Preface, About this manual, How this manual is organized – CANOGA PERKINS 9145E NID Software Version 4.10 User Manual
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9145E NID Software User’s Manual
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Preface
About this Manual
This manual provides instructions on the configuration and operation of the 9145E Network
Interface Device (NID) Version 4.1 software. The 9145E NID can be managed through the VT-
100 terminal using the RS-232 serial port, through an Ethernet connection using a Telnet terminal
emulation program, or by using SNMP.
How this Manual is Organized
This document contains both information and procedures organized in roughly chronological
order. Starting from an introduction to the 9145E software, it continues with system requirements,
initial implementation, and continued operation.
The document contains the following chapters:
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Chapter 1, Introduction to the 9145E Software
provides basic information about the soft-
ware and navigation.
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Chapter 2, Getting Started
describes how to set up and get started using the 9145E.
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Chapter 3, System Configuration
describes how to configure the 9145E management
features.
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Chapter 4, Diagnostics
describes how to configure and perform routine network diagnos-
tics.
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Chapter 5, Port Information
describes the User port, Network port, Multipurpose port, and
the Management UTP port.
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Chapter 6, System Alarm & Logs
describes how to configure System Alarms and System
Logs.
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Chapter 7, Utilities
describes system utilities.
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Chapter 8, Software Upgrade
describes how to upgrade the NID software.
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Chapter 9, Link OAM
describes the Operations, Administration, and Maintenance func-
tions, such as remote fault indication and remote loopback control, as specified by the
IEEE 802.3ah standard.
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Chapter 10, CoS Configuration
describes how to enable or disable Class of Service sup-
port, which includes classification, queuing, scheduling and queue management func-
tions for the 9145E.
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Chapter 11, Service OAM
describes how to detect, isolate, and report connectivity faults
that span networks comprised of multiple LANs, and monitor the performance of connec-
tions.
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Chapter 12, Configuring EVC
describes Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) functionality
and the entities required for its configuration.