NPort 5200 Series User’s Manual
Configuring NPort Administrator
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The meanings of the six “Status” states are given below (note that the term Fixed is borrowed
from the standard fixed IP address networking terminology):
Lock
The NPort 5200 is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the
password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session.
Unlock
The NPort 5200 is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the
password has been entered from within the current Administrator session. Henceforth during
this Administrator session, activating various utilities for this NPort 5200 will not require
re-entering the server password.
Blank
The NPort 5200 is not password protected, and “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it.
Fixed
The NPort 5200 is not password protected, and “Search by IP address” was used to locate it.
Lock Fixed
The NPort 5200 is password protected, “Specify by IP address” was used to locate it, and the
password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session.
Unlock Fixed
The NPort 5200 is password protected, “Specify by IP address” was used to locate it, and the
password has been entered from within the current Administrator session. Henceforth during
this Administrator session, activating various utilities for this NPort 5200 will not require
re-entering the server password.
Configuring NPort 5200
In this section, we illustrate how to access NPort 5200’s configuration utility. You should first
make sure that you can connect over the network from your computer to the NPort 5200.
1.
To start NPort Administrator, click on
Start
Æ
NPort Administration Suite
Æ
NPort
Administrator
.
