Nortel Networks manual Unix host Remote Annex 6300 configured as a load server

Chapter 1 Introduction

ROM Monitor

Supported Configurations

Watchdog Timer

When the Remote Annex completes its self tests, the console displays the ROM monitor prompt. The ROM monitor is an interactive command interpreter that is used to define configuration parameters. All of the information that the Remote Annex needs to boot an operational image is defined using the ROM monitor and its command set. ROM Monitor commands are issued from a console terminal connected to the console port on the Remote Annex’s front panel. Using the ROM Monitor commands (see Chapter 3), you can:

❑Modify and display a set of configuration parameters stored in EEPROM

❑Execute interactive diagnostic tests

❑Receive information and statistics for the hardware configuration and the network

❑Boot the Remote Annex 6300 manually

Once the Remote Annex 6300 has obtained a boot image and is booted, the console leaves the ROM monitor and displays the console monitor. (for more details, see Chapter 2).

You can self-boot the Remote Annex 6300 from its Flash ROM, and you can obtain full operational code over the network from one of the following devices:

❑UNIX host

❑Remote Annex 6300 configured as a load server

The Remote Annex 6300 has a watchdog timer that its software resets at regular intervals. The watchdog timer reboots the Remote Annex 6300 in the unlikely event of an internal software error. This feature enables the Remote Annex 6300 to run for long periods of time without intervention.

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