3Com Dual DSX-1 User manual

Dual DSX-1
Network Interface Card
Getting Started Guide
Part No. 1.024.1162-01

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Dual DSX-1
Network Interface Card
Getting Started Guide
Part No. 1.024.1162-01

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CONTENTS
1OVERVIEW
Contacting 3Com......................................................... 1-1
Document Conventions................................................ 1-2
Product Description ...................................................... 1-3
Product Compatibility ................................................... 1-3
2INSTALLATION
Installation Tools........................................................... 2-1
Installation Procedure ................................................... 2-1
3NETWORK INTERFACE CARD CABLING
Physical Interfaces......................................................... 3-1
Accessing the User Interface......................................... 3-2
Configuring Software................................................... 3-2
Configuring the User Interface Port ......................... 3-2
Channelized T1-386 NAC...................................3-3
T1/PRI NAC ........................................................ 3-5
Configuring Total Control Manager Software........... 3-6
Configuring MIB Manager Software........................ 3-6
ATECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Certification .................................................................A-1
Regulatory Compliance Statements .........................A-1
United States .....................................................A-1
FCC Part 15 Compliance Statement....................A-1

Interface Specifications.................................................A-1
Dual T1/PRI..............................................................A-2
Operating Environment......................................A-2
Channelized T1-386................................................A-3
Operating Environment......................................A-3

1OVERVIEW
This chapter provides an overview of:
■Contacting 3Com
■Document conventions
■Product description
■Product compatibility
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1-2 CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW
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Document
Conventions These tables list conventions used throughout this guide.
Icon Notice Type Description
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instructions.
Caution Information to alert you to potential damage to a
program, system, or device.
Warning Information to alert you to potential personal injury
or fatality. May also alert you to potential electrical
hazard.
ESD Information to alert you to take proper grounding
precautions before handling a product.
Convention Description
Text represented as a
screen display This typeface represents displays that appear on your
terminal screen, for example:
Netlogin:
Text represented as
commands This typeface represents commands that you enter for
example:
setenv TCMHOME directory
This guide always gives the full form of a command in
uppercase and lowercase letters. However, you can
abbreviate commands by entering only the uppercase letters
and the appropriate value. Commands are not case-sensitive.
Text represented as
menu or sub-menu
names.
This typeface represents all menu and sub-menu names
within procedures, for example:
On the File menu, click New.

Product Description 1-3
Product
Description The Dual DSX-1 Network Interface Card (NIC), also known as the Short
Haul NIC, eliminates the need for a channel service unit (CSU).
Eliminating the transceiver from the connection reduces the power level
on the cable, which provides a more reliable signal over shorter cable
lengths. This NIC supports cable lengths from 0–655 feet.
Product
Compatibility The Dual DSX-1 NIC is compatible with the following Network
Application Cards:
■Dual Channelized T1 (386)
■Dual T1/PRI

2INSTALLATION
This chapter contains Dual DSX-1 Network Interface Card (NIC)
installation information.
Installation Tools To install this NIC in the Total Control chassis, you need a #2 Phillips and
flat-head screwdriver.
Installation
Procedure To install this NIC:
ESD: To reduce the risk of electrostatic discharge (ESD), take proper
grounding precautions before handling the NIC.
Install the NIC with or without power applied to the chassis.
1Configure the NIC via the jumpers.
For proper operation, confirm that the 10-position jumper is at NORMAL.

2-2 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION
2Select a slot at the rear of the Total Control chassis for installing the NIC.
Install this NIC in slot(s): 1–17
For managed chassis, slot 17 is reserved for the Network Management
Card (NMC) NIC.
3Use a #2 Phillips screwdriver to remove the safety panel covering this slot.