Contents
 CS/2500 Series
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Page
 Contents
 Installation
 Maintenance and Upgrades
 PIN Assignments
 Technical Support
Page
 Figures
 Tables
 Audience
About this Guide
Introduction
Conventions
 This Typeface
 Italics Italics are used to denote new terms or emphasis
 About this Guide
 Overview
Features
Features
Ten standard RS-232-D electrical interfaces
 Compatibility
Software
SW/2500, can be used only with the CS/2500 and CS/2600
 Chassis
Panel, see Back Panel on
 Hardware Interrupt
 Front Panel
 Its +5 V DC output
 Back Panel
Power supply module and three types of connectors
CS/2500 and CS/2600 back panel, shown in -5, contains
 Overview
 Back Panel
 Overview
 Optional Rack
Specifications
Mount Kit
 VAC
 Do the following before beginning the installation
Installation
Preparation
 Installation
 Install brackets
 To the Network
Cabling the Server
Turning on the server
 All ports are set to terminal SETDefault -TERM DeVice =
 Installation
 Slide-lock connection on the server
End to the transceiver
 Install brackets
 Configuration, and Appendix C, Monitor Utility
Configuration
AC power source must meet the requirements outlined
Modifying
 Installation
 Startup
 Guide or software release notes
 Rbcs files
Booting from
Diskette
Diskette
 Startup
 3Com Corporation CS/2000 Series Monitor
 Reading...OK Insert copy and hit return to continue
 Parameter changes
 Messages
Boot Problems
Normal Startup
Shutting Down
 Shutting Down
 Startup
 Entering
Configuration
Firmware Monitor
 Configuration
 Changing
Procedure
Following menu is displayed
 SLP
 Changing the Configuration
 Configuration
 Changing the Configuration
 Used with 3Com Network Control Servers NCSs Com no longer
SLP, and Trivial File Transfer Protocol Tftp
Next section
 Type B Change IP/TFTP Parameters menu appears
Tftp
 Configuration
 Bootp
 CS/2000 or CS/2100
Emulating a
Software and to operate in mixed environments
 Changing Port
 Configuration
 Changing Port Configuration
 Configuration
 3Com recommends the following procedures for preventive
Maintenance and Upgrades
Maintenance
Maintenance
 Maintenance and Upgrades
 Maintenance
 Reinstall the fuseholder cartridge in the receptacle
 Upgrades
Upgrade procedures require you to remove the server cover
 Removing the Server Cover
 Grasp both sides of the cover and carefully lift it off
Rear
 8-F
 Pull taut to expose screw
 Voltages. There are no user-serviceable parts inside
 Upgrades
 Remove Connector from
 Each pin must be inserted properly into its socket
 EPROM. Each pin must be inserted properly into its socket
Replace the cover, as described in the next section
 Upgrades
 Maintenance and Upgrades
 Troubleshooting
 Troubleshooting
 Operating Problems
 Troubleshooting
 Procedures
Memory Dump
 Enter the density of the dump diskettes
 Return to use the default density 2mb
 Troubleshooting
 Figure A-1 Serial Connector Pin Numbering
PIN Assignments
 TXD
 DTE
 Transceiver
 DO-S
 Slct
 Startup Messages
 Appendix B Startup Messages
 You can access the monitor in either of the following ways
Monitor Utility
 Continuous Self-Test and Initial Boot Source parameters
Set the Auto-reboot parameter to Boot monitor
Nonfunctional
 Become nonfunctional, enter the following command
Memory dumps, refer to Memory Dump Procedures on
-2 on page 1-4. The switch is recessed into a round hole to
Dump Procedures on
 Syntax BT
 Filename and address parameters specify the name
Procedures on
Using this menu, refer to , Configuration
From memory location
 Description Repeats the previous command
 Technical Support
Services
3Com Bulletin Board Service 3ComBBS
On-line Technical
 Press Return to see the ThreeComForum main menu
 Country Telephone Number Hong Kong 852 2537 44 1442 408 727
 Appendix D Technical Support
 For Repair
Returning Products
Sender’s expense To obtain an RMA number, call or fax
 10/25/95
 Index
Numerics
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