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Table of Contents
Summary Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................3
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................4
List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................16
List of Tables .................................................................................................................................................17
About this guide ............................................................................................................................................18
Audience ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
How to read this guide ......................................................................................................................................... 18
Structure ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
Precautions ........................................................................................................................................................... 20
Typographical conventions used in this document ................................................................................................ 21
General conventions .......................................................................................................................................21
Mouse conventions .........................................................................................................................................22
Service and support ...............................................................................................................................................22
Patton support headquarters in the USA .........................................................................................................22
Alternate Patton support for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) ..........................................................22
Warranty Service and Returned Merchandise Authorizations (RMAs) ...................................................................23
Warranty coverage ..........................................................................................................................................23
Returns for credit ......................................................................................................................................23
Return for credit policy .............................................................................................................................23
RMA numbers ................................................................................................................................................23
Shipping instructions ................................................................................................................................23
1 System overview .............................................................................................................................................24
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................25
IPLink hardware platforms ....................................................................................................................................26
IPLink software embedded software ......................................................................................................................26
IPLink Software management center tools .............................................................................................................27
2 Configuration concepts ..................................................................................................................................29
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................30
Contexts and Gateways .........................................................................................................................................31
Context ...........................................................................................................................................................31
Interfaces, Ports, and Bindings ..............................................................................................................................31
Interfaces ........................................................................................................................................................31
Ports and circuits ............................................................................................................................................31
Bindings .........................................................................................................................................................32
Profiles and Use commands ...................................................................................................................................32
Profiles ............................................................................................................................................................32
Use Commands ..............................................................................................................................................32
3 Command line interface (CLI) .......................................................................................................................33
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................34