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Chapter Three
Eagle TX Series AMOS Based Terminal Server Technical Manual, Rev. 01
Note that the
AMOS32.INI
and
TEST.INI
are copies of one another. See Appendix C and D for
details of these INI files.
If you wish to modify the configuration, change TEST.INI. This configuration allows TCP/IP telnet and
ftp sessions. In addition, the NETSER job is available for use with TCP tunneling. There are eight serial
port jobs and the print spooler defined. This configuration uses the LDV LAN driver.
Network Customization
There are two methods for configuring the Eagle TX Series terminal server to function properly on your
AlphaTCP network. The manual method requires you to edit several configuration files on the terminal
server, test it, and then update the Flashcard. The automated method downloads configuration
information from a properly configured Alpha Micro host system.
Automatic configuration
With the release of the Eagle TX Series terminal server product line, Alpha Micro has introduced new
features that allow a client computer to request its configuration parameters from a host system. The
Eagle TX Series terminal server is shipped with this feature enabled. Therefore, all you need do is set up
your host computer with the required software and configuration parameters. Then when the Eagle TX
Series terminal server is booted, it will request and receive the configuration information from the host
system and automatically configure itself for your network.
The following configuration parameters can be supplied by the host system:
IP address of the Eagle TX Series
IP address network mask
Host name of the Eagle TX Series
IP address of a name server
IP address of a gateway
Host computer requirements:
AlphaTCP 1.4A or later
BOOTPD.LIT 1.4A(101) or later and the corresponding BOOTPD.RTI file
A BOOTPD. file containing the configuration information for the Eagle TX Series.
The AlphaTCP and BOOTPD software must be running properly.
When the Eagle TX Series terminal server is booted, it can automatically send the MAC address of its
Ethernet net card over the AlphaTCP network. The host server that is running BOOTPD will then find
the MAC address in the BOOTPD. file and send the configuration parameters back to the terminal server,
which then uses these parameters to configure its AlphaTCP environment.
You must enter the following information in the BOOTPD. file on the host system that is running
BOOTPD.LIT:
1.
the terminal server’s MAC address
2.
the IP address the terminal server is to use
