GE D20MX Instruction Manual page 4

INSTALLING THE
D20MX
CONNECTING TO
DEVICES AND
NETWORKS
POWERING-UP AND
TESTING
CONFIGURING THE
SOFTWARE
4
D20 chassis layouts .....................................................................................................33
Installation steps ..........................................................................................................35
Retrofitting the D20MX in an existing D20 ..............................................................37
Required tools and materials.....................................................................................39
Grounding the D20MX .................................................................................................39
Unpacking the D20MX .................................................................................................39
Package contents ..........................................................................................................................................40
Connecting the power supply ....................................................................................40
Cabling overview ..........................................................................................................41
D20MX front panel connectors ...............................................................................................................41
General cabling requirements .................................................................................................................43
Serial ...............................................................................................................................43
D.20 Link.........................................................................................................................43
Peripherals ........................................................................................................................................................44
Repeaters...........................................................................................................................................................44
Twisted-pair Ethernet (for 526-3001 only) ...............................................................45
Fiber optic Ethernet (for 526-3003 and 526-3005LF only).....................................46
LAN redundancy ...........................................................................................................47
IP addresses ..................................................................................................................47
RS-232.............................................................................................................................50
D20 system redundancy .............................................................................................50
Failover sequence..........................................................................................................................................52
Required components .................................................................................................................................52
RS-232 switch panel operation ...............................................................................................................53
Redundancy wiring diagrams..................................................................................................................53
Required for testing .....................................................................................................55
Accessing WESMAINT II+ using a terminal.........................................................................................56
Terminal Emulation.......................................................................................................................................56
SHELL...................................................................................................................................................................56
Power up and test steps..............................................................................................56
Set up a PC to act as a WESMAINTII+ terminal .......................................................57
Power up the D20MX....................................................................................................57
Automatic on-line start-up test.................................................................................57
Code and configuration files ....................................................................................................................58
Further testing.................................................................................................................................................58
Test for redundancy.....................................................................................................58
Check that fail-over is functioning correctly...........................................................59
Check that switch-over is functioning correctly ....................................................59
Verify either hardware or software switch-over ....................................................60
Introduction to the D20MX software ........................................................................61
Customer service shell access ...................................................................................62
D20MX user accounts ..................................................................................................62
Remote and local user accounts............................................................................................................62
Factory default user account ..................................................................................................................63
System default user account ...................................................................................................................63
Download image files to the D20MX .........................................................................63
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D20MX INSTRUCTION MANUAL