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Quick Start
The installation documentation that is shipped with each unit describes the procedure
for connecting to the FRM from a local or remote keyboard and video device. Once
this has been done, the FRM must be customized for the devices to which it will
connect, the traffic it will receive and transmit, and various operating parameters that
can be set to your specific needs.
The basic steps you should take to get the FRM up and running are:
1. Read the remainder of this chapter, as it explains the user interface on an FRM.
This information will help you understand the menu operations that are necessary
to configure the FRM for your application.
2. Review the default database parameter settings, listed in tables throughout
Section II. (A list of tables can be found in the
eters can be left at the default settings, but some must be reconfigured to match
your specific needs.
3. Fill in
Table 2-1
(on page 2-3), to identify the physical interface, protocol, and
connected device on each physical port. You will need more information when
configuring database records, but these tables can be used as convenient refer-
ences.
4. Log into the menu operations, if not already done. This is described in the FRM
Installation & Setup Guide, as well as on page 2-4.
5. Set the correct
date and
and some displays include the current date and time as set in the FRM. They
should be accurate, for proper network monitoring and management.
6. Change the
login
can change this to any password of up to 14 characters, as described on page 2-9.
7. Configure the necessary database records:
(Chapter 16) if SNMP management will be performed,
(Chapter 5), network ports
LAN interfaces and legacy access ports (miscellaneous chapters in Section II).
time, as described on page 2-9. Event messages, reports,
password, if desired. The default password is
(frame relay
– Chapter 7) or
Chapter 2
Getting Started
Table of
Contents.) Many param-
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(Chapter 4),
SNMP
RLPs
and
X.25
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. You
parameters
protocols
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