY PASSWORD The user should enter the new password again at this prompt exactly as it was typed the first time and press lt ENTER gt If both new password entries match the ConsoleServer 3200 will display New password accepted on the
60. ministrator is logged out as indicated by the LCI3200 gt gt prompt Some commands may be used from this prompt but most are available only when logged in NOTE The administrator may define the system prompt using the PROMPT command see section 6 11 but the system default prompt LCI3200 gt gt is used in this manual for clarity 6 1 1 Logging In Serial Connection LCI3200 gt gt login Please enter password sys admin gt gt To log in on the ConsoleServer through a local serial connection type LOGIN at the LCI3200 gt gt prompt The system returns the prompt Please enter password The default administrator password is PASS see section 6 1 5 to change the administrator password The ConsoleServer will only echo stars when the password is entered If the password is correct the prompt will change to sys admin gt gt 17 6 1 2 Logging In Network Connection UNIX_MACHINE telnet 172 16 1 200 5000 Connecting to 172 16 1 200 port 5000 Escape sequence jis A welcome to the ConsoleServer3200 SysAdmin LCI3200 gt gt login Please enter password sys admin gt gt To log in on the ConsoleServer through a network connection the network interface for the ConsoleServer first must be configured through the serial terminal see section 6 5 Once the network interface is configured and functioning telnet to port 5000 of the IP address assigned to the ConsoleServer The ConsoleServer will d
61. mmand abbreviation bottom bo bye bye changepswd ch clear cl connections co devlist de direct dir diselect dis editbrk editb editesc edite exit ex forward F Tisten Ti Togin Togi Togout logoff Togou logof next n passwd pa previous pr reverse r select se top t 79 Appendix F Hexadecimal ASCII Code Equivalent characters in italics are non printing characters or signals Hexadecimal Equivalent Hexadecimal Equivalent Code Character Code Character 00 NUL 20 SP 01 SOH 21 02 STX 22 y 03 ETX 23 H 04 EOT 24 05 ENQ 25 06 ACK 26 amp 07 BEL 27 08 BS 28 09 HT 29 OA NL 2A 0B VT 2B 0C NP 2C OD CR 2D OE SO 2E OF SI 2F 10 DLE 30 0 11 DC1 31 1 12 DC2 32 2 13 DC3 33 3 14 DC4 34 4 15 NAK 35 5 16 SYN 36 6 17 ETB 37 7 18 CAN 38 8 19 EM 39 9 1A SUB 3A 1B ESC 3B l 1C FS 3C lt 1D GS 3D 1E RS 3E gt 1F US 3F Hexadecimal Equivalent Hexadecimal Equivalent Code Character Code Character 40 60 41 A 61 a 42 B 62 b 43 C 63 c 44 D 64 d 45 E 65 e 46 F 66 f 47 G 67
62. n gt ABBREVIATIONS ConsoleServer3200 Sys Admin Command Abreviations List ABBREVIATIONS A ADDUSER ADDU AU BACKUP no abbreviation BREAK no abbreviation CHANGEPSWD PASSWD PSWD CONNECTIONS C DELETEUSER DELETEU DEVICES DEV EDITUSER EDITU EU FORCELOGOUT no abbreviation HELP H 20 INFO no abbreviation LCIUPDATE no abbreviation LINESPERPAGE LINESPP LINES LPP LISTDEVICES LISTD LD LISTUSERS LISTU LU LOGIN LOGI LOGOUT LO MODEM no abbreviation MODEMT IMEOUT MODEMT MT NETWORK NET POWERSTATUS PO PS REBOOT no abbreviation RESTORE no abbreviation TELNETTIMEOUT TELNETT TT TIMEOUT TIME VERSION VER 6 1 5 Changing the Administration Password At the first login the ConsoleServer 3200 will use the factory default password PASS all upper case This default password should be changed as soon as possible to prevent access by anyone other than authorized personnel sys admin gt gt passwd Please enter current root password Please enter new root password gt Please re enter new root password gt sys admin gt gt To change the sys admin factory default password type CHANGEPSWD or PASSWD at the sys admin gt gt prompt The new password may be up to ten alphanumeric characters long and is case sensitive Be sure to record the password in a safe place 21 6 2 Creating and Managing Users 6 2 1 Adding a User ID T
63. ne the device ports that the user will be allowed to access for direct connections and listening connections If more than one port is to be allowed then the individual ports must be separated by a comma A range of ports may be specified using the dash Allowed devices determines which devices a user may select for direct access Allowed listen devices determines which devices a user may use listen access Listening is defined as being able to read from an existing device port connection without write ability This feature is useful for sharing information among multiple users or for monitoring a user s session with an attached device SS eal AS DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE g Jaa A A A A A A A A g D262 B B B B B B B B Daaa C C C C C C C C MEE EE D D D D D D D D QO FO FEC FC IS FC ES EO Fig 4 Device Port Numbering HELPFUL HINT Make a diagram or spreadsheet of connections indicating connections between devices and the ConsoleServer 3200 device ports as numbered above The Allow user to clear device buffer Y N YES gt option determines whether a user may use the CLEAR command to delete all the data stored in a device port FIFO buffer The sys admin may want to inhibit this ability to preserve user accountability wh
64. nector RJ45 Protocol TCP IP version 4 Maximum speed 10 Mbits half duplex Auto negotiation NOT SUPPORTED C 4 3 Modem Format analog POTS Maximum speed 38400 baud C 5 Compliance and Certification Entela Electrical Safety Certification equivalent to UL 1950 and CSA 950 Entela is a USA OSHA Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory NRTL an accredited Certification Organization by the Standards Council of Canada SCC and an IECEE CB Scheme National Certifications Body NCB amp Certification Body Testing Laboratory CBTL CE 61000 3 2 61000 3 3 55022 55024 and 60950 LVD AS NZS 3548 C tick approved Conforms to FCC part 15 class A Conforms to VCCI standards 74 Appendix D DC Power The DC power version of the ConsoleServer 800 must be installed in a restricted access location Per the intent of the National Electrical Code a restricted access location is an area intended for access by qualified or trained personnel only with access controlled by some sort of locking mechanism such as a key lock or access card system Installation Materials e small flat blade screwdriver e wire stripper e ConsoleServer 800 DC power connector kit e wires to 48 VDC power see Appendix D for specifications 1 Turn off the circuit breaker to the DC power supply 2 Select a three wire set 48V 48 Return and Power Supply Ground from the power supply 3 Strip 0 35 inches 89 mm of insulation from each wire 4
65. ntrol card again until a click is heard DEFAULT DIP SWITCH SETTINGS atodiad Pog p e 9 in y 3 E E B 8 2 2 tm a AET TTT 8 as al E E a bh h WD 8 Hee r m E el Oe 8 gt HE Er aa T z ge ae EN EN E T td mij 3 E Jee 585 ie gmi SS das a E a ij a eee A ie E a a sees Ee en PJ 7 A La Pm Em NA NE ot E S 6 o E j F 5 ES E a al p E en UE Be mien E EI 1 Heep lk HE T y pi y on 3 3 s 3833 CO aa rye se a a E o E g SWITCH Baud Rate SWITCH Comm 1 2 4 Setting OFF OFF 38400 OFF DCE ON OFF 19200 ON DTE OFF ON 9600 ON ON 1200 Fig 2 Control Card Layout with DIP Switch Settings 6 Press lt ENTER gt on the keyboard The LCI3200 gt gt prompt should appear If not check that the ConsoleServer 3200 is connected to the appropriate power outlet the power switch is on the control card is firmly seated and that all cable connections are secure If garbage characters appear on the screen check that the communications settings are correct 7 The system administrator may now login as outlined in Section 6 0 System Administrator into port A of the control card The system administrator may not access attached devices To access attached devices a user profile must be created see section 6 2 and the user m
66. ollowing one RJ45 serial cable an RJ45 to male DB9 adapter an RJ45 to female DB9 adapter an RJ45 to male DB25 adapter and an RJ45 to female DB25 adapter Select the appropriate adapter for the serial port on the terminal or computer 4 Firmly seat the adapter in the serial port Screw down the adapter to secure it to the serial port 5 Insert one end of the serial cable into the adapter until a click is heard Insert the other end of the serial cable into port B of the control card again until a click is heard 6 At the sys admin gt gt prompt enter the command LOG ENABLE Log in as a user as outlined in chapter 7 Check for output on the logging port If no output has appeared check all cable connections If garbage characters appear check that all communications parameters match 7 The ConsoleServer 3200 will continue to output logging information through the B port of the control card until the command LOG DISABLE is entered at the sys admin gt gt prompt Configure any text captures or scripts as needed to receive the logging data 6 8 Sys Admin Session Management Commands The ConsoleServer 3200 features two commands that allow the sys admin to manage properties of the control port terminal session 37 6 8 1 LINESPERPAGE Command sys admin gt gt LINESPERPAGE Lines per page set to 22 sys admin gt LINESPERPAGE 10 Lines per page set to 10 sys admin gt gt The LINESPERPAGE command allow
67. ompt More users may be added at any time by using the ADDUSER command A maximum of 200 users may be defined 6 2 2 Editing a User ID sys admin gt gt EDITUSER TOM Enter accepts present value Enter case sensitive password PASSWORD gt 0 17 MAX CONCURRENT LOGINS 2 gt 6 Allowed devices example 1 5 10 DEVICES 1 4 gt Allowed listen devices example 1 5 10 DEVICES O gt Allow user to clear device buffer Y N YES gt n Clear screen after a command Y N NO gt n sys admin gt gt To edit or change parameters for a particular user after defining that user ID use the EDITUSER command For example if the user Tom needed to have more concurrent login capabilities the sys admin would type EDITUSER TOM on the command line As each line comes up change the settings and press lt ENTER gt or press lt ENTER gt to accept the current setting NOTE When editing any group of parameters pressing the lt ENTER gt key will accept the current value and move to the next parameter in the list 6 2 3 Listing User IDs To list the users that have been defined use the LISTUSERS command When used alone the command will display all user ID s When a user ID is specified after the command the parameters for that user ID will be displayed If the ALL qualifier is included after the LISTUSERS command then the parameters for all users are displayed 24 sys admin gt gt LISTUSERS 1 User id gt PETE
68. one failed power supply Contact Lightwave for information regarding replacement if a power supply fails 6 7 6 LOG Command sys admin gt gt log enable The ConsoleServer 3200 can report current system activity through control card port B The report is enable using the command LOG ENABLE and disabled using the command LOG DISABLE The system will report user logins logouts device port selections and entry exit from direct mode Note that there is no system clock on the ConsoleServer 3200 so there is no time date stamp on system activity If a time date stamp is required it must be provided by the system capturing the data output Connection instructions for the logging port 1 Turn on power to the terminal or computer If using a computer start the desired communication program The terminal or communications program used must be in VT100 emulation mode 2 Ensure that the communications settings are correct The factory defaults for the control card which may only be changed by a hardware DIP switch are 9600 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity 9600 8N1 If in doubt as to the current communication settings on the control card check the DIP switches and refer to Figure 2 Control Card Layout with DIP Switch Settings on page 9 3 Locate the serial port on the terminal or computer and determine what type of connector is used The cable kit included with the ConsoleServer 3200 contains each of the f
69. onsoleServer 3200 modem port e Analog telephone line POTS e RJ11 modular telephone cable 1 Locate the modular jack for the telephone line to be used Select a telephone cable with sufficient length to reach between the jack and the ConsoleServer 2 Connect one end of the telephone cable to the jack Connect the other end to the ConsoleServer modem port 3 Make sure the ConsoleServer is powered Dial the telephone number of the line connected to the ConsoleServer The modem should automatically answer If not check the telephone line and connections 11 54 Device Card The ConsoleServer 3200 is designed so that the default device port communications settings will match the communications settings of most Sun server and workstation console ports 9600 baud 8 data bits no parity one stop bit Other equipment types i e Cisco frequently use similar communications settings check the manuals included with the equipment for the correct settings The table below lists the default serial port communications settings for the ConsoleServer 3200 Sections 6 3 and 6 4 outline the commands for changing the terminal and device port communications settings The following tables list the adapter part number and port configuration for some common equipment types that may be connected to the ConsoleServer 3200 Note that in some cases an additional cable or adapter is included with the equipment to convert a proprietary pinout to an ElA s
70. ot select a server that is already selected by another user When a server has been selected the prompt will change to show which server has been selected by displaying the user ID a dash and then the server name in the general form USER_NAME SERVER_NAME gt For example if the user GEORGE selects Alpha the prompt would read GEORGE Al pha gt When this prompt is displayed the user is in monitor mode There is no direct communication between the user and the server Any output from the server is saved to a buffer that may be accessed by the user see Section 7 11 Using the Buffer but the user may issue no commands to the server If the user desires to issue commands to the server they must enter direct mode see Section 7 10 Direct Mode Note that when selecting a server from a pull down menu only those device ports that are installed shall be displayed 7 9 Listening to a Server Session F2 PULL DOWN MENU TO LISTEN TO A DEVICE PORT PART 1 LOGGED IN MENU CONNECT TO SERVER DIR CONNECT TO SERVER LISTEN TO SERVER DISPLAY CONNECTED LIST DISPLAY SERVER NAMES DISPLAY ACTIVE DEVICES LOGOUT CHANGE PASSWORD CHANGE DIRECT MODE ESC CHANGE BREAK MODE ESC DISPLAY HELP F2 PULL DOWN MENU TO LISTEN TO A DEVICE PORT PART 2 SELECT SERVER DEVICE_1 DEVICE_2 DEVICE_3 DEVICE_4 To monitor another user s server session the user must type LISTEN followed by the device port name or number or select L
71. ources The ConsoleServer 3200 consists of eight device card slots two switch card slots four terminal network slots one modem slot and one control slot The power supply slot contains two independent power supplies for redundant operation The basic system consists of the power supply module two switch cards and the control card The remaining card slots are populated according to the application requirements All system parameters are stored in non volatile data flash memory This data flash memory is organized such that there is always a complete copy of all data Typical stored information includes the users identities user passwords port parameters such as baud rate device name etc and other system information The data flash memory allow for a maximum of 200 user profiles to be stored along with the parameters for all cards System parameters may be backed up and restored from a local serial connection See 6 10 An important feature of the ConsoleServer 3200 is the ability to re configure the system hardware and software without turning off the power The system boards have circuitry that allows them to be hot swapped so the system may be expanded at any time while in use In addition from time to time new features may be added to the system software A direct connection to the system administrator port or a network connection to a tftp server allows all of the system programs to be updated See Appendix B for details
72. own Installed Cards 3 3 A O Device card found P Control card found Ka The last panel displays the status of the power supplies Panel 13 press down Status 1 1 Power Supply A is OK Power Supply B is OK 61 Appendix A Adapter 8 Connector Pinouts ConsoleServer 3200 Terminal Device DCE 4 x lt J x o TYYSY4Y4 RJ 45 Connector ConsoleServer 3200 Terminal Device DTE 4 x lt J x o fo 1444 Y4Y Lightwave GemmuniGaHens 100 Washington Street Milford CT 06460 800 871 9838 Fax 203 874 0157 www lightwavecom com The Terminal Device RJ45 Connector Pinouts Part Number Drawing Number System ConsoleServer 3200 File 3200_term_dev vsd Liobtaweye Communications 100 Washington Street Milford CT 06460 800 871 9838 Fax 203 874 0157 www lightwavecom com Title RJ45 Receptical to DB25M Adapter Part Number 200 0066 Drawing Number 700 200 0066 Size A System ConsoleServer 3200 File 200d0066 vsd DB25 FEMALE 2 6 3 RJ45 3 6 2 4 A 7 5 eo ___________ _ 8 6 eo _____ 6 7 _ 5 e 1 20 e _________Y 4 100 Washington Street Milford CT 06460 t Lightwave Communications 800 871 9838 Fax 203 874 0157 www lightwavecom com
73. parate containers 4 1 Rack Desktop Installation The ConsoleServer 3200 is shipped with 19 inch rack mount ears attached for installation in an EIA standard rack If the unit is to be used in a desktop environment the ears may be removed and four small rubber feet may be installed on the bottom of the unit to prevent scratching the desktop and allow airflow through the unit Alternate sizes of rack mount ears are also available When mounting the ConsoleServer 3200 in a rack be sure to allow sufficient space behind the unit for cables and adapters 4 3 ConsoleServer 3200 Location and Cooling The ConsoleServer 3200 will operate in a normal equipment room environment without any problems The fan located on the power supply module provides airflow for the power supplies while the majority of cooling relies on convection currents It is therefore necessary to keep the bottom and top of the unit free from obstruction Provisions for adequate ventilation should be made if the ConsoleServer 3200 is mounted in an enclosed rack The ConsoleServer 3200 generates 34 1 BTU hr under normal operation Be sure that the cooling plant for the machine environment can accommodate the additional heat load 4 4 Power Requirements The ConsoleServer 3200 may operate off AC or DC power depending on the installed power supply module The power supply module may be removed and exchanged to allow a different power source AC or DC The AC power mo
74. pendently from the other ports All parameters are set up through the system administrator port There is no access to the administration functions through the terminal card 3 3 2 Network Cards The network card allows users to connect to the device cards from a telnet session over a network and remote access to the administration functions Each card supports four simultaneous user telnet connections and one administrator connection to the same IP address The network card must be connected to a network that uses TCP IP Devices connected to the network card must be at 10 Mbits no auto negotiation on 10 base T 3 3 3 Modem Card The modem card allows dial in access to the ConsoleServer 3200 and the servers attached to its device ports The modem card supports baud rates up to 38 4 kbps and will auto detect the actual connection speed Only one user at a time may access through the modem card and only one modem card may be installed per unit The system administration functions may not be accessed from the modem card 4 0 Installation Instructions 4 1 Items in the Shipping Container a ConsoleServer 3200 user manual b User and Sys Admin Quick Reference Cards c AC power cord d Cable kit part number 200 0135 four rubber feet included e ConsoleServer 3200 chassis with installed cards Additional adapters and cables may also be included in the shipping container if ordered Large cable and adapter orders are usually shipped in se
75. rompt will change to reflect the level in which the user is and in monitor mode will also indicate which server is selected The help screens also change according to the user s login level There are separate help screens for a logged out user a logged in user and a user in monitor a k a device mode LOGGED OUT HELP F1 Display Help Screen vT100 mode F2 Display Pull Down Menu vT100 mode TTY COMMANDS LOGGED OUT MODE LOGIN Login with ID and Password INFO Display System Info LOGGED IN HELP F1 Display Help Screen vT100 mode F2 Display Pull Down Menu vT100 mode TTY COMMANDS LOGGED IN MODE LOGOUT LOGOFF Logout SELECT SERVER NAME Select a server by name or number LISTEN SERVER NAME Listen to a server by name or number DISELECT SERVER NAME Select a server and enter direct mode CHANGEPSWD or PASSWD Change user password CONNECTIONS Display connections list DEVLIST Display installed devices list EDITESC Edit direct mode escape sequence EDITBRK Edit Break generation escape sequence 45 MONITOR A K A DEVICE MODE HELP F1 Display Help Screen vT100 mode F2 Display Pull Down Menu VT100 mode TTY COMMANDS MONITOR MODE LOGOUT LOGOFF Logout SELECT SERVER NAME Select a server by name or number LISTEN SERVER NAME Listen to a server by name or number DISELECT SERVER NAME Select a server and enter direct mode EXIT Des
76. s the sys admin to change the number of lines displayed per terminal page on the control card port before the MORE prompt is displayed The number of lines to display per page is entered after the command Entering the command without a number following will display the current amount of lines displayed per page The default value is 22 which will work properly with a 24 line display 6 8 2 TIMEOUT Command sys admin gt gt TIMEOUT Timeout set to 1 minutes sys admin gt gt TIMEOUT 0 Timeout set to 0 minutes 0 disables the timeout from occurring sys admin gt gt TIMEOUT 5 Timeout set to 5 minutes sys admin gt gt The TIMEOUT command allows the sys admin to define a time limit on how long an idle sys admin terminal may remain logged in If there is no interaction for the defined amount of time the control card will log out the sys admin The time limit in minutes is entered as a command qualifier after the command and must be entered as a whole number Defining the time limit as O will disable this function The default value is one minute 6 9 Breaking User Connections The sys admin has four commands available to forcibly break user connections to devices The commands BREAK and FORCELOGOUT allow the sys admin to break any connection on demand while TELNETTIMEOUT and MODEMTIMEOUT automatically break idle user sessions for the network or modem card 6 9 1 BREAK Command sys admin gt gt BREAK 1 f Break this
77. st necessary to configure the network card through the direct serial connection 1 Turn on power to the terminal or computer If using a computer start the desired communication program The terminal or communications program used must be in VT100 emulation mode Note that the VT100 functions keys are not always mapped to the terminal or computer function keys consult the appropriate documentation for further information 2 Ensure that the communications settings are correct The factory defaults for the control card which may only be changed by a hardware DIP switch are 9600 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity 9600 8N1 If in doubt as to the current communication settings on the control card check the DIP switches and refer to Figure 2 Control Card Layout with DIP Switch Settings 3 Locate the serial port on the terminal or computer and determine what type of connector is used The cable kit included with the ConsoleServer 3200 contains each of the following one RJ45 serial cable an RJ45 to male DB9 adapter an RJ45 to female DB9 adapter an RJ45 to male DB25 adapter and an RJ45 to female DB25 adapter Select the appropriate adapter for the serial port on the terminal or computer 4 Firmly seat the adapter in the serial port Screw down the adapter to secure it to the serial port 5 Insert one end of the serial cable into the adapter until a click is heard Insert the other end of the serial cable into port A of the co
78. status of power supplies VERSION ALL slot letter Report software version information ALL return version for all cards LCI3200 gt gt LOGGED IN HELP SCREEN sys admin gt gt help ConsoleServer 3200 Sys Admin Command List optional lt gt parameter must be specified OR Fl Display Help Screen VT100 mode ABBREVIATIONS Show list of command abbreviations ADDUSER new user id Add a new user BACKUP Backup internal database db will be output using ASCII BREAK lt terminal channel gt Break connection CHANGEPSWD Change the sys admin password CONNECTIONS MONITOR Show list of current connections monitor will auto refresh DELETEUSER existing user id XX Delete a user by user id or number use LISTUSERS to get the number in the first column which corresponds to the user you wish to delete DEVICES Display device settings DEVICES ALL n device name n can be 1 to 32 change settings EDITUSER existing user id Edit a user s settings FORCELOGOUT lt terminal channel gt Force a user off the system FORCELOGOUT sysadmin lt network slot letter gt Force logout a sys admin session on a network card lt network slot letter gt card slots B through E only INFO lt slot letter gt Report miscellaneous information LCIUPDATE tftp lt subsystem gt Start system update process requires update file s tftp used only at console port when system updates are transfered
79. tandard pinout Also note that it is not possible to connect the RJ45 serial port of the ConsoleServer directly to the RJ45 serial port of any third party equipment Sun Netra servers Cisco switches and other similar devices require a special adapter or cable to connect to the ConsoleServer The adapter or cable is usually provided by the manufacturer of the equipment e g Sun or may need to be created by the user The adapters and cables from the equipment manufacturer are usually designed to interface directly to a terminal so the ConsoleServer device port must be configured as DTE rather than its default value of DCE Lightwave Communications has pre made adapters and kits for some common equipment types contact Lightwave for information regarding your specific application The reference diagram on page 14 shows the proper cabling for some common equipment configurations Device Card typical adapters and 3200 port configuration System Type Adapter Part Number Port Configuration SUN 200 0066 DCE HP SGI PC 9pin 200 0070 DCE PC 25pin 200 0067 DCE Sun Netra t1 Cisco 200 0225 DCE RJ45 to RJ45 Cables Part Number Length 200 0062 2m 200 0063 5m 200 0064 10m 200 0065 15m Standard DB9 or DB25 installation Materials ConsoleServer 3200 device port device with RS 232 C serial console port RJ45 terminated Cat 5 cable standard LAN cable Lightwave adapter for serial consol
80. the cards by type as present or not present and does not indicate whether the cards are functioning properly 6 7 3 VERSION Command sys admin gt gt VERSION ALL ConsoleServer 3200 Slot B1 v2 15 10 01 99 Terminal Boot V1 62 Sep 30 1999 14 33 12 Slot C1 v2 15n 10 01 99 Net Terminal Boot V1 62 Sep 30 1999 12 44 32 Slot C2 V1 16 Build 7 09 29 99 Network Boot V1 62 Sep 30 1999 14 45 52 Ethernet Address 00 30 31 00 01 D5 Slot Fl v 1 03 Switch 1 Slot G1 v 1 03 Switch 2 Slot H1 v2 15 10 04 99 Device Boot v1 62 Sep 30 1999 14 40 51 Slot P1 v2 12 Build 15 10 01 99 Control Boot v1 62 oct 01 1999 11 13 06 sys admin gt gt By itself the VERSION command lists the boot and flash software version for the control card The version information for a single card other than the control card may be displayed by typing the card slot letter ID after the VERSION command If the sys admin desires to list the software version for all cards he should type VERSION ALL at the command prompt This will list the versions of the boot and flash software for all cards listed by card slot letter designation Each network card will display two sets of software versions one set for the network portion of the card and one for the user terminal portion while all other cards will only return one set of version information 6 7 4 INFO Command sys admin gt gt INFO A Slot Al Modem No Active Call Timeout 1 mins
81. the current command line back to the system prompt Pressing lt CTRL gt R retypes the last command executed and waits for the user to hit lt ENTER gt to execute it Use lt CTRL gt F for the down arrow and lt CTRL gt E for the up arrow Most commands may be abbreviated to one extent or another See Appendix E for allowed abbreviations 7 5 Logging In and Changing Passwords F2 PULL DOWN MENU SHOWING INITIAL MENU CHOICES LOGGED OUT MENU USER LOG IN SYSTEM INFO DISPLAY HELP To login the user must type LOGIN at the LOGGED OUT gt prompt or select USER LOG IN from the pull down menu The user ID may also be entered as a command qualifier after the login command LOGGED OUT gt LOGIN Please Enter User ID user_ID Please Enter Password OR LOGGED OUT gt login user_ID Please Enter Password RRR If using the pull down menu or if no user ID was entered as a qualifier the ConsoleServer 3200 will the prompt the user for their user ID by displaying Please Enter User ID Atthis prompt they should type the user ID assigned to them by the system administrator After the user has entered their ID they will be prompted for their password when the ConsoleServer 3200 displays Please Enter Password On the first login this will be a password assigned by the system administrator The password is case sensitive so the user must be sure to type the password exactly as it is in the system The Conso
82. the new system prompt when indicated and press lt ENTER gt 41 To change the system prompt to the default _CI3200 gt use the command PROMPT DEFAULT 6 12 Updating the ConsoleServer 3200 Software As new features are added to the ConsoleServer 3200 new versions of the system software will become available The sys admin may enter the ConsoleServer 3200 update mode using the command LCIUPDATE which may never be abbreviated It is not necessary to backup the ConsoleServer 3200 system settings using the BACKUP command before performing the software update as all settings remain the same when the update is complete Appendix B covers the procedure for using the LCIUPDATE command The newest version of flash software is always available at the Lightwave Communication s FTP site ftp ftp lightwavecom com accessible from any web browser or FTP client 42 7 0 User Access and Interface 7 1 Terminal Card Each terminal card has four 4 RJ45 connector ports to which a terminal may be attached giving a maximum of 16 physically connected terminals per ConsoleServer 3200 unit The terminal card may be installed in slots B C D or E To access servers through the ConsoleServer 3200 terminal card the user must have at least a text terminal capable of serial communication a serial cable terminating in an RJ45 connector and the proper serial communication settings as determined by the system administrator The default communication se
83. the standard start up messages will be displayed Once the ConsoleServer 3200 has checked the memory pages and reset those necessary the LCT3200 gt gt prompt will be displayed and the system administrator may login On the first log in after the flash update it recommended that the system administrator check the software versions by using the VERSION ALL command Once the LCI3200 gt gt prompt appears on the control card users may log back in and connect to servers as before the update Sots for programming purposes lt a O a Lu E gt Xx j gt z O a D I Dl DI D DO Dl DM OD ODO D DL GO OOO MODEM TERMINAL TERMINAL TERMINAL TERMINAL SWITCH SWITCH DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE CONTROL c c C C c C C E El c O E E A A A A A A A A A A A A A
84. ttings are 38400 N 8 or 1 Once the hardware is properly connected and configured the user may issue commands to the terminal card Before entering any commands the user should be sure that the terminal card is ready to accept commands by checking that there is a prompt on screen This is best accomplished by pressing lt ENTER gt until a prompt appears on the screen a prompt will not appear on the screen if the terminal port is in direct mode or if the serial cable is not connected properly 7 2 Network Card The network card must be connected to a network that uses TCP IP Devices connected to the network card must be at 10 Mbits half duplex and no auto negotiation on 10 base T Cat 5 wiring The network card may be installed in slots B C D or E Network settings are entered via the Sys Admin port To connect to the ConsoleServer 3200 network card the user should use a TCP IP telnet client to telnet to the IP address assigned to the network card OCTANE_65 10 TELNET 172 16 1 31 Trying 172 16 1 31 Connected to 172 16 1 31 Escape character is AJ welcome to the Consoleserver 3200 You are connected to Port 5 via 172 16 1 31 LCI3200 gt The user interface for the network card is exactly the same as that for the terminal card with a few minor exceptions When a user first connects to the network card the card will display welcome to the Console Server 3200 the ConsoleServer 3200 terminal port number
85. us Commands There are six commands which allow the sys admin to check the status of the ConsoleServer 3200 CONNECTIONS LISTCARDS VERSION INFO POWERSTATUS and LOG 6 7 1 CONNECTIONS Command The sys admin may monitor the status of connections made through the terminal cards by using the CONNECTIONS command This command will display all the active connections and the mode of those connections as follows sys admin gt gt CONNECTIONS Terminal Connection List 01 KEVIN O1 SERVER Monitor mode 02 00 Channel present 03 00 Channel present 04 00 Channel present 05 00 Channel present 06 00 Channel present 07 00 Channel present 08 00 Channel present 09 00 Channel present 10 00 Channel present 11 00 Channel present 12 00 Channel present 13 00 Channel present 14 00 Channel present 15 00 Channel present 16 00 Channel present 17 lt not instal led gt sys admin gt gt The above example shows that user KEVIN is logged in on terminal port 01 is connected to device port 01 which is named Server in the ConsoleServer 3200 and is in monitor mode The list will display the user ID of any logged in users the device port to which they are connected the device name assigned to that port and the mode of that connection see sections 7 8 7 9 and 7 10 for an explanation of the various connection modes If the user is not connected to any device they shall simpl
86. using the network lt subsystem gt destination of image sent over network while facing the back of the 3200 where cards can be inserted or removed the letters A P are used to refer to the slots in the box Starting from the left to right A B C D P A number after the letter tells which subsystem on the card to program Currently the only card which has two subsystems is the network card Otherwise all other cards have only one subsystem see the following examples example Al for modem card B1 for a terminal card B1 and B2 for network card netterminal and network files Card type ranges Al modem card B1 El can hold either terminal cards or network cards if a network card is in one of the slots 19 I will refer to the netterm subsystem and 2 will refer to the network subsystem on the card F1 Gl switch cards do not require updating H1 Ol device cards P1 control card LINESPERPAGE n Display set number of lines before pause n can be 0 to 99 O disables LISTCARDS Show list of installed cards LISTDEVICES Show list of device names LISTUSERS user id ALL Display list of users LOG ENABLE DISABLE Enable disable system events and set destination of event info LOGOUT LOGOFF Logout MODEM DEFAULT Display set modem init string DEFAULT set init string to default MODEMTIMEOUT t Display set timeout for modem calls t can be O to 30 minutes O disables NETWORK AL
87. ust log in through one of the user access cards see section 3 3 5 0 Connecting Equipment to the ConsoleServer 3200 When connecting devices to the ConsoleServer 3200 be sure to use Lightwave Communications cables and adapters to ensure the proper transmission of data signals If a device has an RJ45 serial port use the manufacturer s cable included with the equipment to convert the RJ45 serial connector to a DB9 or DB25 connector and then use a Lightwave Communications adapter to convert back to RJ45 to attach to the device port Directly connecting the RJ45 port on the ConsoleServer 3200 to the RJ45 port on a third party device will not allow for the proper transmission of data signals ConsoleServer 3200 serial port default settings Port Type Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Port Configuration Terminal 38400 8 None 1 DCE Device 9600 8 None 1 DCE See Appendix A for further details on connectors and pinouts 5 1 Terminal Card Terminal Card typical adapters and port configuration System Type Adapter Part Number Port Configuration Wyse 50 60 200 0066 DCE DEC VT330 PC 25pin 200 0067 DCE PC 9pin 200 0070 DCE Materials e ConsoleServer 3200 terminal port e terminal or computer with RS 232 serial port e RJ45 terminated Cat 5 cable standard LAN cable e Lightwave adapter for terminal serial port 1 Attach the Lightwave adapter to the terminal or computer seri
88. via serial or network connection 2 0 System Overview 2 1 Connect Up to Thirty two RS 232C Compatible Ports The ConsoleServer 3200 is plug compatible with any RS 232C device These may be a variety of network servers routers or any other LAN WAN computers on the network Connections are made by routing the device signals through the switch cards to the appropriate user interface port 2 2 64K FIFO Audit Trail The ConsoleServer 3200 stores the equivalent of approximately 100 screens worth of data per device port in a FIFO buffer This data is viewed off line at any time by users accessing the device port buffer 2 3 Connections With the maximum number of terminal and or network cards installed the system is capable of 16 simultaneous full duplex connections to the connected devices With the addition of a modem card 17 full duplex connections may be made The administration functions may be accessed through a local serial connection or through a network connection Each network card supports four users connections and one connection to the administration functions 2 4 Security Passwords Each user is assigned a unique password by the system administrator The system forces the user to change the password the first time the user attempts to connect to any servers After the users have changed their passwords the system will not prompt for a change The users change their passwords at whatever interval they feel is necessary 2 5
89. y be listed as User Logged In When used with the MONITOR command line qualifier the CONNECTIONS command updates the connection list on screen every time a user logs in or out or changes login level i e goes into direct mode rather than simply displaying the list once as occurs when the CONNECTIONS command is used alone See section 6 8 Sys Admin Session Management Commands The CONNECTIONS command will also tell the sys admin which terminal ports are present in the list they are referred to as channels If the port is not functioning i e the card is not present or there is a fault with the individual port the port will be listed as lt not installed gt It will also list Telnet Active for an active Telnet session 6 7 2 LISTCARDS Command Sys admin gt gt LISTCARDS Installed cards Slot A lt card not installed gt Slot B Terminal card installed Slot C Terminal card installed Slot D Terminal card installed Slot E Terminal card installed Slot F Switch card 1 installed Slot G Switch card 2 installed Slot H Device card installed Slot I Device card installed Slot J Device card installed Slot K Device card installed Slot L Device card installed Slot M Device card installed Slot N Device card installed Slot O Device card installed sys admin gt gt The LISTCARDS command will simply tell the sys admin which cards are plugged into the ConsoleServer 3200 chassis It only lists

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