Black Box MT1000A-13-R3, Quick Start Manual

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Table of Contents
ii MT1000A Installation and Operation Manual
Setting the Terminal Communication Parameters .................................................................. 4-1
Entering the Terminal Session................................................................................................ 4-2
4.3 Monitoring the System................................................................................................. 4-4
Monitoring the Status of the Local System ............................................................................. 4-5
Monitoring the Status of the Remote System.......................................................................... 4-7
4.4 Monitoring the Physical Ports....................................................................................... 4-7
Monitoring the Status of the Ethernet Port ............................................................................. 4-8
Monitoring the Status of the Up-Link..................................................................................... 4-9
Monitoring the Status of the Channel Port ............................................................................. 4-9
4.5 Working with the System Log File .............................................................................. 4-10
Displaying the System Log File ............................................................................................ 4-10
Clearing the System Log File................................................................................................ 4-11
4.6 Alarms ....................................................................................................................... 4-11
Displaying System Alarms.................................................................................................... 4-11
Displaying Physical Port Alarms........................................................................................... 4-12
4.7 Configuring the MT1000A ......................................................................................... 4-13
Configuring redundancy...................................................................................................... 4-13
Setting the Device Information............................................................................................ 4-16
Setting the network parameters........................................................................................... 4-17
Setting up the Manager List................................................................................................. 4-18
Setting the Management Access .......................................................................................... 4-18
Setting the User Name and Password .................................................................................. 4-19
Configuring the Control Port ............................................................................................... 4-20
Resetting the Factory Defaults ............................................................................................. 4-21
Resetting the MT1000A ...................................................................................................... 4-21
4.8 Configuring the Physical Ports .................................................................................... 4-21
Configuring the Ethernet Port .............................................................................................. 4-21
Configuring the Channels.................................................................................................... 4-23
Configuring the Up-Links .................................................................................................... 4-23
4.9 Diagnostics ................................................................................................................ 4-24
Setting the E2 Local Loopback Timeout............................................................................... 4-24
Setting Loopbacks in the Local MT1000A............................................................................ 4-25
Setting Loopbacks in the Remote MT1000A........................................................................ 4-26
Displaying Loop Status........................................................................................................ 4-26
4.10 Viewing Hardware and Software Updates.................................................................. 4-27
4.11 Downloading Software .............................................................................................. 4-27
Downloading Software using the TFTP Protocol................................................................... 4-27
Downloading Software using the X-Modem Protocol ........................................................... 4-29
4.12 Viewing file and file system information..................................................................... 4-29
Chapter 5. Testing and Diagnostics
5.1 Introduction................................................................................................................. 5-1
5.2 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................... 5-1
5.3 List of Alarms and Events ............................................................................................. 5-3
5.4 Diagnostic Tests........................................................................................................... 5-4
Local Loopbacks in the MT1000A ......................................................................................... 5-5
Remote Loopbacks in the MT1000A ..................................................................................... 5-7
Appendix A. Interface Specifications
Appendix B. MT1000A MIBs