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IPX Configuration Screen describes how to configure the CSX200 for IPX routing functions.

Local Management Overview

Cabletron Systems Local Management is a management tool that allows a network manager to perform the following tasks:

• Configure interconnected devices to form a network

• Monitor the performance of the network

• Control user access to the network and its components for the purpose of security

Management Agent

The management agent is a process within the CSX200 that collects information about the managed network’s operational performance. Local Management communicates with the management agent for the purpose of issuing management commands to network devices.

Local vs. Remote Management

Network management applications are usually described as either local or remote management applications. A Local Management application resides within the circuits of the CSX200 management agent and is accessible by Telnetting into the CSX200 through one of the twelve

10BASE-T Ethernet ports located on the front panel of the device. Remote management applications such as Cabletron Systems SPECTRUM, SPECTRUM Element Manager, or

QuickSET run within the circuits of another device that provides management services. This allows you to perform network management from a remote location.

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Local Management Screen Elements

There are five basic field elements shown in the Local Management screen in Figure 45

.

EVENT MESSAGE FIELD

DISPLAY FIELDS

INPUT FIELDS

SELECTION FIELDS

SAVED OK

Local Management

Flash Image Version XX.XX.XX

System Date:

01/23/96

Host IP Address

Subnet Mask

Phys Address

COM 1 Application:

COM 2 Application:

000.000.000.000

255.255.0.0

00-00-1D-16-26-F8

[LM]

[UNASSIGNED]

SYSTEM LEVEL

System Time: 14:23:00

Out of Band IP Addr

Default Gateway

Default Interface

0.0.0.0

NONE DEFINED

NONE DEFINED

SAVE RETURN

090836

COMMAND FIELDS

Figure 45 Sample Local Management Screen

The following list explains each of the basic Local Management screen fields:

Event Message Field — This field briefly displays messages that indicate if a Local

Management procedure was executed correctly or incorrectly, that changes were saved or not saved to Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM), or that a user did not have access privileges to an application.

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Table 11 describes the most common event messages. Event messages related to specific Local

Management applications are described with those applications throughout this manual.

Message

SAVED OK

NOT SAVED?--PRESS SAVE TO

KEEP CHANGES

NOTHING TO SAVE

Table 11 Event Messages

Meaning

One or more fields were modified, and saved to NVRAM.

One or more fields were modified, but not yet saved to NVRAM.

The SAVE command was executed, but nothing was saved to NVRAM.

Display Fields — Display fields cannot be edited. These fields may display information which never changes, or changes as the result of Local Management operations, user selections, or network monitoring information.

Input Fields — Input fields require keyboard characters to be entered. IP addresses, System Date, and System Time are examples of Input fields.

Selection Fields — Selection fields provide a series of possible values. Only applicable values appear in Selection fields.

Command Fields — Command fields are located at the bottom of Local Management screens.

Command fields are used to exit Local Management screens and to save Local Management entries. Command fields perform a management action simply by being selected and activated.

Only command fields can make a change to a device’s configuration.

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Local Management Keyboard Conventions

All key names appear in this manual as capital letters. For example, the Enter key displays as

ENTER, the Escape key displays as ESC, and the Backspace key displays as BACKSPACE.

Table 12 explains the keyboard conventions used in this manual as well as the key functions.

Key

ENTER and RETURN

ESC

SPACEBAR and

BACKSPACE

Arrows

SHIFT-[+/=]

[–]

DEL

Table 12 Keyboard Conventions

Function

These are selection keys that perform the same Local Management function.

For example, “Press ENTER” means that you can press either ENTER or

RETURN, unless this manual specifically instructs you otherwise.

This key lets you escape from a Local Management screen without saving your changes. For example, “Press ESC twice” means that you must quickly press the ESCAPE key two times to exit the Local Management screen.

These keys cycle through selections in some Local Management fields. Press the SPACEBAR to cycle forward through selections and press BACKSPACE to cycle backward through selections.

These are navigation keys. Use the UP-ARROW, DOWN-ARROW,

LEFT-ARROW, and RIGHT-ARROW keys to move the screen cursor. For example, “Use the arrow keys” means to press whichever arrow key moves the cursor to the desired field on the Local Management screen.

This key combination increments values in some Local Management selection fields. For example, “Press SHIFT-[+/=]” means to hold down the SHIFT key while pressing the PLUS/EQUAL key.

This key decreases values from some Local Management selection fields. For example, “Press [–]” means to press the MINUS key.

The DEL (Delete) key removes characters from a Local Management

Selection field. For example, “Press DEL” means to press the DELETE key.

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Navigating Within Local Management Screens

To navigate within a Local Management screen, use the arrow keys of the terminal or the workstation providing terminal emulation services. The Local Management screen cursor responds to the LEFT-ARROW, RIGHT-ARROW, UP-ARROW, and DOWN-ARROW keys. Each time you press an arrow key, the Local Management screen cursor moves to the next available field in the direction of the arrow key.

The Local Management screen cursor only moves to fields which can be selected or used for input.

This means that the cursor jumps over display fields and empty lines on the Local Management screen.

The Local Management screen cursor provides wrap-around operation. This means that a cursor located at the edge of a screen, when moved in the direction of that edge, “wraps around” to the outermost selectable item on the opposite side of the screen which is on the same line or column.

Establishing a TELNET Connection

The CSX200 is shipped with a temporary IP address of 192.168.254.254 so that your computer can communicate with it over your Local Area Network (LAN) through a TELNET connection.

However, to establish a TELNET connection, your computer must be on the same subnet as the

CSX200. Cabletron Systems recommends that you assign a temporary IP Address of

192.268.254.253 to your computer to ensure that both devices are on the same subnet. TELNET connections to the host device require the community name passwords assigned at the SNMP

Community Names screen or if you are doing an initial configuration, use the default password

public. Refer to the SNMP Community Names section of this manual for additional information about community names.

NOTE

See the instructions included with the TELNET application for information about establishing a TELNET session.

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Hierarchy and Organization of Local Management Screens

Local Management consists of a series of menu screens that provide a path to each of the Local

Management function screens. You navigate through Local Management by selecting items from the menu screens.

Figure 46 shows the hierarchy of the Local Management screens.

Password Main Menu

Setup Menu

System Level

SNMP Community Names

SNMP Traps

Flash Download

Bridge Setup

Router Setup

WAN Setup

IP

IPX

MIB Navigator

Figure 46 Hierarchy of Local Management Screens

IP General Config

IP RIP

IPX General Config

IPX SAP

IPX RIP

Selecting Local Management Menu Screen Items

To select items on a Local Management menu screen, perform the following steps:

1.

Use the arrow keys to highlight a menu item.

2.

Press ENTER. The selected Local Management menu screen displays.

Exiting Local Management Screens

To exit any of the Local Management screens, perform the following steps:

1.

Use the arrow keys to highlight the RETURN command at the bottom of the Local

Management screen.

2.

Press ENTER. The previous screen in the Local Management hierarchy displays.

NOTE

You can also exit Local Management screens by pressing ESC twice. This exit method does not warn you about unsaved changes and all unsaved changes are lost.

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Exiting the Local Management Session

To exit from CSX200 Local Management, perform the following steps:

1.

Use the arrow keys to highlight the RETURN command at the bottom of the Local

Management screen.

2.

Press ENTER. The previous screen in the Local Management hierarchy displays.

3.

Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the Main Menu screen displays.

4.

Use the arrow keys to highlight the EXIT command at the bottom of the Main Menu screen.

5.

Press ENTER. The CSX200 Local Management Password screen displays and the Local

Management session ends.

NOTE

From a TELNET connection, the password screen does not display. Instead, the screen clears and the message, “Connection closed by foreign host”, displays.

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