Cabletron Systems 1800 Loggin into the Main Menu

2-4 Smart Switch 1800 4. 0 User Guide , Rev 0 1
Loggin into the Main Menu
Configuration (see Section II) and management (see Section III) operations are
accessed via a menu structure, using a keyboard and video device. Once the Smart-
Switch has been c onfigu red a nd is opera tiona l, it does n ot n eed a keybo ard a nd vid eo
device; however, they are necessary to get the unit up and running.
When running outside the menu operations, a display will be similar to the following
figure, and will show the current status of all ports on the node. (This display is
described in detail on page 2-4.)
Figure 2-3 Port St atus Displa y
Node N a m e at the upper right identifies the d evice under control of the key -
board and screen. If the device is a directly connected SmartSwitch 1800,
the ID will be the Node Name con f igu red in the Node Defaults file. (See
Chapter 4.) If an operator takes remote control (see page 19-1 ) of anoth e r
SmartSwitch 1800 or some other type of Cabletron frame relay access
device, Node Name will become the Remote Control ID config ured in Nod e
Defaults on the co ntrolled device. Any configur ation or control operation s
will affect that devic e rather than the local one. I f the controlled device ha s
a display screen, the message Under remote control. Keyboard blocked by
id="n" will be displayed, where "n" is the R emote Control ID of the con -
trolling device.
After the operator presses [F1] at the screen in Figure 2-3 and enters a password
(described on page 2-9 ), the Main Menu (Figure 2- 4) w ill app ear.
Node Name=node_xyz
Port Status Display (Page 1)
P Type PPS Conn# State P Type PPS Conn# State
0 FRL 62 4 Operational 1 SNA 127 12 Operational
2 FRL 112 7 Operational 3 S NA 60 6 Operational
4 VCE 10 1 On_Hook 5 VCE 20 1 On_Hook
0 Ethernet
F1: Login