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SCS3230

SSH Option for Console Server 3200

System Administrator's Guide

Lightwave Communications, Inc.

NOTE: Use this Guide

and

the ConsoleServer 3200 Manual, PN 15.00.017 for any new installation

Part Number 15.00.038

Revision A

May 2002

Summary of Contents for SCS3230

Page 1: ...on for Console Server 3200 System Administrator s Guide Lightwave Communications Inc NOTE Use this Guide and the ConsoleServer 3200 Manual PN 15 00 017 for any new installation Part Number 15 00 038 Revision A May 2002 ...

Page 2: ...oration UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corp Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation Adobe Acrobat and PDF are trademarks of Adobe Corporation Other trademarks and service marks are held by their respective owners Lightwave Communications Inc LCI A Lantronix Company 100 Washington ...

Page 3: ...in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with this guide may cause harmful interference to radio communications Changes or modifications to this device not explicitly approved by Lantronix will void the user s authority to operate this device The information in this guide may change without notice T...

Page 4: ... 4 3 1996 Radiated Immunity Field Test EN61000 4 4 1995 Electrical Fast Transient Test EN61000 4 5 1995 Power Supply Surge Test EN61000 4 6 1996 Conducted Immunity Test EN61000 4 8 1993 Magnetic Field Test EN61000 4 11 1994 Voltage Dips Interrupts Test Supplementary Information This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 CSA and has been verified as being compliant within the Cl...

Page 5: ...___________________________ 18 3 1 2 3200 Switch Cards _________________________________________ 18 3 2 Device Cards___________________________________________________ 19 3 3 Access Cards___________________________________________________ 19 3 3 1 NETWORK CONTROL Card________________________________ 19 3 3 2 CHANNEL EXTENDER Cards _______________________________ 20 3 3 3 TERMINAL Cards____________...

Page 6: ...rm Changes _________________________________________ 57 6 3 14 SAVE Command _________________________________________ 58 7 Creating and Managing Users_____________________________________________59 7 1 Adding a User ID _______________________________________________ 59 7 2 Editing a User ID________________________________________________ 61 7 3 Listing User IDs ____________________________________...

Page 7: ...nections ____________________________________________ 80 8 8 Selecting a Device Port ___________________________________________ 81 8 9 Listening to a Server Session _______________________________________ 82 F2 PULL DOWN MENU TO LISTEN TO A DEVICE PORT PART 2 ________ 83 8 10 Direct Mode ___________________________________________________ 84 8 10 1 Direct Mode Escape Sequence ____________________...

Page 8: ...ConsoleServer 3200 System Lightwave Communications Rev A viii www lightwavecom com For Your Notes ...

Page 9: ...AL cards of the 3200 with CHANNEL EXTENDER cards 1 1 Quick Start Overview of Upgrading from a CS3200 to a SCS3230 all covered in this manual 1 Backup the Database of your existing CS3200 System 2 Obtain the SCS3230 Kit which includes the cards cables and this manual 3 Locate the firmware updates for the DEVICE cards they are stored in the lci bin directory on the NETWORK CONTROL card You may also ...

Page 10: ...ifferences in operation The commands and functions of the SCS3230 are designed to minimize any conversion issues The SCS3230 offers the following important features many of which are also found in the CS3200 product Hot Swappable cards Dual Redundant Power Supplies 10 100 IP Network Interface Connect up to 32 RS 232 serial devices ID Password Security configurable access rights OpenSSH version 2 s...

Page 11: ...card slots four access card slots one modem slot and one Network Control slot The power supply slot contains two independent power supplies for redundant operation The basic system consists of the power supply module two switch cards the Network Control card and in most cases four Channel Extender Cards The remaining card slots are populated according to the application requirements All system par...

Page 12: ... for your local Console 10 100 Network Port TCP IP an option for the CS3200 The SCS3230 replaces the standard CONTROL card with the new combination NETWORK CONTROL card and fills the four Network Terminal Card slots with Channel Extender cards The Channel Extenders are used by the new Network Control card to extend the number of FLASH Memory Device TERM Console connector RJ45 for RS232 terminal Fo...

Page 13: ...s available to the 10 100 IP network connection The Channel Extender cards are the same as those used with the CS3200 s 10 100 Network card The NETWORK CONTROL Card replaces the CONTROL card far right slot in 3200 The 4 Channel Extenders are used in place of the NETWORK or TERMINAL cards ...

Page 14: ...ork Control Card is not used Shown above Network Slot E s Channel Extender position is unused and this unnecessary cable would not be installed in that position 1 5 1 10 100 Port Network The 10 100 BaseT Network connection is accessible on the bottom RJ45 connector on the NETWORK CONTROL card 100 240V 1A 50 60 Hz T 4A 250 VAC Caution Replace with same type and rating fuse SWITCH B B B B B B B B D ...

Page 15: ...rt on the NETWORK CONTROL card is fixed at 9600 baud 8 data bits No Parity and one Stop bit 9600 8 N 1 and is a DCE device The TERM port has a higher Terminal priority than the 10 100 Network Port on this card and can be used for forced logout of abandoned or other undesirable connections 1 6 Backup and Restore Commands The SCS3230 system is fully compatible with the Backup and Restore capabilitie...

Page 16: ...vice signals through the switch cards to the appropriate user interface port 2 2 128K FIFO Audit Trail The SCS3230 stores the equivalent of approximately 200 screens worth of data 128K per device port in a true FIFO buffer for each DEVICE port This data may be viewed off line at any time by users accessing the device port buffer Should more than 128K of data be received in a buffer the oldest data...

Page 17: ...5 Interface Interfaces to the DEVICE and TERMINAL cards are all RS 232C compliant These ports are configured through the TERM port on the NETWORK CONTROL card using a local Console or via network connection through your TCP IP network All system access is password protected Each DEVICE port and TERMINAL has settings for baud rate stop bits parity number of data bits flow control and port type i e ...

Page 18: ...taining the system should one supply fail or lose its power input The Power Supply module also incorporates the system fan The AC power module has two front panel switches one for each supply with replaceable fuses in their IEC type connectors The DC power module provides a single On Off switch The third and last component of the chassis is the SWITCH card set The switch cards connect the access c...

Page 19: ... the system administrator port 3 3 Access Cards The card configuration is changed with the SCS3230 compared to CS3200 3 3 1 NETWORK CONTROL Card The NETWORK CONTROL card allows users to connect to the device cards from an SSH or telnet session over an IP network and remote access to the administration functions The NETWORK CONTROL card replaces the CONTROL card from the CS3200 and is located in th...

Page 20: ...ed through a TERMINAL card may connect to any of the device cards in the system provided that their user profile has access rights for the port There are four ports per terminal card Each port s parameters are set up independently from the other ports All parameters are set up through the system administrator port There is no access to the administration functions through the terminal card The SCS...

Page 21: ...m circuitry is not subject to the encryption used for secure SSH transactions a primary reason for updating to the SCS3230 For this reason the use of the modem may be limited or the modem may simply be disabled or removed depending on your site s application The modem card allows non secure dial in access to the SCS3230 and the servers attached to its device ports The modem card supports baud rate...

Page 22: ...The hardware of the ConsoleServer 3200 may have been previously installed and is being upgraded at this time or the system may be installed as brand new installation Many hardware installation details are discussed in the ConsoleServer 3200 System Manual Not all are repeated in this manual 4 1 Items in a SCS3230 Kit The SCS3230 kit includes all of the cards and cables required to upgrade a CS3200 ...

Page 23: ...Name the text file as something that will indicate that it is the ConsoleServer 3200 parameters backup file not just a plain text file i e 3200 bak and not 3200 txt 4 Type the command BACKUP at the sys admin prompt and press ENTER Text will be outputted to the screen this text is equivalent to the binary data stored in the ConsoleServer 3200 s non volatile memory Wait several minutes while the Con...

Page 24: ...al device and other parameters are correct and acceptable 4 2 3 To RESTORE from a 3200 to a 3230 Use a terminal emulation software on a PC connected to the sysadmin port of a 3200 Ensure that software flow control XON XOFF is turned on for the software 1 Implement a capture to file 2 type backup 3 Wait until you see BACKUP COMPLETE 4 edit the backup file and remove any information before the line ...

Page 25: ... in the sysadmin shell on a 3230 type exit to get to the 3230 bash shell Establish yourself as super user Type service multidrop stop Type ps ax and look for any processes that contain the title multdrop If any multidrop processes exist type killall multidrop Type ps ax and again look for any multidrop processes If there are any type kill 9 the number in the farthest left column on the same line a...

Page 26: ...ation 2 Ensure that the communications settings of your Terminal are correct 3 Locate the serial port on the terminal or computer and determine what type of connector is used The cable kit included with the SCS3230 contains each of the following one RJ45 serial cable an RJ45 to male DB9 adapter an RJ45 to female DB9 adapter an RJ45 to male DB25 adapter and an RJ45 to female DB25 adapter Select the...

Page 27: ...e Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Port Configuration TERM 9600 fixed 8 None 1 DCE Terminal 38400 8 None 1 DCE Device 9600 8 None 1 DCE 5 1 Terminal Card Terminal Card typical adapters and port configuration System Type Adapter Part Number Port Configuration Wyse 50 60 200 0066 DCE DEC VT330 PC 25pin 200 0067 DCE PC 9pin 200 0070 DCE Materials SCS3230 terminal port terminal or computer with RS...

Page 28: ...e ConsoleServer network port to the network using a standard LAN cable 4 Check the status lights at the network end of the connection It should indicate a good link Try reaching the IP address assigned to the ConsoleServer by using PING or TELNET If there is a problem check the network configuration on both ends 5 3 Modem Card Materials SCS3230 modem port Analog telephone line POTS RJ11 modular te...

Page 29: ...ut Also note that it is not possible to connect the RJ45 serial port of the ConsoleServer directly to the RJ45 serial port of any third party equipment Sun Netra servers Cisco switches and other similar devices require a special adapter or cable to connect to the ConsoleServer The adapter or cable is usually provided by the manufacturer of the equipment e g Sun or may need to be created by the use...

Page 30: ...ther end to the SCS3230 device port 3 Check that the device port and serial console port communications parameters match and synchronize them if they do not match Sun Netra t1 installation Materials 1 Connect a Cat 5 cable to the console port of the Netra Connect the other end to the end of the ConsoleServer Netra adapter P N 200 0225 marked to Netra 2 Connect another Cat 5 cable between the adapt...

Page 31: ... Admin Terminal N ote Other adapters are available from Lightwave Call for information and availability Sun Adapter DB25 RJ45 200 0066 Adapter DB25 RJ45 200 0066 Te rmi nal Cable RJ45 RJ45 Cable RJ45 RJ45 Cable Adapter DB25 RJ45 200 0067 OR OR RJ4 5 RJ45 Cable Control Card Port A Rj45 Connector DCE DTE DCE DTE DTE DTE DTE PORT CONFIG Depending on Sys Admin Terminal I O port adapter will be one of ...

Page 32: ... 250 VAC Caution Replace with same type and rating fuse SWITCH B B B B B B B B D D C C D D D D D D C C C C C C DEV ICE A A DE VICE A A A A A A DEVICE DE VICE DEVICE DEVICE DE VICE DEVICE B D C EXTENDER EXTENDER A CHANNEL TERMINAL SWITCH CHA NNEL MODEM R 10 100 S N E T CONTROL NETWORK E D E N X T E N N E L H A C E R M T CHANNEL EXTENDER 1 H W ZR U N 6O RW V ...

Page 33: ... SCS3230 system The following section outlines the administration functions and commands The administration functions and commands are designed to enable the administrator to configure the SCS3230 to fit the needs of the system application User IDs devices terminals and access rights may be configured using the administration commands Many commands may be abbreviated to one extent or another but s...

Page 34: ...rial connection with the exception of BACKUP and RESTORE are also available through telnet by connecting to port 5000 of a ConsoleServer s network IP address The serial terminal will display the following text at power up ConsoleServer3200 Boot V1 76 Copyright 2000 by Lightwave Communications Inc All rights reserved Identify Flash Flash ID OK Verifying Flash Image Starting system Lightwave Communi...

Page 35: ...00 5000 Connecting to 172 16 1 200 port 5000 Escape sequence is Welcome to the ConsoleServer3200 SysAdmin LCI3200 login Please enter password sys admin To log in on the ConsoleServer through a network connection the network interface for the ConsoleServer first must be configured through the serial terminal Once the network interface is configured and functioning telnet to port 5000 of the IP addr...

Page 36: ... 6 1 3 Logging Out To log out from an administration session enter the command LOGOUT or LOGOFF If logging out from a network session the ConsoleServer will disconnect the telnet session If logging out from a direct serial session the ConsoleServer will return to the LCI3200 prompt ...

Page 37: ...t sys admin on a network connection info slot letter Report miscellaneous information linesperpage n Display set number of lines before pause n can be 0 to 99 0 disables listcards Display list of installed cards listdevices Display list of device names listusers user id all Display list of users exit Exit sysadmin shell modem default Display set modem init string DEFAULT will set init string to de...

Page 38: ...emt mt powerstatus po ps prompt pr telnettimeout telnett tt terminals term timeout time version ver sys admin You must use the CR to go to the second page of the Abbreviations list You cannot interrupt it in the middle only let it play out THEN you return to sys admin sysadmin SCS3230 tmp h Command User Description SAVE root Save changes in RAM to Flash changes root List changed files from factory...

Page 39: ...min you see the bash prompt sysadmin SCS3230 tmp 2 su to root level you must enter the existing root password default root 3 After password is accepted notice root level root SCS3230 var tmp 4 Use passwd to change root level password 5 After successful authentication tokens updated message is displayed You are returned to the root level prompt root SCS3230 var tmp 6 Use exit to leave root level sy...

Page 40: ...twavecom com 6 3 Setup Script The System Administrator must switch to root level in order to access the Setup Script From the root command prompt type setup to begin the setup script Follow the script prompts use the arrows or Enter to advance unless otherwise indicated ...

Page 41: ...ted to administer The script also provides hints along the way You may also exit using the Done command Using the enter key to advance you will step through a majority of the Setup script 6 3 1 Hostname and IP Address Use the arrow keys to advance or in some cases simply press enter The existing HOSTNAME information is displayed in the Answer field ...

Page 42: ...2 www lightwavecom com Type in your HOSTNAME information in the Answer field It may be up to 24 characters long it i After entering your Hostname the system advances to the IP Address setting Enter your IP information in dot quad format Select Next to proceed ...

Page 43: ...ix Company SCS3230 System Administrator s Guide 15 00 038 43 May 2002 Next enter your Network Mask information in dot quad format Select Next to proceed Then enter your gateway information Select Next to proceed ...

Page 44: ...w lightwavecom com You are then returned to the Script s menu You may continue the script by pressing enter to advance or select another option 6 3 2 Timezone Clock You must select a Timezone value for the SCS3230 s clock The SCS3230 uses the universal time system ...

Page 45: ...5 May 2002 Using the up and down arrows select an appropriate Time Zone parameter To go up one level in the Time Zone menu move to the prompt at the top of the list Press enter to select your value Once completing the Timezone field you are returned to the Script s menu ...

Page 46: ...ConsoleServer 3200 System Lightwave Communications Rev A 46 www lightwavecom com 6 3 3 Configure DNS Select Next to advance in the DNS Directory Name Server menu ...

Page 47: ...for your Primary Nameserver Note If you start to fill in this parameter but cannot complete the value at this time you must enter some dot quad address in order to leave this prompt A value of 10 0 0 1 may be suitable in this instance Enter your Secondary Nameserver information if appplicable Press Next to advance ...

Page 48: ...ions Rev A 48 www lightwavecom com Enter your Tertiary Nameserver information if applicable Press Next to advance to the configuration for Hosts 6 3 4 Hosts The parameters for HOSTS is a bit different than other screens Here you will edit the data ...

Page 49: ...0 038 49 May 2002 The system has started an edit routine which you must exit by using the ESC key to end the edit mode and get to the Next prompt You are then returned to the Script menu 6 3 5 Services You can now enable or disable several Services of the SCS3230 ...

Page 50: ...ConsoleServer 3200 System Lightwave Communications Rev A 50 www lightwavecom com Choose Yes or No by using your arrow keys Press Next to advance 6 3 6 Syslog ...

Page 51: ...A Lantronix Company SCS3230 System Administrator s Guide 15 00 038 51 May 2002 6 3 7 SSH Logins SSH is the secure and preferred method of accessing the system ...

Page 52: ...0 System Lightwave Communications Rev A 52 www lightwavecom com 6 3 8 TELNET logins 6 3 9 NTP Daemon You can enable or disable the NTP Daemon if desired After setting the NTP Daemon you are returned to the Script s Menu ...

Page 53: ...A Lantronix Company SCS3230 System Administrator s Guide 15 00 038 53 May 2002 6 3 10 Configure the Firewall You can configure the firewall for security in your system Press Next to advance ...

Page 54: ...ConsoleServer 3200 System Lightwave Communications Rev A 54 www lightwavecom com Enable the Firewall to see additional prompts Choose No to end this step ...

Page 55: ...tronix Company SCS3230 System Administrator s Guide 15 00 038 55 May 2002 6 3 11 Firewall Reject Method You can choose to Deny ignore connection attempts or send back a Rejected message 6 3 12 Ping Attempts ...

Page 56: ...wave Communications Rev A 56 www lightwavecom com After finishing the Invisible to Ping prompt you will be returned to the Script Menu There are no more script options to do You may go back and re do any prompts you wish if necessary ...

Page 57: ...A Lantronix Company SCS3230 System Administrator s Guide 15 00 038 57 May 2002 6 3 13 Confirm Changes Selecting YES will commit the changes to the System ...

Page 58: ...nd so the command to kill that application failed because it wasn t running However if you review the operations at a later time you will probably see an OK message for the same prompts and options THE VERY FIRST TIME the System is run the Setup script will automatically undergo a reset and reboot to save the features to the system 6 3 14 SAVE Command Every other operation of the Setup script file...

Page 59: ... not contain the character The SCS3230 will echo only stars when the sys admin enters the password and confirmation Enter case sensitive password PASSWORD Re enter case sensitive password PASSWORD 0 17 MAX CONCURRENT LOGINS 1 17 This parameter limits the number of simultaneous logins a user may have The sys admin may select between 0 and 17 concurrent logins A user with 0 logins will have connect ...

Page 60: ...all the data stored in a device port FIFO buffer The sys admin may want to inhibit this ability to preserve user accountability when accessing attached devices Users are allowed to clear buffers by default Pressing ENTER will allow the user to clear the buffer typing NO and then pressing ENTER at the prompt when defining a user ID will disallow the user from clearing all device buffers The Clear s...

Page 61: ... a User ID sys admin EDITUSER TOM Enter accepts present value Enter case sensitive password PASSWORD 0 17 MAX CONCURRENT LOGINS 2 6 Allowed devices example 1 5 10 DEVICES 1 4 Allowed listen devices example 1 5 10 DEVICES 0 Allow user to clear device buffer Y N YES n Clear screen after a command Y N NO n sys admin To edit or change parameters for a particular user after defining that user ID use th...

Page 62: ...ALL 1 User id PETE Allowed devices 1 32 Allowed listen devices 1 32 Max logins 17 Allow user to clear device buffer YES Clear screen after a command YES 2 User id KEVIN Allowed devices 1 32 Allowed listen devices 1 32 Max logins 17 Allow user to clear device buffer YES Clear screen after a command YES 3 User id TONY Allowed devices 1 32 Allowed devices 1 32 Max logins 17 Allow user to clear device...

Page 63: ...s admin To delete a user ID using the record number specify the number as a qualifier after the DELETEUSER command in the form DELETEUSER N where N is the user record number 7 5 Devices Command Device port parameters must be defined by the sys admin using the DEVICES command If a single device port is to be changed the port number must follow the DEVICES command If the DEVICES command is entered b...

Page 64: ... RTS CTS a k a hardware DTR DSR is used very infrequently The default setting for the device ports is XON XOFF Check the equipment documentation for the correct flow control setting The INHIBIT DIRECT MODE setting allows the administrator to turn off port buffering while a user is connected to the device and is in direct mode The device port buffer still collects data while not in direct mode when...

Page 65: ...ckplane Network ports are accessed through the 10 100 IP network port on the CONTROL NETWORK card When used without qualifiers the NETWORK command will display the network settings assigned to each card slot The IP address subnet mask default gateway secondary route and bootp settings are displayed for each slot These parameters are assigned to the slots rather than the cards If a network card is ...

Page 66: ...tion string Typing a new initialization string and pressing ENTER will create a new initialization string for the modem while just pressing ENTER will accept the current value After pressing ENTER the sys admin is asked to confirm the changes to send the string to the modem Typing YES and ENTER will send the initialization string immediately to the modem card while typing NO and ENTER discards the...

Page 67: ...hannel present 04 00 Channel present 05 00 Channel present 06 00 Channel present 07 00 Channel present 08 00 Channel present 09 00 Channel present 10 00 Channel present 11 00 Channel present 12 00 Channel present 13 00 Channel present 14 00 Channel present 15 00 Channel present 16 00 Channel present 17 not installed sys admin The above example shows that user KEVIN is logged in on terminal port 01...

Page 68: ...ed Slot L Device card installed Slot M Device card installed Slot N Device card installed Slot O Device card installed sys admin The LISTCARDS command will simply tell the sys admin which cards are plugged into the SCS3230 chassis It only lists the cards by type as present or not present and does not indicate whether the cards are functioning properly 7 9 3 VERSION Command sys admin VERSION ALL SC...

Page 69: ...N 8 1 Flow XON XOFF RTS 0 DTR 1 Port 11 c DCE 38400 N 8 1 Flow XON XOFF RTS 0 DTR 1 Port 12 D DCE 38400 N 8 1 Flow XON XOFF RTS 0 DTR 1 sys admin The INFO command allows the sys admin to list the properties of a card The switch cards are incapable of returning information and any request to view information from the switch cards will be refused The INFO command is used in the form INFO slot letter...

Page 70: ...label RTS indicates the status of the CTS line and DTR indicates the status of the DSR line 7 9 5 POWERSTATUS Command sys admin powerstatus Power supply A is OK Power supply B is OK sys admin The POWERSTATUS command displays the status of the two redundant power supplies in the SCS3230 chassis Power supplies will either be listed as OK or Failed The SCS3230 will continue to function with one faile...

Page 71: ...45 to female DB9 adapter an RJ45 to male DB25 adapter and an RJ45 to female DB25 adapter Select the appropriate adapter for the serial port on the terminal or computer 4 Firmly seat the adapter in the serial port Screw down the adapter to secure it to the serial port 5 Insert one end of the serial cable into the adapter until a click is heard Insert the other end of the serial cable into port B of...

Page 72: ... minutes sys admin TIMEOUT 0 Timeout set to 0 minutes 0 disables the timeout from occurring sys admin TIMEOUT 5 Timeout set to 5 minutes sys admin The TIMEOUT command allows the sys admin to define a time limit on how long an idle sys admin terminal may remain logged in If there is no interaction for the defined amount of time the control card will log out the sys admin The time limit in minutes i...

Page 73: ...nfirmation prompt 7 11 2 FORCELOGOUT Command sys admin FORCELOGOUT 1 Force this user off write out YES Yes or No No yes sys admin The FORCELOGOUT command causes the forcible logout of a user at any level of connection The user will be returned to the LCI3200 prompt after being forced off and may login again unless their allowed logins are reduced to 0 before they can attempt another login When usi...

Page 74: ... telnet session time limit type TELNETTIMEOUT at the command prompt To change the time limit the command is entered in the form TELNETTIMEOUT t where t is the time limit in whole minutes The valid range for t is 0 to 30 with the default value set as 1 If the value is set to 0 then the time limit is disabled 7 11 4 MODEMTIMEOUT Command Sys admin modemtimeout Timeout set to 5 minutes Sys admin modem...

Page 75: ...the terminal card Before entering any commands the user should be sure that the terminal card is ready to accept commands by checking that there is a prompt on screen This is best accomplished by pressing ENTER until a prompt appears on the screen a prompt will not appear on the screen if the terminal port is in direct mode or if the serial cable is not connected properly 8 2 Network Card The netw...

Page 76: ...S3230 via a dial up connection The modem automatically detects the connection speed and allows connections of up to 38 4K baud The control card must complete its start up initialization check before a user may access the SCS3230 through the modem card The modem card must be installed in card slot A of the SCS3230 chassis The modem card will not function if it is inserted in any other card slot nor...

Page 77: ...nitor mode will also indicate which server is selected The help screens also change according to the user s login level There are separate help screens for a logged out user a logged in user and a user in monitor a k a device mode LOGGED OUT HELP F1 Display Help Screen VT100 mode F2 Display Pull Down Menu VT100 mode TTY COMMANDS LOGGED OUT MODE LOGIN Login with ID and Password INFO Display System ...

Page 78: ...f available commands at any prompt by typing HELP H or and pressing ENTER by pressing F1 or by selecting DISPLAY HELP SCREEN from a pull down menu To use the pull down menu of commands available at each user level the user may press F2 or CTRL D By using the up and down arrow keys the user may move the highlight bar to the desired command and then press ENTER to select that command The user may us...

Page 79: ...ill be a password assigned by the system administrator The password is case sensitive so the user must be sure to type the password exactly as it is in the system The SCS3230 will only echo stars for each character typed at the password prompt Once the user has entered their password the screen will clear and a prompt displaying their user ID will appear indicating that the SCS3230 is ready for us...

Page 80: ...the SCS3230 by typing LOGOUT LOGOFF or by selecting LOGOUT from a pull down menu When a user is connected to a server and they logout the connection to that server will be broken and any other users that are listening to that session will lose their connection to that server as well 8 7 Checking Connections CONNECTION INFO SCREEN CONNECTION INFO 01 TEST 00 User logged in 02 00 Channel present 03 0...

Page 81: ...ct to a device port as defined by the system administrator in their user profile For example to connect to a server named Alpha on device port 23 the user may either type SELECT Alpha SELECT 23 or select CONNECT TO SERVER and then select Alpha from the next menu that appears If the system administrator has determined that the user does not have permission to access a server the SCS3230 will displa...

Page 82: ...ands to the server If the user desires to issue commands to the server they must enter direct mode see Section 7 10 Direct Mode Note that when selecting a server from a pull down menu only those device ports that are installed shall be displayed 8 9 Listening to a Server Session F2 PULL DOWN MENU TO LISTEN TO A DEVICE PORT PART 1 LOGGED IN MENU CONNECT TO SERVER DIR CONNECT TO SERVER LISTEN TO SER...

Page 83: ...connection Also the user must have permission to listen to the server as defined by the system administrator in their user profile Any user that can log in and has listen permission for a device port may listen to a session on that device port If the user does not have permission to listen to a server the SCS3230 will display the message NO ACCESS TO DEVICE CHANNEL When listen mode is entered the ...

Page 84: ... appear to select the device port The user s terminal will then be directly connected to the server and will act as if the terminal was physically connected to the server The SCS3230 displays the last page of the device buffer along with a system information message indicating which device port is selected as the user enters direct mode 8 10 1 Direct Mode Escape Sequence To escape from direct mode...

Page 85: ...MENU ENTER DIRECT MODE CONNECT TO SERVER DIR CONNECT TO SERVER DISPLAY NEXT PAGE DISPLAY PREVIOUS PAGE GOTO BEGINING OF BUFFER GOTO END OF BUFFER CLEAR BUFFER FORWARD N LINES REVERSE N LINES CAT CAT WITH FILTER EXIT FROM SERVER DISPLAY CONNECTED LIST LOGOUT DISPLAY HELP Each device port saves the output of a server to a FIFO buffer Each buffer can store up to 64K of data giving approximately 100 t...

Page 86: ... displays last 24 lines of buffer data NEXT DISPLAY NEXT PAGE displays next 24 lines of buffer data PREVIOUS DISPLAY PREVIOUS PAGE displays previous 24 lines of buffer data FORWARD FORWARD N LINES skip forward N lines in buffer REVERSE REVERSE N LINES skip back N lines in buffer The commands FORWARD and REVERSE must be followed by the number of lines the user wants to move in the buffer The comman...

Page 87: ...ent terminal emulation software s texr capture capabilities CAT outputs the data in the buffer exactly as it was received without any additional formatting CAF outputs the data in the buffer by applying the same formatting that is used by the TOP BOTTOM NEXT and PREVIOUS type commands Characters are counted and a CR LF is added after 80 characters if one is not found in the data Due to the countin...

Page 88: ...he break generation sequence if it causes problems with the hardware or software used It is also recommended that the user avoid combinations of the CTRL key and other keys as these combinations are usually reserved for sending and receiving special characters through the terminal When the user changes the break generation sequence a window with the hexadecimal numerical equivalent of the old brea...

Page 89: ... INFO MISC commands are also available at the user prompt USER MISC SYSTEM INFO V2 15 10 01 99 TERMINAL SOFTWARE Card Number Channel B1 38 400 Baud No Parity 8 Data Bits 1 Stop Bit Software Flow Control Port Type DCE Press Any Key To Continue The system information appears in a pop up window The first two lines show the version of the software in flash memory and the type of software The third lin...

Page 90: ...anel below at power up time This will be displayed for as long as five minutes while the SCS3230 is in the initialize mode After the SCS3230 has gone through the initialization phase the terminal connection list will automatically be displayed To display the next panel in a function press the down arrow on the SCS3230 To display the previous panel press the up arrow 11 Front Panel Display Informat...

Page 91: ...System Administrator s Guide 15 00 038 91 May 2002 Panel 2 press down Panel 3 press down Panel 4 press down The next series of panel shows the port number along with the name of the device connected to that port Panel 5 press down ...

Page 92: ...em Lightwave Communications Rev A 92 www lightwavecom com Panel 6 press down Panel 7 press down Panel 8 press down Panel 9 press down The next series of panels displays the inventory of cards that are installed in the chassis ...

Page 93: ...onix Company SCS3230 System Administrator s Guide 15 00 038 93 May 2002 Panel 10 press down Panel 11 press down Panel 12 press down The last panel displays the status of the power supplies Panel 13 press down ...

Page 94: ...abbreviation adduser addu au backup backup break break changepswd passwd pswd connections c monitor m deleteuser deleteu devices dev all a edituser editu eu forcelogout forcelogout help h info info lciupdate lciupdate tftp tftp linesperpage linespp lines lpp listcards listc lc listdevices listd ld listusers listu lu all a login logi logout logoff lo modem modem modemtimeout modemt mt network net a...

Page 95: ...l Network and Modem Commands command abbreviation bottom bo bye bye changepswd ch clear cl connections co devlist de direct dir diselect dis editbrk editb editesc edite exit ex forward f listen li login logi logout logoff logou logof next n passwd pa previous pr reverse r select se top t ...

Page 96: ...cimal Code Equivalent Character 00 NUL 20 SP 01 SOH 21 02 STX 22 03 ETX 23 04 EOT 24 05 ENQ 25 06 ACK 26 07 BEL 27 08 BS 28 09 HT 29 0A NL 2A 0B VT 2B 0C NP 2C 0D CR 2D 0E SO 2E 0F SI 2F 10 DLE 30 0 11 DC1 31 1 12 DC2 32 2 13 DC3 33 3 14 DC4 34 4 15 NAK 35 5 16 SYN 36 6 17 ETB 37 7 18 CAN 38 8 19 EM 39 9 1A SUB 3A 1B ESC 3B 1C FS 3C 1D GS 3D 1E RS 3E 1F US 3F 13 Appendix B Hexadecimal ASCII Code ...

Page 97: ...l Code Equivalent Character 40 60 41 A 61 a 42 B 62 b 43 C 63 c 44 D 64 d 45 E 65 e 46 F 66 f 47 G 67 g 48 H 68 h 49 I 69 i 4A J 6A j 4B K 6B k 4C L 6C l 4D M 6D m 4E N 6E n 4F O 6F o 50 P 70 p 51 Q 71 q 52 R 72 r 53 S 73 s 54 T 74 t 55 U 75 u 56 V 76 v 57 W 77 w 58 X 78 x 59 Y 79 y 5A Z 7A z 5B 7B 5C 7C 5D 7D 5E 7E 5F _ 7F DEL ...

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