118APPENDIX : COMMAND LINE INTERFACE

Filename Prefixes Filename prefixes indicate which component type uses a given SDL or NAC file. In most cases, the NAC and SDL files for a given component have the same prefix. There are some exceptions, such as the Single T1 Card, as shown in the table below:

Table 12

Filename Prefixes

 

 

SDL Prefix

Card/Entity

 

 

hd

T1 HiPer DSP

 

 

he

E1 HiPer DSP

 

 

hr

E1/R2 HiPer DSP

 

 

hm

HiPer NMC

 

 

vs

3Com SNMP SubAgent (Gateway only)

 

 

vm

3Com SNMP Agent (VoIP Server only)

 

 

vg

Gateway

 

 

vk

Gatekeeper

 

 

vp

Provisioning Server

 

 

va

Accounting Server

 

 

vd

Directory Server

 

 

vh

Accounting Server

 

 

vt

Authentication Server

 

 

vn

SIP Proxy Server

 

 

Software Download The Software Download utility displays the following messages or writes them

Progress Messages to the log file:

 

 

Table 13

Software Download Progress Message Descriptions

 

 

 

 

 

Message

Description

Additional Information

 

 

 

 

 

BEGIN

Software Download utility invoked

Command is issued from the UNIX

 

 

 

shell

 

 

 

 

 

BDISC

Begin chassis discovery

IP address

 

 

 

 

 

EDISC

End chassis discovery

IP address

 

 

 

 

 

BCONN

Begin connection to chassis

IP address

 

 

 

 

 

CONN

Chassis connection established

IP address

 

 

 

 

 

BSDL

Begin downloading SDL file

SDL file name, IP address, slot(s)

 

 

 

 

 

ESDL

End downloading SDL file

SDL file name, IP address, slot(s)

 

 

 

 

 

BERASE

Begin erasing target card’s Flash

IP address, slot(s)

 

 

ROM

 

 

 

 

 

 

ERASE

End erasing target card’s Flash ROM

IP address, slot(s)

 

 

 

 

 

BNAC

Begin downloading NAC file to

NAC file name, IP address, slot(s)

 

 

target card

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENAC

End downloading NAC file to target

NAC file name, IP address, slot(s)

 

 

card

 

 

 

 

 

 

ERR

Error message

IP address, slots, description of error,

 

 

 

and possible causes

SUM

Summary of Software Download

IP address(es), slot(s) and status

 

process

 

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3Com 5210 manual Progress Messages to the log file, Software Download Progress Message Descriptions

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