FourthRack G.703 Card - Management User Guide
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1. Fourthtrack FourthRack G 703 Card Management User Guide Fourthtrack Systems Unit 11 Lowfield Green Caversham Park Reading RG4 6NZ England Telephone 0118 946 3061 Fax 0118 946 3091 Web www fourthtrack co uk Email info fourthtrack co uk Communications answers for the World Market Fourthtrack Systems FourthRack and MicroMux are trademarks of R J Barrett Fourthtrack Systems FourthRack G 703 LC Management Guide Ref 502 755 001 1 G 703 Line Card Management The G 703 Line Card can be managed via management functionality implemented as an option on the plug in Power Supply Modules One or two Management enabled modules may be plugged into the rack The left hand module slot 1 defaults to the active management module The modules are equipped with a serial asynchronous console interface a 10BASE T Ethernet interface and an alarm interface The Line Cards in the rack can be configured via the Management functionality see FourthRack System Management User Guide This document lists the management functions specific to a G 703 Line Card NOTE The factory default start up state of the G 703 Line Card when there is an active Management System in the FourthRack is the stand by power off mode No LEDs will light up The G 703 Line Card power on state must be enabled before the status LEDs will function and the line interfaces and the Line Card become active If no active Management System is presen2. ame of card LOOP MCLK XINV CINV DINV TTC Build OFF ON OFF OFF OFF OFF Config OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF Status POWER ON G703 I F El G703 RX READ ONLY OFF SERIAL I F X21 LOOP SW 3 1 9 xinv on off Enables disables X 21 V 35 TxD clock inversion Syntax lt xinv on gt or lt xinv off gt 3 1 10 Ipbk on off Enables disables loop back Syntax lt lpbk on gt or lt lpbk off gt 3 1 11 dinv on off Enables disables data inversion Syntax lt dinv on gt or lt dinv off gt 3 1 12 cinv on off Enables disables X 21 V 35 RxD clock inversion Syntax lt cinv on gt or lt cinv off gt 3 1 13 Ver Reports the version information for the Line Card Syntax lt ver gt 3 1 14 Reset If in read only mode this command forces the G 703 Line Card to re boot management code and operating code from the saved configuration or link field settings Note that the reset command is enabled even when the G 703 Line Card is in read only mode Fourthtrack Systems FourthRack G 703 LC Management Guide Ref 502 755 001 4 Application Notes 4 1 First time installation The Line Card may appear not to be working when first installed in a managed rack This is due to the card initially being set to the default stand by mode To bring up the Line Card use the power on command To ensure that it remains enabled following a power interruption it is necessary to use the write command to change the state of the non volatil
3. e memory on the Line Card If there are any questions please contact your distrubutor or the Fourthtrack Systems support Line on 44 118 946 3061
4. error All commands are case insensitive however it is usual practice to use lower case The command line is limited to 22 characters including the command itself and spaces 3 1 1 Help Displays a list of commands with options 3 1 2 Power Power on off This command enables the line interfaces It is recommended that the user save the power on state using the write command Syntax lt power on gt 3 1 3 Read Recovers the E2PROM data Note If the link field SW10 is made the G 703 Line Card is in read only mode and the read command will report Read Only Syntax lt read gt 3 1 4 Write Store the current configuration as displayed using the status command to E2PROM Note The G 703 Line Card must be in read write mode link field SW10 open in order to make configuration changes to the Line Card and save them to the E2PROM With SW10 made the write command simply writes the configuration defined by the link field to the E2PROM Syntax lt write gt 3 1 5 Name Get set the name assigned to the FourthRack G 703 Line Card Limited to fifteen characters including spaces Syntax lt name abcde gt 3 1 6 mcik on off Enables disables master clock Syntax lt mclk on gt or lt mclk off gt 3 1 7 tclk on off Enables disables terminal timing Syntax lt tclk on gt or lt tclk off gt 3 1 8 Status Reports the status of the FourthRack G 703 Line Card Syntax lt status gt Name N
5. t in the FourthRack then the G 703 Line Card will power up with the configuration defined by the link field at the rear of the Line Card If the link field SW10 is made then the G 703 Line Card is in read only mode The Line Card status can be reported by the FourthRack Management System but the operating parameters cannot be changed via the CLI Please refer to the G 703 User Guide for the full description of the Link Field functions 2 Connecting to the Line Card The management interface is connected to a FourthRack G 703 Line Card from either the ASYNC console port interface or via the telnet interface using the command cli nn command line interface to slot number nn This will connect the terminal interface to the CLI Command Line Interface of the card in slot number nn Use CTRL Z to return back to the management card prompt 3 Configuring G 703 Line Cards using the FourthRack Management System 3 1 Commands at the FourthRack G 703 line card prompt Commands may be augmented with optional arguments which need to be typed after the command name lt Command gt lt opt 1 gt lt opt 2 gt lt opt n gt Each option is to be delimited by one or more white spaces not tabs The command line is then terminated with a carriage return Unrecognized commands will result in the error message Command not found Commands with illegal or unrecognized options will result in the error message Syntax
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