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ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual
6 Alternative interface options

Alternative methods to using the ATTO ExpressNAV interface may be used to manage the iPBridge.

ATTO ExpressNAV is the recommended interface.

Use the serial port or header

1 Connect a cable from iPBridge RS-232 serial
port or header to the serial (COM) port on a
personal computer.
2 Turn on the iPBridge.
3 Start a terminal emulation program on the
personal computer, and use it to connect to the
iPBridge. For example, if you are using
HyperTerminal on a computer running a
Windows operating system,

a. Type iPBridge in the New Connection

dialog box.

b. Click OK.

c. In the Connect To dialog box, for the

Connect using field select the COM
port number to which your serial cable
is connected.

d. Click OK.

e. In the COM Properties dialog box
select the following values:
• Bits per second: 115200
• Data Bits: 8
• Parity: None
• Stop Bits: 1
• Flow Control: None
• Terminal type: ASCII
• Echo: off

f. Click OK.

4 After you connect to the iPBridge, start-up
messages are displayed. These messages are
only displayed at start-up. The last line in the
start-up message sequence is Ready. See the
example in Exhibit 5 on page 31.
Note
In serial port sessions, there is no prompt on
the line below the word
Ready
. Begin typing
commands in the blank line where the cursor
is resting. No username or password is
required for serial port access.
5 To verify that you have connected successfully,
type help after the Ready prompt and press

Enter.

• If a list of all available commands does not
appear on the screen, review the steps in this
section, check the cable, or contact service
personnel until the problem is solved.

If you have difficulty using the serial port, verify

that you have the correct settings and that your

serial cable is less then two meters in length.

Use Telnet

Up to three Telnet sessions can be conducted

simultaneously. A serial port session can use the

CLI while Telnet sessions are open. Whichever

session issues the first “set” CLI command can

continue to issue set commands, while the other

sessions can only issue “get” commands or

display information. Once a connection is

established, refer to

CLI provides ASCII-based

interface

on page 33.

1 Connect to the iPBridge from a computer on the
same Ethernet network.
2 Start a Telnet session.
Note
There is more than one way to connect to the
iPBridge using a telnet program.Your telnet
program may operate differently than in the
following instructions.
3 At the telnet prompt, issue the open command
where x.x.x.x is the IP address of the iPBridge.
telnet > open x.x.x.x
4 If you have to specify a port type, enter the port
type “telnet” and the terminal type “vt100”.
port type: telnet
terminal type: vt100
5 Enter the default values for the username,
“root”, and the password, “Password”, if you did
not set new values in Set the Real Time Clock
on page 17.