Local Area Network Requirements; Introduction; Agilent Local Area Network Plan; Sample 3070 Series I Network Scheme - Agilent Technologies 3070 Series Site Preparation

Chapter 8: Site Preparation – Communications Cabling Requirements: Local Area Network Requirements
Local Area Network
Requirements
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This section contains:
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Introduction, 8-2

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Agilent Local Area Network
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Sample 3070 Series I Network
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Agilent 3070 Series II Networking, 8-5
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Agilent 3070 Series 3 / 79000
Introduction
Your Agilent 3070 / 79000 family board test system
communicates with other systems via IEEE 802.3 Local
Area Networking. All the necessary software and
licensing comes with the system, but you will need to
purchase and install the LAN cabling and associated
LAN hardware external to the system. For help, contact
your area's Agilent Local Area Network specialist.
Begin planning your LAN with the steps below,
depending on whether you have an existing LAN
on-site:
If you already have a facility LAN — With a
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Local Area Network already in place, all you need
to do is work with your facility LAN expert to
integrate the 3070 / 79000 system into your LAN.
If you do not have facility LAN — If the 3070 /
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79000 system will be your first LAN system, now
is the time to make your Local Area Network
plans. Time spent preparing for LAN will save
1 This networking configuration is no longer supported.
Agilent 3070 / 79000 Site Preparation
Plan, 8-2
Scheme, 8-2
Networking, 8-7
expense and trouble in the future. For help,
contact your area's Agilent LAN specialist.
Designate a LAN manager at your site, and begin
developing that person's expertise.

Agilent Local Area Network Plan

Be sure to add LAN planning to your system plan
drawing. Show how the system relates to existing LAN
and planned LAN growth. Your Agilent representative
will use it when the system is installed.

Sample 3070 Series I Network Scheme

The 3070 Series I family systems are shipped with a
recommended list of host names and IP addresses. The
'/etc/hosts' and '/etc/netlinkrc' files contain the
suggested names and addresses. If you are connecting
to a facility LAN, or if you ever plan to connect to a
facility LAN in the future, you will need to change the
IP addresses. Even if you need to change the IP
addresses, you should consider using the suggested
naming convention. The remainder of this section
describes the recommended naming convention.
The sample '/etc/hosts' file sets up nine 3070 Series I
systems:
hp3070a
hp3070b
hp3070c
hp3070d
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