NPort IA5150/5250 Series User’s Manual
Configuring NPort Administrator
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3.
The “Lock” status will change to “Unlock,” and the Administrator utility will keep this NPort
IA5150/5250 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 IA5150/5250 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 IA5150/5250 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 IA5150/5250 will not require
re-entering the server password.
Blank
The NPort IA5150/5250 is not password protected, and “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it.
Fixed
The NPort IA5150/5250 is not password protected, and “Search by IP address” was used to locate
it.
Lock Fixed
The NPort IA5150/5250 is password protected, “Specify by IP address” was used to locate it, and
the password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session.
Unlock Fixed
The NPort IA5150/5250 is password protected, “Specify by IP address” 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 IA5150/5250 will not require
re-entering the server password.
Configuring NPort IA5150/5250
In this section, we illustrate how to access NPort IA5150/5250’s configuration utility. You should
first make sure that you can connect over the network from your computer to the NPort
IA5150/5250.
1.
To start NPort Administrator, click on
Start
Æ
NPort Administration Suite
Æ
NPort
Administrator
.