Nortel Contivity 100, Setting Up

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Setting Up the Contivity 100 Unit
Chapter 6
Out-of-band management support
This chapter describes how to set up your Contivity 100 unit for out-of-band
management. This feature enables you to configure your unit without installing
the unit on a network or loading the Contivity Branch Access management
software.
After you connect a dumb terminal or a smart terminal (for example, a PC, a
Macintosh*, or a UNIX* workstation) and terminal emulation software (for
example, AniTa Terminal Emulator*, HyperTerminal*, or ProComm Plus*) to the
unit’s AUX port, you can use CLI commands to configure the unit. For details,
refer to Reference for the Contivity Branch Access Command Line Interface
Version 7.20.
You can use out-of-band management any time, including for initial
configuration, troubleshooting, or daily management of the unit. This chapter
describes how to use a 32-bit Windows* operating system and the HyperTerminal
terminal emulation software to:
• Connect directly to your unit with a dumb or smart terminal for out-of-band
management. For details, refer to
“Configuring the Contivity 100 unit through
a direct connection ,” next. You must supply a null modem cable (also referred
to as a PC-to-PC file transfer cable) to connect a terminal to your unit.
• Configure an external modem to be used with a dial-up dumb or smart
terminal for out-of-band management. For details, refer to
“Configuring the
Contivity 100 unit through a dial-up connection” on page 66 . You must
supply a DB-9 serial cable to connect a dial-up modem to your unit.
These procedures assume that you have installed and turned on the unit and it is
operating properly (no LEDs are glowing red). For more information on installing
the Contivity 100 unit hardware refer to
Chapter 2, “Contivity 100 unit hardware
installation,” on page 27 . For more information on the required connection cables,
refer to Appendix B, “Adapter cable pinout diagrams,” on page 73 .