Glossary
flash card
See memory card.
initialization configuration menu
An initialization configuration menu is a set of
screens which display fields with values for initialization parameters, including the link
selection, protocols, and the software load image filename. The firmware on the processor
module prompts you to accept or change the values in each field. You can then save the
changes or reset the parameters to their default values. You can also change these
parameters with chassis management commands.
To start up the initialization configuration menu, follow these steps:
1.
Press the Reset button on the front of the processor module once.
2.
Press the Reset button again, and hold the button in. With the button held in,
observe the front panel lights. The lights should flash in sequence from left to right
and then from right to left. At the end of this sequence, release the Reset button. The
processor module runs the standard self-test diagnostics, which last about 20
seconds.
3.
Press the <Return> key a few times at the terminal connected to the port when the
self test has completed; the Run light flashes rapidly. This causes the serial port to
set the port speed, or baud rate, automatically (autobaud). Once the processor
module has selected a port speed, it generates a message similar to this for a
terminal server:
Terminal Server, Type xx, Rev x
Ethernet address 08-00-87-xx-xx-xx, port 1
Configuration in progress. Please wait.
4
.
Enter the password ACCESS (note that there is no prompt). The main initialization
configuration menu appears on the screen.
initialization parameters
Initialization parameters are characteristics that
determine how and where the processor module obtains the software load image and
parameter file it needs to become operational. Initialization parameters reside in an
initialization record, and include load and dump protocols, load image filenames, the
Internet addresses of gateways and load hosts, and the status of the initialization record.
initialization record
An initialization record contains a set of initialization
parameters, and resides is the control storage of the chassis. Each slot has three
initialization records: primary, secondary, and tertiary. An initialization record can be
enabled or disabled. If it is enabled, the processor module can use it to obtain initialization
parameters.
I/O module
An I/O module is a Network 9000 component that provides links to the
network and cabling. Terminal servers, LAN bridge/routers, WAN bridge/routers, and
managed concentrators consist of a processor module and an I/O module. Unmanaged
10BASE-T concentrators consist of an I/O module only.
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