NPort 5000 Series User Manual
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NOTE
Only the NPort 5100/5200/IA5000 Series requires a password.
In this case, proceed as follows to “Unlock” the device server.
1.
Select the NPort with “Lock” status, click the right mouse button, and then select
Unlock
.
2.
After inputting the correct password, the Administrator will display an “Unlock ok” message.
3.
The “Lock” status will change to “Unlock,” and the Administrator utility will keep this NPort in the Unlock
status throughout this Administrator session.
The meanings of the six “Status” states are given below (note that the term Fixed is borrowed from the
standard fixed IP address networking terminology):
Lock
The NPort is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the password has not yet
been entered from within the current Administrator session.
Unlock
The NPort is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the password has been
entered from within the current Administrator session. Henceforth during this Administrator session,
activating various utilities for this NPort will not require re-entering the server password.
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The NPort is not password protected, and “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it.