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MAX Administration Guide
Terminal-Server Administrative Tasks
Navigating to and from the interface
Navigating to and from the interface
Start a terminal-server command-line interface session if you have administrative privileges.
(For more information, see “Activating administrative permissions” on page 2-1.) Start a
session using one of the following methods:
•
From the main VT100 interface menu, select System > Sys Diag > Term Serv, and press
Enter.
•
In the Main Edit Menu, press Ctrl-D to open the DO menu, and select
E=Termserv
.
•
Enter the following keystroke sequence (Escape key, left bracket, Escape key, zero) in
rapid succession:
Esc [ Esc 0
If you have sufficient privileges to invoke the command line, the MAX unit displays a
command-line prompt. For example:
** Pipeline Terminal Server **
ascend%
Note:
If you have a MAX unit running Multiband simulation, the following terminal-server
commands are disabled: Close, Ipxping, Open, Resume, Rlogin, Telnet.
The commands in Table 3-3 close the terminal-server command-line interface and return the
cursor to the VT100 interface.
Testing the MAX unit
Test the MAX unit through the terminal-server command-line interface by using the Test
command. Using the Test command open channels to run a test (sometimes called a self-test)
in which the unit calls itself. The unit places the call on one channel and receives it on another
channel. Here is a simple example of entering the Test command:
ascend% test 555-1212
Table 3-3. Returning to the VT100 interface
Command
Description
Quit
Closes the terminal-server command-line interface
session.
Hangup
Closes terminal-server command-line interface ses-
sion.
Local
Go to Local mode, a data-transfer mode for calls on
an X.25/T3POS network. In Local mode, error
recovery is performed locally. The MAX unit does
not send supervisory frames (ACKs and NAKs)
across the X.25 network. The T3POS PAD is
responsible for sending supervisory frames to the
T3POS Data Terminal Equipment (DTE).