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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1
USING THIS MANUAL ............................................................ 1-1
1.2
GETTING HELP........................................................................ 1-2
1.3
OVERVIEW................................................................................ 1-2
1.4
ETWMIM FEATURES .............................................................. 1-2
1.5
BRIDGING AND THE ETWMIM ............................................. 1-5
1.5.1
Remote Bridging .......................................................... 1-6
1.5.2
Transparent Bridging .................................................. 1-6
1.5.3
Source Route Bridging ................................................. 1-7
1.5.4
CSMA/CD To Token Ring Translation ....................... 1-8
1.6
SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM............................................. 1-8
CHAPTER 2
INSTALLATION
REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS
2.1
MMAC REQUIREMENTS ........................................................ 2-1
2.2
COM 2 PORT AND TERMINAL REQUIREMENTS............... 2-2
2.3
OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS............................................. 2-5
2.3.1
Environmental Requirements ..................................... 2-5
2.3.2
Safety ............................................................................ 2-6
2.3.3
Physical ......................................................................... 2-6
CHAPTER 3
INSTALLING THE ETWMIM
3.1
UNPACKING THE ETWMIM .................................................. 3-1
3.2
SETTING THE CONFIGURATION SWITCHES .................... 3-2
3.2.1
Setting the Switch Bank (SW2) ................................... 3-3
3.2.2
Ethernet Connection Switch (SW4) ............................ 3-4
3.3
INSTALLING THE ETWMIM .................................................. 3-4
3.4
INSTALLING AN EPIM............................................................ 3-5
3.5
INSTALLING THE T1-SRM ..................................................... 3-6
3.6
CONFIGURING THE LBO SWITCH....................................... 3-8
3.7
CONNECTING TO LOCAL MANAGEMENT ......................... 3-9
3.8
FINISHING THE INSTALLATION ......................................... 3-9
