Contents
 CS/2500 Series
 3Com Corporation 5400 Bayfront Plaza Santa Clara, California
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Page
 Contents
 Installation
 Maintenance and Upgrades
 PIN Assignments
 Technical Support
Page
 Figures
 Tables
 Introduction
About this Guide
Audience
Conventions
 This Typeface
 Italics Italics are used to denote new terms or emphasis
 About this Guide
 Features
Features
Overview
Ten standard RS-232-D electrical interfaces
 SW/2500, can be used only with the CS/2500 and CS/2600
Software
Compatibility
 Panel, see Back Panel on
Chassis
 Hardware Interrupt
 Front Panel
 Its +5 V DC output
 CS/2500 and CS/2600 back panel, shown in -5, contains
Power supply module and three types of connectors
Back Panel
 Overview
 Back Panel
 Overview
 Mount Kit
Specifications
Optional Rack
 VAC
 Preparation
Installation
Do the following before beginning the installation
 Installation
 Install brackets
 Turning on the server
Cabling the Server
To the Network
 All ports are set to terminal SETDefault -TERM DeVice =
 Installation
 End to the transceiver
Slide-lock connection on the server
 Install brackets
 AC power source must meet the requirements outlined
Configuration
Configuration, and Appendix C, Monitor Utility
Modifying
 Installation
 Startup
 Guide or software release notes
 Diskette
Booting from
Rbcs files
Diskette
 Startup
 3Com Corporation CS/2000 Series Monitor
 Reading...OK Insert copy and hit return to continue
 Parameter changes
 Normal Startup
Boot Problems
Messages
Shutting Down
 Shutting Down
 Startup
 Firmware Monitor
Configuration
Entering
 Configuration
 Following menu is displayed
Procedure
Changing
 SLP
 Changing the Configuration
 Configuration
 Changing the Configuration
 Next section
SLP, and Trivial File Transfer Protocol Tftp
Used with 3Com Network Control Servers NCSs Com no longer
 Tftp
Type B Change IP/TFTP Parameters menu appears
 Configuration
 Bootp
 Software and to operate in mixed environments
Emulating a
CS/2000 or CS/2100
 Changing Port
 Configuration
 Changing Port Configuration
 Configuration
 Maintenance
Maintenance and Upgrades
3Com recommends the following procedures for preventive
Maintenance
 Maintenance and Upgrades
 Maintenance
 Reinstall the fuseholder cartridge in the receptacle
 Upgrade procedures require you to remove the server cover
Upgrades
 Removing the Server Cover
 Rear
Grasp both sides of the cover and carefully lift it off
 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
 Replace the cover, as described in the next section
EPROM. Each pin must be inserted properly into its socket
 Upgrades
 Maintenance and Upgrades
 Troubleshooting
 Troubleshooting
 Operating Problems
 Troubleshooting
 Memory Dump
Procedures
 Enter the density of the dump diskettes
 Return to use the default density 2mb
 Troubleshooting
 PIN Assignments
Figure A-1 Serial Connector Pin Numbering
 TXD
 DTE
 Transceiver
 DO-S
 Slct
 Startup Messages
 Appendix B Startup Messages
 Monitor Utility
You can access the monitor in either of the following ways
 Nonfunctional
Set the Auto-reboot parameter to Boot monitor
Continuous Self-Test and Initial Boot Source parameters
 -2 on page 1-4. The switch is recessed into a round hole to
Memory dumps, refer to Memory Dump Procedures on
Become nonfunctional, enter the following command
Dump Procedures on
 Syntax BT
 Using this menu, refer to , Configuration
Procedures on
Filename and address parameters specify the name
From memory location
 Description Repeats the previous command
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Technical Support
On-line Technical
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 Country Telephone Number Hong Kong 852 2537 44 1442 408 727
 Appendix D Technical Support
 Sender’s expense To obtain an RMA number, call or fax
Returning Products
For Repair
 10/25/95
 Numerics
Index
 Cover
 Index
 Index
 Index
 Index
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