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VERVIEW
The SFVRA-CFG allows a network consisting of Cabletron CyberSWITCH systems and/or
SmartSwitch Remote Access Modules to be configured and managed centrally. It is made up of two
main components: the SFVRA-CFG database (using either MS SQL Server, a Windows NT
application, or MS Access, a Windows NT/Windows 95 application), and the SFVRA-CFG
application, which runs on a Windows 95 or Windows NT device.
The SFVRA-CFG application is the interface to the database. Through the SFVRA-CFG application,
the network administrator can generate each system's configuration files separately, with the
system's view of the network, then download the configuration files electronically to the system. It
is also important to note that downloading these configuration files does not update the system's
existing configuration files, it overwrites them.
Once installed, the SFVRA-CFG application requires a connection to the SFVRA-CFG database. The
application is connected by a 32-bit ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) software driver.
The SFVRA-CFG application can be run on multiple workstations simultaneously, with one central
SFVRA-CFG database. This allows a large network to be managed by more than one network
administrator.
For backup purposes, the administrator may archive versions of the database. The database can
also be replicated onto multiple servers so that a hot-backup is always available.
For a network administrator, the SFVRA-CFG application provides the following features:
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Provides a quick mechanism to define a system at a site, based on administrator-defined
templates and standard configurations.
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Allows the definition of the major protocol networks, mapping them to specific sites and then
to systems at that site.
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Allows the definition of the network's ISDN circuits, and also the mapping of the circuits to
sites and systems.
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Generates the configuration files for a specific system.
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Transfers the configuration files to a specific system using a proprietary, secure protocol.
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