Configuring an External Device (Connected to the COM Port)
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When the communication (COM ) port is configured as the IP management link,
the async terminal interface is accessible through Telnet.
When this is the case, you also need to enable Telnet session configuration
options.
Menu selection sequence:
Main Menu
Configuration
You must also have an IP address and a subnet mask assigned.
Menu selection sequence:
Main Menu
Configuration
See Table 5-12,
Telnet/FTP Session
In addition, if you want to access the configuration files (upload, download), or
download new firmware files to the T1 access unit, you must set the FTP Session
configuration option to Enable.
The T1 access unit can be managed remotely by connecting an external device
like a modem or PAD ( packet assembly/disassembly) facility to the COM port.
T1 Access
Unit
WAN Link
COM
Port
External
Modem
Using this out-of-band example, configure call processing using the following
pertinent configuration options, configured from the user interface.
Menu selection sequence:
Main Menu
Configuration
— External Device Commands
— Dial-In Access
— Port Usage
See Table 5-11,
External Device (COM Port)
User Interface
Management and Communication
Options, in Chapter 5, Setting Up .
Simple
ASCII
Interface
T1
Async or
Network
VT100
Terminal
External
Modem
PSTN
User Interface
Options, in Chapter 5, Setting Up .
April 1999
Management and Control
Telnet/FTP Session
-or-
SNMP
NMS
VT100 Emulation
and Telnet or
NMS using SNMP
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External Device (COM Port)
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