Preliminary cvMAX-100 Hardware Installation Guide
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Navigating and Securing the Interface
To operate and control your cvMAX-100 from a terminal, knowledge of the menus and their
arrangement is needed. You must also know how to use the special keys, set parameters and
then save your settings. Finally it is important to establish an appropriate security profile
before proceeding to the configuration of the unit.:
Configuration menus
You can access the cvMAX-100 configuration menus in a VT100 emulation window from a
computer connected to the control port, as described in “Connecting a workstation to the serial
port” on page 2-7. When you establish the VT100 console session, the Main Edit Menu and
eight status windows appear.
You can also establish a console session from any Telnet workstation by opening a Telnet
session with the cvMAX-100. In a Telnet session you can perform all of the configuration,
diagnostic, management, and other functions that could be performed from a computer
connected to the cvMAX-100 control port.
In either case, access is controlled by Security profiles. To cnfigure the Security profiles, see
“Security profiles” on page 3-4.
The Main Edit Menu
The configuration interface consists of the Main Edit Menu and eight status windows. You can
configure the cvMAX-100 with the Main Edit Menu which is located on the left side of the
screen. The items listed in the Main Edit Menu differ depending on the system configuration of
your unit. The Empty items in the menu represent expansion slots that do not contain cards.
For an organizational overview of the cvMAX-100 menus and profiles, see the cvMAX-100
Reference.
Making a menu or status window active
You can interact with only one window at a time. The active window has a thick, double-line
border on the left, right, and top sides.
Configuration menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Security profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Special display characters and keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
