H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches - Manual (Page 8)

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Configuring the OAP card
As an open software and hardware system, the Open Application Architecture (OAA) of Hangzhou H3C
Technologies Co., Ltd. (referred to as H3C herein after) provides a set of complete standard software and
hardware interfaces based on H3C devices. This enables third party vendors to develop products with
special functions. These products can be compatible with H3C devices as long as they conform to the
OAA interface standards. The functions of single network products can be expanded so users can have
more benefits.
The Open Application Platform (OAP) is developed based on the OAA. It can be an independent
network device, or a card used as an extended part of a device or integrated into a network device. This
kind of OAP is referred to as an OAP card. An OAP card runs an independent operating system. You can
load software such as security and voice in the operating system as needed. After an OAP card is
inserted into the expansion module slot of the device, it interacts with the device on data, status
information and control information through its internal service interfaces.
Table 1 S12500 OAP cards
Model Description
LST1FW2A1 Firewall card.
LST1FW3A1 Firewall card.
LST1IPS1A1 1000 Mbps IPS card.
LST1IPS2A1 1000 Mbps IPS card.
LST1NSM1A1 NetStream card.
LST1LB1A1 Load balancing card.
LST1ACG1A1 Application control gateway card.
IMPORTANT:
An OAP card cannot start up if the system working mode of the switch that holds the card is set to
advance. For more information about system working mode, see
Fundamentals Configuration Guide.
Logging in to the operating system of an OAP card
This document only covers the OAP card related operations on a switch. For the operations on an OAP
card, see the OAP card documentation.
Logging in through the console port of an OAP card
You can log in to the operating system on an OAP card directly through the console port on the OAP card.
To do so, follow these steps:
1. Connect one end of the configuration cable to the serial port of the PC (suppose a PC acts as a
terminal), and the other end to the console port of the OAP card.