Paradyne 6800 manual Optional Host Upgrade Packages

COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management System

Optional Host Upgrade Packages

There are several optional features that the customer can elect to add to the NMS. These features require the installation of the following Field Upgrade packages at the customer's location:

ANALYSIS NMS Package

The ANALYSIS NMS package provides cut-through to the ANALYSIS 5600, 5605, and 6510 network management systems. To communicate with these systems, an AT&T Intelligent Ports Card Model 900 (IPC-900) must be installed in the host processor.

3270 Emulation Package

The 3270 Emulation package permits a full-feature or basic-feature workstation connected to the Altos System 5000 host processor to emulate a 3270 terminal and communicate with a Systems Network Architecture (SNA)-based processor.

16 Control Channel Package

A second DCP/MUXi circuit card for the Altos System 5000 host processor is supported.

This card provides an additional eight control channels for connecting control devices.

Token Ring Package

The Token Ring package provides support for customers with sites where there is an existing Token Ring Local Area Network. The Token Ring, thus, would operate in place of the default Ethernet transport layer and support SNMP trap importation and cut-through to X11 R4 applications. No preinstallation actions are needed for the Token Ring Network Interface Card (NIC), but you must install the driver software and run the EISA Configuration Utility (ECU).

Automatic Backup and Restore Package

The Automatic Backup and Restore package provides support for automatically backing up and restoring all the NMS database files and directories on a scheduled frequency. This package requires the installation of a third hard disk on the host. This feature provides the capability to maintain a ªhot spareº system ready to run at short notice.

The ANALYSIS NMS, the 3270 Emulation, and the 16 Control Channel packages for the Altos System 5000 require the installation of circuit cards in the host processor. The following sections describe each upgrade package and explain how to configure the strap settings on the circuit cards and third hard disk. For instructions on installing the circuit cards, see the section entitled Optional Host Upgrade Procedures.

NOTE

The 16 Control Channel package cannot be installed on the Altos System 5000 in conjunction with either or both of the ANALYSIS or 3270 Emulation packages.

The Automatic Backup and Restore package consists of both hardware and software installation. The hardware installation requires installing a third 520 Mb hard disk on the Altos 5000 host processor with preinstallation steps as well as actually installing the physical drive in the Altos 5000 disk bay. The software portion of this package is documented in the section, Formatting the Third Hard Disk, in Chapter 5.

2-8 January 1997 6800-A2-GN22-30