MAX Administration Guide
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About This Guide
The MAX™ Administration Guide is intended to help you as you measure, maintain,
administer, and troubleshoot the performance of MAX 6000, MAX 3000, and MAX 800 units.
A reference to a specific MAX model always accompanies information that applies only to that
model. For example, if a description indicates MAX 6000, then that information applies only to
MAX 6000 units. If a description indicates MAX, then that information applies to the MAX
6000, MAX 3000, or MAX 800 unit that is configured to support the feature being described.
To assure continuing satisfactory performance of a MAX unit make use of its indicator lights,
the VT100 interface, the terminal-server command-line interface (CLI), DO commands,
SNMP, and the Syslog.
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Warning:
Before installing or operating your MAX unit, be sure to read the safety
instructions in the Edge Access Safety and Compliance Guide. For information specific to your
unit, see the “Safety-Related Electrical, Physical, and Environmental Information” appendix in
your unit’s hardware installation guide.
Navigation and usage of all the user interfaces are described in the Hardware Installation and
Basic Configuration Guide for your unit. You will continue to apply that information as you
use this guide.
The flexibility of the True Access™ Operating System (TAOS) software and hardware
architecture of the MAX base unit allows you to introduce services as you need them. The
MAX offers flash memory, slot cards, and software upgradable protocol support. You can
upgrade the features that the MAX unit supports by changing the version of TAOS software
running on the unit. The flexiblity of the system software and hardware architecture also
results in support for over 15 WAN protocols. The MAX also supports several virtual private
networking, several modem, and several bandwidth management protocols. Although the
flexibility of the unit’s TAOS software and hardware architecture can make the tasks quite
complicated, this guide intends to help you discern how best to assure satisfactory
performance. Use this guide to gather information about the performance of the MAX unit and
to eliminate problems that you may discover.
Note:
This manual describes the full set of features for MAX 6000, MAX 3000, and MAX
800 units. Some features might not be available with earlier versions or specialty loads of the
software.
What you should know
This guide is for the person who configures and maintains MAX units. To configure a unit, you
need to understand the following:
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