60CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING THE COREBUILDER 7000 FAMILY ATM SWITCH

Entering Data The Integrated Fast Setup procedure runs sequentially through the relevant data for all of the sections, displaying a prompt for each data item and a default value. If you want to change the default, enter the desired value in place of the default. If you want to accept the default, press Enter.

Default Parameter Values

The default parameter value displayed at the prompt is the value stored in flash memory. In case there is no value in flash memory, the factory default value is displayed.

Navigation Aids Table 15 lists the short-cut characters you can use to move between

sections of the Integrated Fast Setup procedure:

Table 15 Integrated Fast Setup Procedure Navigation Aids

Type: To Go:

<Back to previous section

> To next section

>S

To section indicated by double-underlined identifier letter S in section

 

title

\Back to beginning of setup

$

To end of setup

 

 

Integrated Fast Setup You initiate the Integrated Fast Setup from the LMA Main Menu of the Operation Corebuilder 7000 family ATM switch (see Figure 12).

To begin the Integrated Fast Setup process, select the menu item:

(9) FST: Fast Setup

Note that the Integrated Fast Setup “Full” setup mode may override any specific configurations that have previously been carried out in any of the installed interface cards (see “Setup Modes” on page 58). The following warning message is displayed when this is about to occur:

***Note: Full fast setup, special module configuration will

be overridden.

The following message appears on the screen.

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7000 specifications

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