Meridian Link/Customer Controlled Routing, Installation And Upgrade Manual

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Chapter 2: Overview of Meridian Link 17
Meridian Link Release 5C/CCR Release 3C Installation and Upgrade Guide
System console and maintenance console
You can use a customer-supplied console to enter OA&M commands to the
IPE Module or the Application Module. The console should be an
asynchronous ASCII terminal that is 100 percent compatible with ANSI and
DEC VT220. You can use an IBM-compatible personal computer running
Reflection 4+.
An NT1R03D cable connects the customer-supplied console to the IPE
Module. An NT7D61 External I/O cable or a customer-supplied 9-pin-to-
25-pin cable connects the customer-supplied console to the Application
Module. Refer to Chapter 9, ÒMeridian Link/CCR interface cablingÓ for
more information.
If you configure the optional conshare capability available to an IPE
Module or an Application Module, you can access the Meridian 1
input/output programs from the Meridian Link console.
Meridian Link administration and maintenance
As a Meridian Link administrator, you can use commands to do the
following:
¥ enable and disable the link between the host and the IPE Module or the
Application Module (link 1), the link between the IPE Module or the
Application Module and the Meridian 1 (link 0), and the link between
the IPE Module or the Application Module and Meridian Mail (link 2)
¥ configure link 0, link 1, and link 2
¥ display the status of a link or all links
¥ display protocol statistics for a link
¥ trace messages flowing on the links
¥ display messages flowing on the links on the system console
¥ filter particular messages