Nokia IP560 - Hard Disk Drive Based, Installation Manual

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Installing and Using a PC Card
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To install and use the PC card for system logging
1.
Insert the PC card into the PC card slot until it snaps in place.
2. Press gently on the card until it is firmly seated in the slot.
The eject button to the left of the slot should be flush with the card.
3. Open Nokia Network Voyager and configure the PC card as an optional
disk by using Network Voyager.
A /var directory is created on the card, and log files, configuration files,
monitoring information, and /tmp directory are subsequently stored in this
directory.
4. Reboot the IP560.
5. Use Network Voyager to configure system logging options.
For more information, see the section on using an optional disk in the
Nokia Network Voyager Reference Guide .
If you want to remove a PC card that was configured as an optional disk, you
must turn it off as an optional disk and then perform an orderly system
shutdown before you remove it, as described in the following procedure. You
do not need to turn off the power.
Caution
If you do not perform this procedure before removing a PC card that
is configured as an optional disk, system processes randomly fail
because the system tries to find a /var directory on the optional disk.
The resulting error messages indicate that some files in the /var
directory are not available.
To remove a PC card used for logging in an IP560
1.
Perform one of the following:
„
In Network Voyager,
access
Optional Disks and unselect the PC card
as an optional disk.