Black Box LRU4240 Monitoring Status, Menu-1 Main Status, Menu-2 Data Status, IN-BAND Management

Dual Trunk E1 Router

MONITORING STATUS

You can monitor the status of the Dual Trunk E1 Router unit from Menu-1, Main Status, and the status of the single data port from Menu-2, Data Status.

Transmit and receive directions are monitored separately by the unit. The overall link utilization is reported in Menu-1, Main Status, and the report is updated once per second in each direction.

Menu-1 Main Status

You can monitor the status of the Dual Trunk E1 Router from Menu-1, Main Status. This menu presents information on unit status, network status, and Ethernet port status.

Main Status Fields

All fields in Menu-1 are read-only.

Unit Status

The Unit Status indicates the Dual Trunk E1 Router is operating normally, or if any special conditions exist.

Net 1/Net 2 Network Status

The Network Status field presents information on the condition of the received E1 signal.

Data Ethernet Status

Link up and Link down

Clearing Error Counters

1.To clear the error statistics counters, press C.

Do you really want to clear the error counters (Y/N)

2.Press y to confirm, or press any other key to take no action.

Menu-2 Data Status

Menu-2, Data Status, shows the current status of the Ethernet port, it will indicate “Link up” or “Link down”.

IN–BAND MANAGEMENT

The unit’s in–band management feature provides an easy way to manage Dual Trunk E1 Router network devices through the data path. This feature eliminates the need for external hardware (i.e., serial cable), terminal server, Ethernet hub port, or router AUX port connection to manage the unit.

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