Appendix Q. Dedicated Management Port Feature; Dedicated Management Port - Description; Configure Dedicated Management Port - Comtech EF Data CDM-570A Installation And Operation Manual

Q.2 Dedicated Management Port – Description
Dedicated Management Port operation must be enabled at both ends of the network in
order to work properly!
Figure Q-2. CDM-570A/570AL Dedicated Management Port Operation
Figure Q-2 shows the local and distant-end (remote) networks with Dedicated Management Port
operation enabled. As shown here, the modem on the local M&C network can access both local
and distant-end modem M&C without compromise by packet mixing from the Ethernet traffic
network.
Similarly, packets from the traffic network can only be routed or bridged to the remote end without
compromising packet mix from the management network.
Q.2.1

Configure Dedicated Management Port

By default, Dedicated Management Port operation is disabled. You may enable or disable
Dedicated Management Port operation only by using the Serial Command Line Interface (CLI).
All other configuration parameters associated with enabled Dedicated Management Port
operation are available through the other available M&C interfaces.
1. The configuration instructions and examples that follow address modem
M&C via the CDM-570A/570AL Serial CLI. See your CDM-570A/570AL
Installation and Operation Manual (CEFD P/N MN-CDM570A) for detailed
instructions on using the CLI and other M&C interfaces.
2. Make sure that you save any parameter changes before you access a
different CLI screen. Press 'S' to "Save Parameters to permanent storage"
otherwise your changes will be lost.
As shown in Figure Q-3, the Ethernet Interface page appearance differs depending on the
active Working Mode – Managed Switch Mode (see Sect. Q.3) versus Router Mode (see Sect.
Q.4). Do these steps:
1. From the Serial CLI Main Menu, press 'I' to open the Interface Configuration menu.
2. On the Interface Configuration menu, press 'E' to open the Ethernet Configuration
menu.
3. On the Ethernet Configuration menu, press 'D' to set Dedicated Management Port
operation. Your available choices depend on your active Working Mode:
Dedicated Management Port Feature
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