Chapter 2-Installing A Node - Cabletron Systems Netlink FRX8000 Installation And Setup Manual

Before an FRX8000 is shipped to the customer, all necessary cards and software
are usually installed. Steps to be taken at the customer site(s) are summarized
below and described in detail under "Installation Procedures" later.
The installation procedures are different for different types of FRX8000 device.
Overviews of the steps that must be done at the customer site are listed below.
1. Set up the hardware: unpack and set up the device(s), noting the pre-instal-
lation requirements listed in
from the new node to other nodes in the network.
2. Create or load database records. The procedures depend on the FRX8000
types:
Enterprise Switch - Using the node's local configuration utility, create a
database record for a trunk to another node. Then download the remaining
records for the node from the network database.
ICP or INM - Configure a trunk for the ICP/INM (if necessary) and copy
the network database from an operational INM to the new ICP/INM. There
are two ways to do this:
a. Start the new ICP/INM, configure a trunk, and download the database
from the operational INM.
b. Make a copy of the database (which must include records for the new
trunk) at the operational INM, then install the copy into the new ICP/
INM.
3. If an Ethernet LAN card is installed in an ICP or INM, configure the TCP/IP
Runtime System (which will already be installed). If a Token Ring card is
installed in an FRX8000, you may want to change the configured ring speed.
This is done with a setup utility.
Installing a Node
Chapter 1. Connect all cables except trunk cables
Chapter 2