Comtrol InterChange VS 3000 Series, Installation And Configuration Manual

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22 Configuring MultiProtocol Router (MPR)
Installing VS-Link (Novell)
10. Select
Driver-Specific Configuration
and press
Enter
.
The
Comtrol InterChangeVS 3000 Configuration Utility
(vs3kcfg.nlm)
is launched and the window is displayed:
11. Note or enter the following information:
Virtual Server <name>
: The unique “board name” you assigned to
this VS3000 unit. If this Novell server is currently controlling this
VS3000 unit, an up arrow ( ) is displayed. If this Novell server is
configured to control this VS3000 but the connection is currently
down, a down arrow ( ) is displayed. If no arrow is displayed, this
Novell server is not configured to support this VS3000.
MAC Address
: The unique network address for the VS3000 unit.
You will find the network address (MAC) on a label on the back of
the unit, near the AUI port. It has the form
00 C0 4E xx yyyy
, where
xx is the regional code (01 - North America, 03 - Europe) and yyyy
is an hexadecimal ID code. Enter xx and yyyy in the space provided
on this screen.
ISDN Network Type
: Press
Enter
to display the list of valid ISDN
Network Types. Highlight the network type (as supplied by your
service provider) and press
Enter
.
Load Status
: Press
Enter
to display the list of valid server load stata,
then highlight your selection and press
Enter
. Values are:
Primary
: This server acquires this VS3000 at startup and
always has precedence over backup servers. If a backup server
already has operational control of the VS3000, though, this
server waits until the VS3000 resets or is abandoned by the
backup server before reasserting control.
Primary, force load
: This option is available only after the server
has been configured and the configuration saved. Selecting this
option forces the server to preempt any backup servers and
assert control over the VS3000. Whenever it does so, the