Configuring Async Pad Profiles - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 6000 User Manual

Configuring Async PAD Profiles

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An async PAD profile is a specific set of X.3 parameters whose values define the oper-
ation of the device connected to an async PAD port on an FRX or FRM. Different pro-
files contain the same parameters, but with difference(s) in the values.
To display a list of existing PAD profile names and descriptions, press
PAD Configuration Menu (or
database contains one profile,
minals to the PAD.
Changing a value in a profile in effect creates a new profile.
Unless you want to affect every device assigned that profile,
create a new profile instead of changing an existing one. Do not
change profile 90, since this is a CCITT standard.
To add or change a profile, press
the desired profile name (1–10 uppercase characters) to display the first of two screens
of parameters, listed in Table 10-1. Press
second screen. Press
[PgUp]
return to the Node Configuration Menu.
When creating a new profile, be careful that you are not creating a duplicate
of an existing profile. When assigning a profile to a port, the software scans
the parameters of the specified profile and all other existing profiles, and if
there are duplicates, it loads the profile that was created first.
from the Main Menu). Note that the
[A], [A], [F], [A]
, which is a CCITT profile used for connecting ter-
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at the Async PAD Configuration Menu and enter
[B]
at the first screen to display the
[PgDn]
at the second screen to return to the first screen, or
at the Async
[A]
[F3]
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