ROX™
ROX™ v2.2 User Guide
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RuggedBackbone™ RX1500
Table of Contents
Preface .................................................................................................................................... 25
Supported Platforms ........................................................................................................ 25
Who Should Use This User Guide .................................................................................... 25
How This Guide Is Organized ........................................................................................... 25
Applicable Operating System Software Revision ................................................................ 25
I. Administration ....................................................................................................................... 26
1. The ROX™ Web Interface ........................................................................................... 27
1.1. Getting Started .................................................................................................. 27
1.1.1. Requirements ......................................................................................... 27
1.1.2. Connecting To The Web Interface ........................................................... 27
1.1.3. The Web Browser Connection ................................................................. 27
1.2. The Structure Of The Web Interface ................................................................... 28
1.2.1. Top-level Menu Categories ..................................................................... 30
1.3. Making Configuration Changes .......................................................................... 31
1.3.1. Configuring Tables Using Key Settings Forms .......................................... 33
1.3.2. Viewing More Information in Tables ......................................................... 35
2. System Administration .................................................................................................. 37
2.1. Administration menu .......................................................................................... 37
2.2. System Commands ........................................................................................... 37
2.3. Administrative Access Control ............................................................................ 41
2.4. User Accounts .................................................................................................. 45
2.5. Software Upgrade ............................................................................................. 47
2.6. ROXflash Cross-Partition Imaging Tool - Software Downgrade ............................. 50
2.6.1. Uses ...................................................................................................... 50
2.6.2. ROXflash Configuration ........................................................................... 50
2.7. Scheduling Jobs ................................................................................................ 52
2.8. The Featurekey ................................................................................................. 55
2.8.1. Overview ................................................................................................ 55
2.8.2. Upgrading Feature Levels in the field ....................................................... 55
2.8.3. When a File-based featurekey does not Match the Hardware ..................... 55
2.8.4. Viewing RuggedCom Serial Numbers ...................................................... 56
2.8.5. Uploading a Featurekey .......................................................................... 57
2.8.6. Backing Up a Featurekey Using the Web User Interface ............................ 58
2.9. Installing and Backing Up Files .......................................................................... 59
2.9.1. Installing Files ........................................................................................ 59
2.9.2. Backing Up Files .................................................................................... 60
2.10. Deleting Log Files ........................................................................................... 61
2.11. Saving Full Configurations ............................................................................... 61
2.12. Loading Full Configurations .............................................................................. 62
3. Time Synchronization ................................................................................................... 63
3.1. NTP Fundamentals .......................................................................................... 63
3.1.1. The NTP Sanity Limit ............................................................................ 63
3.2. Configuring Time Synchronization ...................................................................... 64
3.2.1. Configuring the System Time and Date .................................................... 64
3.2.2. Configuring the System Time Zone .......................................................... 64
3.2.3. Configuring the Local Time Settings ........................................................ 65
3.2.4. Configuring NTP Servers ........................................................................ 65
3.2.5. Adding Server Keys ................................................................................ 67
3.2.6. Configuring NTP Server Restrictions ........................................................ 67
3.2.7. Configuring an NTP Server using Multicast or Broadcast ........................... 69
3.2.8. Configuring an NTP Client using Multicast ................................................ 70
