Overview
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8.
For a TCP/IP network, enter
N
to call up the Network Parameters menu.
This menu will lead you through a series of screens, each of which will ask
you to enter values for such items as: Hub IP address, Subnet mask and
Gateway address.
Once you have assigned a hub name, MAC or IP address through the front
console serial port connection, you will be able to use the Omega hub
management program to:
❑
View statistics (on the entire hub or on individual ports)
❑
Disable/enable ports
❑
Name ports
❑
Configure network parameters
❑
Run diagnostics
To enable local connection to multiple hubs in a non-TCP LAN, you must first
assign a name to each hub connected to the LAN. You do this by calling up the
Administration menu from the Omega agent Main Menu and selecting the
“Connect to a remote hub” option. This option allows you to connect to any
attached remote hub that has an Ethernet (MAC) address and thus also
allows you to assign a unique name to any LAN-connected hub.
In a non-TCP network, you cannot connect to a remote hub across network
routers.
To enable local connection to multiple hubs in a TCP/IP LAN, you must first
assign an IP address to every LAN-connected hub. Once the IP addresses
have been assigned, the Telnet application allows access to the local Omega
program from anywhere in that network.
T
he following procedures will enable remote hub management across a WAN:
❑
Connect a modem to the remote hub’s serial port, providing access to
the Omega hub management program
❑
Call up the Administration menu from the Omega agent Main Menu
❑
Select the “Connect to a remote hub” option (This option also allows
TCP connection to a remote hub provided the target hub has an IP
address.)
Central-Site
Connection
To enable central-site connection and network management, every hub in a
TCP network must have an installed TCP/IP address. You can install a TCP/
IP address either by connecting to the serial port of a hub and bringing up the
Omega local management program or by using a Bootp server.
The “Network parameters” option (
n
) in the Omega Administration menu
allows you to configure IP and SNMP information for the hubs in a TCP/IP
network. This menu leads you through a series of configuration screens
detailed in the CentreCOM 3600 Series and AT-S4 Firmware Module
Network Operations Manual.
Note