VR-N100U USERS MANUAL
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6.5. LED Panel with Keypad and LED Indicators
The VR-N100U appliance is designed to utilize the LCD Display Panel, Keypad and LED Indicators. This LCD Display
supports 2-lines of 16 alph anumeric characters, has four (4) access buttons, and als o includes the four (4) LEDs that provide
important status information for various components. These are utilized by the VR-N100U to provide important information
regarding the current status of the appliance. These include the Status Activity, Network Activity (LAN1), 10/100 Network
Connection Status (LAN1), a nd Device Activity for all ATAPI and SCSI Chan nels. The phases of the li ghts provide information
about the operation of the VR-N100U.
6.5.1. LCD Panel
When the VR-N100U starts up, the LCD display will begin displaying messages. It will keep you informed of the steps the
system is going through during the boot up process and is summarized on the chart below. This comprehensive display
graphically illustrates the steps of each process that can be performed using the LCD Panel.
The LCD Panel begins by displaying the message Hardware POST with a version number on the second line (POST stands
for Power-On Self-Test). T he Status LED (the first indic ator light on the le ft) will display s olid red. As VR-N100U b oots the OS
(operating system) and det ects the drives, those messages will be display on the Pane l. When the boot up process goes into
the next phase, the Stat us LE D changes to s olid amber an d the versi on n um ber of the fir m ware is disp la yed on the Pa nel. T he
system then attempts to acquire an IP address, checks the drives, and starts networking services. If a DHCP Server is runn ing
on the network, VR-N100U dynamically acquires an IP address. The Status light turns solid green and the default Server
Name displays on the LCD Panel with the IP address on the next line. The Server Name and IP address will continue to
display until an event occurs on the VR-N100U, or the user pushes a key. This is called the Steady State Display, and it
means everything is running. If the VR-N100U did not dynamically acquire an IP address, it will assign itself the address
10.10.10.10 and the Status li ght will slowly blink amber. When a VR-N100U comes up tens, it mea ns that a Static IP address
must be assigned to the s ystem before anything else can be done with it. You will need to go your net work admin and get an
IP address, the Subnet Mask, and the address of the Default Gateway.
6.5.2. Keypad
Each key has a different function, illustrat ed by a directional arrow just above and to the left of the ke y. From left to right, the
first key is the Up key. The next key is the Down key. The third key is the Back key. And, the last key, the key on the right, is
the Enter key.
Up Down Back Enter