
Introducing the Network 9000 Routing Hub
The server may be configured to store parameters locally on a flash memory card, if one is
available, on the memory card of another product module in the hub acting as a parameter
server, or remotely in a file at any properly configured parameter servers. You use
commands to change the parameter storing method. Operational parameters can be stored
redundantly so that if one parameter server is not available during a reboot other parameter
servers may be used.
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The term operational parameters is used in this guide to refer to parameters which
affect the operation of the software after initialization. Readers of the TCP/IP-LAT
Documentation Set should note that the term operational parameters is used there to
refer to "temporary" parameters.
1.3.4
Remote Device Management
Remote device management allows any Type 2 product module to send a command over the
LMB to another product module or managed power supply. Typically, you would use this
feature to manage from a central location the connections to external interfaces or to internal
midplane LAN segments. You can also use remote device management to reset processor
modules or power supplies.
Soft switching is a feature that enables a network manager to configure via software which
LANs and which connectors a product module will use. For example, a four port local router
has 4 AUI connectors on the I/O module and three midplane Ethernet LAN segments available
for connection. Ethernet ports on the local router can be connected to the available connectors
or midplane LAN segments with a user command. Figure 1-3 depicts the possible connections.
The user command can be executed via SNMP, or through the processor module's console port,
or by connecting to the console from the network via Telnet or the DEC RCP protocol, or through
the local management bus as previously described.
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