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7.2.3.2 Console Main Screen
From the Communications Console
main screen, a communications type
can be selected, either
Telnet
or
serial
. Serial is used primarily for initial
setup, utilizing a specific COM port or
for diagnostics, if the management port
is not responding.
Selection of
, enables and displays a text field where a valid IPv4 IP
address can be entered.
Selection of a serial port as in
, enables and displays a combo box
containing possible baud rate options
.
Only baud rates for Datacom Systems products are provided:
opens either the Telnet or Serial port selected connection.
becomes
upon successful connection. A broken connection can result for
various reasons and when the Communications Console becomes aware of a
broken connection or the, the
interrupts the Telnet or Serial connection
the
becomes
.
initiates a ping every
second for a selected IP Address,
reports the ping status and is
available only when Telnet
connectivity is selected. When
selected
becomes
and the
becomes disabled.
Selection of
terminates the
ongoing pings,
becomes
and
is enabled.
7.2.4 Product Control
The Product Control Screen varies
from product to product (see the
Supported Products
section) and
each product contains specific tabs
unique to that product. A graphic
representation of the front panel
of the product to which connection
has been made is displayed. For
example, the following is a
snapshot of the
Product Control Screen for the VS-1214-10G.
The individual tabs will be described on a product by product basis in the
following sections.
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