Xscf-Lan And Serial Connection Purposes - Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise M4000 User Manual

XSCF Connection via a Serial Port
Establish an XSCF connection via a serial port. Connect the serial port as shown in
FIGURE 3-1
advantages:
XSCF Shell
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Advantageous when connection to the LAN is not desirable for reasons of
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security
Displaying the initial diagnostic message at the XSCF connection
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XSCF Connection via XSCF-LAN and Serial Ports
Establish the XSCF connection via XSCF-LAN and serial ports. This type of
connection is also shown in
following advantage in addition to those for the connection via the XSCF-LAN port.
A user who connected with the serial port can safely use the XSCF Shell.
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3.2.2

XSCF-LAN and Serial Connection Purposes

The XSCF Unit has one serial port and two XSCF-LAN ports with 10/100 Mbps
interfaces. This section describes examples of using the XSCF-LAN ports and the
serial port.
Caution – IMPORTANT - The IP address of XSCF-LAN#0 and IP address of XSCF-
LAN#1 must be specified in different subnet addresses.
Using Two LAN Ports and Making the LAN Redundant
FIGURE 3-6
one XSCF Unit are used for the same purpose. This configuration makes the XSCF-
LAN redundant. The purpose is as follows:
The two LANs, which are redundantly configured, are used for the system
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administrator
The two LANs, which are redundantly configured, are used for the remote
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maintenance service.
FE uses either of the two LANs or a maintenance terminal that is serially and
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directly connected.
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. An XSCF connection via the serial port has the following functions and
FIGURE 3-1
shows an example of a configuration where the two XSCF-LAN ports of
. The XSCF connection via both ports has the