Chapter 4
ROM Configuration Menu
4.1 Overview
MAXserver 1600 and 1608 terminal servers provide a ROM Configuration menu that you use to:
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View current ROM configuration settings, and change the settings when necessary.
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Change the method by which the MAXserver loads parameters.
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Change the method by which the server receives a software load image, or change the name of
the load image that it requests.
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Change the method by which the MAXserver transmits dump files.
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Instruct the operating software, once loaded, to initialize server and port parameters.
4.1.1
Factory Configurations
The MAXserver 1600 and 1608 are configured at the factory to load software from a Memory card if
one is inserted in the card drive. If a card is not present, the MAXserver 1600/1608 requests to be
loaded by a host system that has the Xyplex TCP/IP-LAT software installed, or any Xyplex MAXserver
Manager -- which can be a MAXserver 1600/1608 that has a Memory card, a MAXserver 1800/1820, or
a MAXserver Manager card (MAXMAN).
The MAXserver 1600 and 1608 are also configured at the factory to store parameters locally in Non-
volatile Storage (NVS).
4.2
How to Bring Up the Configuration Menu
To access the Configuration menu, follow these steps. (For a MAXserver 1608, the procedure is
identical.)
1.
Using a straightened paper clip, press the RESET switch once to enter reset mode. (Figure 3-2 shows
the location of the switch.) All lights on the front panel should illuminate.
2.
Press the RESET switch again, and hold the switch in. With the switch held in, observe the port
lights. The lights for Ports 15 and 16 should illuminate. The port lights should then flash in sequence
from 1 to 16 and then back to 1 again. Port lights 14, 15 and 16 then illuminate. When this sequence
has completed, release the RESET switch. The MAXserver performs the standard self-test
diagnostics. (The self test requires about 20 seconds to complete.)
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