Table Of Contents - Cabletron Systems ETWMIM User Manual

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 USING THIS MANUAL ............................................................ 1-1
1.2 GETTING HELP........................................................................ 1-2
1.3 OVERVIEW................................................................................ 1-2
1.4 ETWMIM FEATURES .............................................................. 1-2
1.5 BRIDGING AND THE ETWMIM ............................................. 1-5
1.5.1 Remote Bridging .......................................................... 1-6
1.5.2 Transparent Bridging .................................................. 1-6
1.5.3 Source Route Bridging ................................................. 1-7
1.5.4 CSMA/CD To Token Ring Translation ....................... 1-8
1.6 SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM............................................. 1-8
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION
REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS
2.1 MMAC REQUIREMENTS ........................................................ 2-1
2.2 COM 2 PORT AND TERMINAL REQUIREMENTS............... 2-2
2.3 OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS............................................. 2-5
2.3.1 Environmental Requirements ..................................... 2-5
2.3.2 Safety ............................................................................ 2-6
2.3.3 Physical ......................................................................... 2-6
CHAPTER 3 INSTALLING THE ETWMIM
3.1 UNPACKING THE ETWMIM .................................................. 3-1
3.2 SETTING THE CONFIGURATION SWITCHES .................... 3-2
3.2.1 Setting the Switch Bank (SW2) ................................... 3-3
3.2.2 Ethernet Connection Switch (SW4) ............................ 3-4
3.3 INSTALLING THE ETWMIM .................................................. 3-4
3.4 INSTALLING AN EPIM............................................................ 3-5
3.5 INSTALLING THE T1-SRM ..................................................... 3-6
3.6 CONFIGURING THE LBO SWITCH....................................... 3-8
3.7 CONNECTING TO LOCAL MANAGEMENT ......................... 3-9
3.8 FINISHING THE INSTALLATION ......................................... 3-9
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