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Chapter
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Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
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Vipersat Configuration
to its default gateway, specifying the new hop router for the Remote. This will
ensure that the edge router has a current table of routes to all of the remote sites.
Refer to the Vipersat VMS User Guide for implementation details.
In applications utilizing SOTM (Satellite On The Move) where multiple TDMs
share one router, this option should be enabled because of the potential that the
Hub TDM may change, and thus the path to the default gateway to the Remote
will change as well. It is not necessary to enable this option when each TDM
has its own router.
In a fixed environment, enabling this feature will allow an operator to use the
VMS to maintain the route tables for the Hub TDM.
Figure 3-65 VMS Routes in Route Table
Enter F at the command prompt to toggle this setting.
SOTM Mode
This menu item appears for Remote modems only.
When a Remote modem is utilized in a SOTM application, it is under the
control of the ROSS. Should the ROSS fail, control of the modem can be
regained by disabling the SOTM mode by entering F at the command prompt.
Note that this command is an override only; it is not an enable/disable toggle.
Unit Role
The Unit Role configuration determines whether the target CDM-570/570L is
to function as a Remote or as a Hub in the Vipersat satellite network. From the