Introduction; How To Use This Chapter - 3Com LINKBUILDER 3C18500 User Manual

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Introduction

This chapter explains how to use the VT100 management facility to
setup and manage your token ring.
Refer to the Preface at the start of this manual for an explanation on
access levels, screen conventions and the use of special characters.
The VT100 management facility enables you to set up important
operational parameters to configure token ring services and modules in
the MSH chassis. It also allows you to monitor the operation of the
token ring services. For instance it enables you to:
use token ring to communicate with the management module (see
page
view the operational state of a selected service (see
set the operating mode for the RingBuilder and its Ring-In and
Ring-Out ports (see
display MAC addresses on the selected ring and on the RingBuilder (see
page
display the ring topology (see
display statistics at a global ring level (see
level (see
display the type and status of the MAU modules belonging to the
selected service (see
change the setup of a port on a MAU attached to the service (see
page
override the local ring section number that a MAU or RingBuilder has
been assigned to via switches (see

How to use this Chapter

VT100 management of token rings within an MSH is via simple menu
driven screens. The remainder of this chapter explains how to use each
screen and identifies:
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