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System Configuration and Operation Cross-Connecting (XCON)

Figure 3-12.Typical Alarm History Screen
3.8 Cross-Connecting (XCON)
From the System Main Screen, you can access a Cross-Connect Screen by pressing “x”
(Xcon) that lets you cross-connect WAN time slots between T1 links. For a detailed
description of making connections on and through the IMACS-200, see Section3.10 on page
25 for information regarding making and managing cross-connects.
3.9 System Level Maintenance
You can also go from the System Main Screen to a Test and Debug Screen, by pressing “y”
(sYstem) which allows you to perform system-level maintenance operations . Y ou ca n back up
the system configuration onto an external computer after saving and subsequently editing it,
and (if necessary) you can restore that configuration to the system (refer to the backup and
restore section later in this chapter). You also can erase the system config uration and restart
the system with a single “zip” command.

3.9.1 Test, Debug, Backup & Restore

Advanced configuration and diagnostics are available through the use of the sYs (sYstem)
command from the System Main Screen. Pressing “y” brings up the Test and Debug screen
shown in Figure 3-13.