Tektronix TLA7000 Series, Installation Manual

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Basic Installation
Table 1: Mainframe Network Con fi gurations
Con fi guration
Network Services
Available TLA7PC1 or
User-Supplied PC
TLA7016
Stand-alone — no LAN
connection None — stand-alone Con fi gure with DHCP. Leave
TCP/IP properties set to
DHCP, but if there is no LAN
connection and thus no DNS
service, Windows assigns
a nonroutable IP address
169.254.xxx.xxx
1
Con fi gure with static IP.
Recommend nonroutable IP
address 169.254.xxx.xxx using
preset IP address capability on
TLA7016
Connected to private LAN Only DHCP (no DNS) Con fi gure with DHCP. 1 Con fi gure with DHCP. Use
router with DHCP service.
Connected to corporate LAN Both DHCP and DNS Con fi gure with DHCP Con fi gure with DHCP
1 A hosts fi le is required to minimize the time needed to resolve IP addresses when DNS (Domain Naming Service) is not available (for example, DNS is often
provided by a Windows Server). (See page 6, TLA7016 Network Search Performance .)
Connecting to a Network If you want to control the mainframe remotely from your PC, you need to load the
TLA application software. (See page 29,
Installing the TLA Application Software
on a PC .) If you use the optional TLA7PC1 PC-based controller, it is preloaded
with the TLA Application software. You may need help from your IT department
or network administrator to complete the network con
fi guration.
Networking Overview
The TLA7000 series instruments communicate between the controller and
mainframes via GbE (gigabit Ethernet) connections using IP (Internet Protocol)
standards. Because of the size of typical TLA data
fi les, GbE components are the
preferred network hardware over more typical 100BaseT networks. Use at least a
Cat5e cable for your network connections.
All connected devices must have unique IP addresses to operate on a network.
This can be achieved by manually entering a static address in the TLA, or if your
network has a DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) server, it can dynamically
provide an address that meets these needs.
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