Cabletron Systems MRXI 10BASE-T manual Introduction Mrxi, Mrxi/Lm

INTRODUCTION

1.2THE MRXI

The MRXI 10BASE-T HUB and MRXI-2 10BASE-T HUB are 10BASE- T and 802.3 compliant repeaters that allows expansion of existing

802.3networks using a variety of media. The two hubs are identical except for the physical connections for ports 1 through 12. The MRXI is equipped with a 50 pin Champ connector, while the MRXI-2 provides twelve RJ-45 connectors. The MRXI supports out-of-band and in-band Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) compliant network management. Out-of-band management for the MRXI is provided by MRXI/LM. The MRXI is supported by several in-band network management tools including: Cabletron Systems Remote LANVIEW/ Windows™, and SPECTRUM™.

1.3THE MRXI/LM

The MRXI/LM is a menu driven, integrated network management tool that permits management and control of the MRXI. MRXI/LM can be used to:

•Display current MRXI status and statistics for the MRXI network ports

•Define community names and access privileges

•Diagnose network problems.

The MRXI is an SNMP compliant device that permits setting community names for your MRXI. The Community Names feature serves two purposes:

•As a security feature that defines access privileges for SNMP requests from SNMP management stations

•Community names let you to designate the network management workstations that will receive alarms from the MRXI.

You can access MRXI/LM through a management terminal connected to the 9-pin Console port on the rear panel of the MRXI. The console port supports a Digital Equipment Corporation, VT200™ or VT300™ series terminals or PC emulation of the VT200 or VT300 terminals.

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