Node Defaults Parameters

The parameters on the first two Node Defaults screens are listed in Table 4-1,and the NetView parameters on the third screen are listed in Table 4-2(on page 4-6). Descrip- tions of most parameters follow each table.

Table 4-1 Node Defaults Parameters

 

Parameter

Valid Values

 

Default Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node Name

up to 8 characters

none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remote Control ID

0–15 digits

 

none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remote Control Pwd

0–15 characters

1

remote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

File Tr ansfer ID

0–15 digits

 

none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

File Tr ansfer Pwd

0–15 characters

1

ftran

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collecting Node ID

0–15 digits

 

none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collecting Node Pwd

0–15 characters

1

alarms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Alarm Output ID

1–15-digit address

none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Alarm Output Pwd

0–15 characters

1

alarms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary Alarm Output ID

1–15-digit address

none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary Alarm Output Pwd

0–15 characters

1

alarms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collecting Node

Y/N

 

 

N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max Congestion

1–50

(%)

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Min Congestion

1–50

(%)

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Periodic Status Timer

0–30

(min) 2

 

1

 

 

Line Idle Timer

0–65535 (sec)

 

0 3

 

 

Alarm Autocall Timer

5–3600 (sec)

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm Max Retries

0–99

 

 

0 (no max) 4

 

1Remember that the software sees uppercase as different from lowercase.

2A value of 0 means that no status will be sent.

3If 0, the connection will remain active continuously.

4Continuous retries until connection is established.

Node Name

is displayed at the upper right of the screen when the device is being controlled by the "local" keyboard and monitor. (If the local operator is controlling a remote Cabletron frame relay access device, the Remote Control ID of that device will be displayed as the local Node Name.)

Remote Control ID

is required if a remote Cabletron frame relay access device or async terminal will be used to take control of the local SmartSwitch 1800 (via a physical or logical port in the local device). The ID will be checked against the called address fields of incoming Call Requests. The remote device can be a terminal connected to an async PAD port on a remote Cabletron frame relay access device, or the remote device itself.

Configuring Node Defaults

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1800 specifications

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