Paradyne 6800 manual Objectives And Reader Assumptions, Abstract

Preface

Objectives And Reader Assumptions

The COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management System Installation and Maintenance Guide provides detailed instructions for installing and maintaining new network management systems, and for migrating from existing Release 1, 2, 3.x, or 4.1 6800 Series NMS systems to the Release

4.26800 Series NMS. This guide was written to assist technical personnel at customer sites and Paradyne service technicians.

Abstract

This guide is organized into the following chapters and appendices:

Chapter 1. Introduction. This chapter provides an overview of the COMSPHEREr 6800 Series NMS hardware and software components, describes site selection, and provides a contents list of the hardware and software supported by the 6800 Series NMS.

Chapter 2. Preparing the Processors. This chapter identifies the Altos System 5000 and System 15000 internal circuit cards and slots, their field upgrade packages, and procedures for installation. It also provides information and procedures for running configuration utility programs.

Chapter 3. Preparing the Printers. This chapter provides information for configuring and connecting printers supported by the NMS.

Chapter 4. Connecting the Components. This chapter provides information and procedures for connecting the external NMS components to the host and, if present, to the User Interface Processor (UIP).

Chapter 5. Loading and Restoring Software. This chapter provides procedural information for installing the required software for the host processor, User Interface Processor (UIP), full-feature workstations, and basic-feature workstations.

Chapter 6. System Start-up and Shutdown. This chapter provides procedural information for starting and shutting down UNIXr on the host, the NMS applications program, the User Interface Processor (UIP) application program, and UNIX on the User Interface Processor (UIP).

Chapter 7. Performing Migration. This chapter provides procedural information for migrating previous NMS release databases to Release 4.2 of the 6800 Series NMS.

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