Black Box CDTT300A-7-R5 manual Installation, Installing the Hardware, Installing the Software

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CHAPTER 3: Installation

3.Installation

3.1Installing the Hardware

1.Take the CD Network Tower out of the box and unwrap it.

2.Plug one end of your network cable (either a Thin Ethernet BNC cable or twisted-pair RJ-45 cable) into the network “drop” or node. Plug the other end into the CD Network Tower.

3.Plug the female end of the power cord into the CD Network Tower. Plug the male end into an outlet.

4.Turn on the CD Network Tower.

5.The status LED changes to green in a few seconds. (On first-time installations it flashes yellow four times until the CD Network Tower is configured.)

NOTE: The CD Network Tower should automatically sense whether the network is running at 4 or 16 Mbps. If you have any trouble, call for technical support.

3.2 Installing the Software

There are five basic steps to installing the software:

1.Install DiscView

2.Select the Server

3.Load the NLMs

4.Choose Managers

5.Configure the CD Network Tower

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Contents September Canadian Department of Communications T7 Plus CD Network TowersContents Trademarks Used in this Manual Specifications Hardware IntroductionSoftware What Comes in the PackageSystem Requirements IntroductionTransportation Installation Installing the HardwareInstalling the Software Installing Discview Selecting the Server Choosing Managers Configuring the CD Network Tower Ethernet Mbps networks it has no effect on 4-Mbps networks Token RingT7 Plus CD Network Towers ❼ ❻ ❸ Using the CD Network TowerEjecting the Disc Getting StartedEjecting a disc manually in an emergency Status Lights No. Fault Corrective Blinks Indication Action Icons Power off Configured UnconfiguredFile Server Icon Park Drive Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 724-746-5500 Fax

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