Cabletron Systems CSX1200 manual System Verification, Verifying Hardware Resources are Operational

SYSTEM VERIFICATION

OVERVIEW

After your CyberSWITCH has been configured, and before proceeding with normal system operation, it is necessary to verify that the system is functional. This chapter provides instructions for verifying the system hardware and system configuration.

You only need to perform the verification procedures for the options that apply to your configuration. For example, if your configuration does not use SNMP, skip the SNMP verification section.

To perform the verification procedures, WAN lines must be available and ready to use. LAN attachment components must also be available and ready to use.

During some of the procedures, we ask you to enter an administration console command. To enter these commands, you must have an active administration session. If you need instructions for starting an administration session, refer to Accessing the CyberSWITCH.

Note: At least one remote device is required to proceed with many of the verification procedures.

VERIFYING HARDWARE RESOURCES ARE OPERATIONAL

To verify the operation of the WAN and LAN hardware resources:

1.At the system prompt, enter the dr command to display current system messages. At the administration console type:

dr <return>

2.If you have enabled bridging, look for these LAN adapter initialization messages among the system messages:

LAN Port <port #> is now in the LISTENING state LAN Port <port #> is now in the LEARNING state LAN Port <port #> is now in the FORWARDING state

3.If you have enabled IP routing, look for this LAN adapter initialization message among the system messages:

[IP] IP router is initialized successfully

Note: Other messages may also be displayed with the LAN adapter initialization messages.

If these LAN adapter initialization messages are displayed, then the LAN adapter is operational. Proceed to the next section.

If these LAN adapter initialization messages are NOT displayed, refer to LAN Adapter in the Problem Diagnosis chapter.