Administering MAX Hardware
Booting from a FAT-formatted PCMCIA card
MAX Administration Guide
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To disable a modem or a modem slot, access the V.90 S56 II Modem (or
K56 Modem-16)
>
Mod Config menu.
To disable a particular modem, use the Modem #N parameter, where N is the modem number
from 1 to 30. Set one of the following values:
To quiesce an entire modem slot, use the ModemSlot parameter. Set one of the following
values:
Booting from a FAT-formatted PCMCIA card
The Windows and DOS operating systems use a File Allocation Table (FAT) to keep track of
the parts of files stored on devices such as hard disks and Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association (PCMCIA) cards. If you administer more than one MAX 6000 unit,
use a Windows or DOS operating system, and have access to a FAT-formatted PC card you can
boot the units from the PCMCIA card. Only the MAX 6000 supports this feature.
In order to start one or more MAX 6000 units from a FAT-formatted PCMCIA card, you must
obtain the TAOS software you want to use for booting, load it on the formatted PCMCIA card,
and reset the unit. However, before you boot the MAX 6000 from a PCMCIA card, you must
obtain the following two files from the Lucent Technologies FTP site. You need the following
two file types:
•
The TAOS executable file, which has the filename extension
.m60
. (If you need help to
identify the specific file to place on the unit’s PC card, see
/pub/Software-Releases/Max/Upgrade-Filenames.txt
on the Lucent
Technologies FTP site,
ftp.ascend.com
.)
•
The bootstrap loader, also called a handler, in a file named
m60handler.bin
.
Place both files in the TFTP home directory of a TFTP server with network access to the MAX
unit.
Value
Result
enable modem
Enables disabled modems. This is the default value.
dis modem
Places the modem on the disabled list. When an active connection
drops, the card becomes available for maintenance.
dis modem+chan
Places the modem and an arbitrary B channel on disabled lists.
Value
Result
enable slot
Enables disabled modems on the slot. This is the default value.
dis slot
Places all modems that are not active on the disabled list. When the
active connections drop, the card becomes available for maintenance.
dis slot+chan
Disables all modems on the slot, along with an equal number of B
channels.
