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Table 9

Job aid: Setup utility prompt descriptions (cont’d.)

Prompt

Description and action

 

 

Please provide primary

Description: Indicates the name of the

image-file path

primary image file.

[/flash/p80a4100.img]:

 

 

Action: Press Enter to accept the default

 

(p80a4100.img), or type a different file name

 

for the primary image file. To specify the path

 

to the file is optional. If your run-time image

 

resides on your PCMCIA card, you must

 

specify the path as /PCMCIA/ filename.

 

 

Please add system prompt

Description: Specifies the text for the

[ERS-8606]:

prompt.

 

Action: Press Enter to accept the default

 

(ERS-8610), or type a different string of up to

 

20 characters.

 

 

Please select CPU primary slot

Description: Indicates the slot number of the

(5/6) [5]:

primary central processing unit (CPU). The

 

slot can be 5 or 6.

 

Action: Press Enter to accept the default (5),

 

or specify 6.

 

 

Primary CPU mgmt port:

Description: Specifies if you want the

autonegotiation [n] (y/n)?

primary CPU to use autonegotiation.

 

Action: Enter n to accept the default, or enter

 

y to indicate that you want the primary CPU

 

management port to use autonegotiation.

 

 

speed (10/100) [10]:

Description: Specifies the line speed in Mb/s.

 

Action: Press Enter to accept the default (10

 

Mb/s), or specify 100 Mb/s.

 

 

Do you want to enable

Description: Specifies if you want the boot

automatic savetostandby

and run-time configuration files to be saved on

mode [n] (y/n)?

the backup CPU.

 

Action: Enter y to save the boot and run-time

 

configuration files on the backup CPU. Accept

 

the default (n) to save boot and run-time

 

configuration files on the primary CPU.

 

 

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600

Commissioning

NN46205-319 01.01 Standard

30 May 2008

Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks

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