Nortel NAC User manual

Network Administration Center
User Guide Supplement
Publication number: P0886656
Product release: 2.5
Document release: Standard 1.0
Date: November 1998
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Publication histor
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November 1998 Standard 1.0 of this guide is released to the public.

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Contents
Preface About this guide ix
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Inside this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1What’s new in NAC 2.5 1
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
New features in NAC 2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Additional software codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Time and year modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Changes to link status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Restrictions for list names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Required documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2Preparing the system 15
Describing the system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the MVME332XTS or MVME332XT card . . . . . . . . . 21
3Configuring the modems 23
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section A: US Robotics modems 27
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote supervisor login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Network link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Section B: Racal VI2422PA modem 35
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Network link and Racal VI2422PA modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
4Using the Meridian Terminal Emulator 39
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Connecting through a serial port or modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Connecting through a LAN connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Configuring MTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
5Saving to a file 53
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Assigning a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Printing to a file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Formatting headings in a data stream report . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Downloading the report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
6Handling local printing 65
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Restrictions for using local printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Printing to a LAN printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Before you configurea local printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Directing reports to a local printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Overriding the system printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Adding a local printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Changing a local printer type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Changing a local printer name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Deleting a local printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

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7Using Multiple Queue Assignment 79
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Interpreting the Network Position Status Counts Display. . . .81
8Configuring 10+ nodes 85
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Configuring the nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
9Remote supervisor login 99
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Configuring the hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Configuring the Meridian MAX port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Configuring the NAC port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Entering the phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Accessing the remote site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
10 Handling error messages 115
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Index 119

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Preface
About this guide
In this preface
Overview x
Inside this guide xi

xAbout this guide
Overview
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Overview
Introduction The Network Administration Center User Guide Supplement
describes the features in Network Administration Center
(NAC) 2.5.
Who should read
this guide This guide is for administrators, technicians, supervisors, and
others who are responsible for NAC 2.5.
Assumptions This guide assumes that you are familar with NAC 2 and
Meridian MAX.
This guide also assumes that the NAC 2.5 is correctly installed
and operational.
How to use this
guide NAC 2.5 is an upissue of NAC 2. You need to use this
supplement guide to understand the differences between NAC 2
and NAC 2.5.
For detailed instructions on how to install and operate the NAC
system, you must refer to the existing NAC 2 documentation. A
list of the existing documentation is provided in “Required
documentation” on page 13.

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Inside this guide
Standard 1.0 Network Administration Center November 1998
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Inside this guide
The Network Administration Center User Guide Supplement is
structured as follows:
Chapter 1, “What’s new in NAC 2.5,” describes the new
features in NAC 2.5. It also provides the modifications to the
software installation and upgrade code. Finally, this chapter lists
the documentation manuals you should use with NAC 2.5.
Chapter 2, “Preparing the system,” describes the hardware
and software requirements of NAC 2.5. It also describes the
MVME332XTS eight-channel asynchronous board, which is a
new feature in NAC 2.5.
Chapter 3,“Configuring the modems,” describes the modems
you can use with NAC 2.5.
Chapter 4, “Using the Meridian Terminal Emulator,”
describes how to use Meridian Terminal Emulator (MTE) 9 to
access NAC 2.5.
Chapter 5, “Saving to a file,” describes how to save reports
into files. Third-party software, such as database and
spreadsheet applications, can use these files.
Chapter 6, “Handling local printing,” describes how to print
a report to a printer attached to your PC.
Chapter 7, “Using Multiple Queue Assignment,” describes
how to interpret the Network Position Status Counts Display
screen if you usethe Multiple Queue Assignment (MQA)
feature.
Chapter 8, “Configuring 10+ nodes,” describes how to
configure NAC 2.5 to monitor up to 20 Meridian MAX nodes.