Chapter 4 Testing The Emme; Pre-Installation Test - Cabletron Systems EMME User Manual

This chapter contains EMME testing procedures for before and after
making network connections.
4.1

PRE-INSTALLATION TEST

Before installing the EMME in a live network, test the module in a
controlled situation to insure that it is repeating bridging packets. You can
perform this test with two workstations (Figure 4-1), using an
MMAC-FNB, or MMAC-MFNB, installed with an EMME and a Media
Interface Module (MIM) as follows:
1. Install the EMME and a MIM (TPMIM, THN-MIM, FOMIM,
CXRMIM, FORMIM, etc.) into a stand-alone MMAC-FNB.
2. Connect the first workstation to either the MIM, using the appropriate
cable and transceiver, or to the EMME's AUI port, using a transceiver
and an AUI cable.
3. Connect the second workstation to the MIM using the appropriate
cable.
4. Set the first workstation as the file server and the second as the client.
(Refer to the workstation manuals for establishing one as a file server
and one as a client. You must assign a valid IP address to the EMME
through Local Management.) Proceed by sending packets between
them to verify that the EMME is operating properly.
If using UNIX workstations, a "ping" test will verify that the
NOTE
EMME is operating properly.
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