Protogate Freeway 3112 Hardware Installation Manual - Using An Init Diskette

Summary of Freeway 3112

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    Freeway® 3112 hardware installation guide dc 900-2016a protogate, inc. 12225 world trade drive suite r san diego, ca 92128 usa web: www.Protogate.Com email: sales@protogate.Com voice: (858) 451-0865 fax: (877) 473-0190

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    Freeway® 3112 hardware installation guide: dc 900-2016a by protogate, inc. Published september 2011 copyright © 2011 protogate, inc. This installation guide covers the installation and configuration of the freeway® 3112. The freeway 3112 is a 1u-chassis version of the freeway. The latest version of ...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents preface ............................................................................................................................................................................ V purpose of document ..................................................................................

  • Page 4: List Of Tables

    List of tables 1. Revision history ..................................................................................................................................................... Viii 4-1. Freeway system boot parameters .............................................................................

  • Page 5: Preface

    Preface purpose of document this document describes the hardware installation procedures for protogate’s freeway 3112 communications server. It is used in conjunction with the freeway user’s guide, which describes the software installation procedure. Intended audience this document should be read by...

  • Page 6: Protogate References

    Preface freeway 3112 hardware installation guide protogate references the following general product documentation list is provided to familiarize you with the available protogate freeway and embedded icp products. Most of these documents are available on-line at protogate’s web site (http://www.Prot...

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    Freeway 3112 hardware installation guide preface freeway software installation and configuration support documents freeway message switch user guide dc-900-1588 freeway release addendum: client platforms dc-900-1555 freeway user guide dc-900-1333 freeway loopback test procedures dc-900-1533 embedded...

  • Page 8: Document Conventions

    Preface freeway 3112 hardware installation guide bsctran programmer guide dc-900-1406 ddcmp programmer guide dc-900-1343 fmp programmer guide dc-900-1339 military/government protocols programmer guide dc-900-1602 n/sp-std-1200b programmer guide dc-908-1359 nascom programmer’s guide dc-900-2010 sio s...

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    Chapter 1. Safety precautions 1.1. English -- safety precautions be sure to take the following safety precautions during installation and maintenance of the freeway communications server: • observe the warnings and directions printed on the freeway server and its associated equipment. • check the el...

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    Chapter 1. Safety precautions freeway 3112 hardware installation guide • ne pas modifier l’appareil freeway de quelque manière que ce soit. Protogate, inc. Ne pourra être tenu responsable de toute infraction aux normes d’un serveur de communication freeway ayant été modifié. Toute altération de l’en...

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    Freeway 3112 hardware installation guide chapter 1. Safety precautions • usare solo fili e prese multiple con taratura appropriata; • per assicurare un raffreddamento adeguato usare sempre il server freeway con il suo relativo coperchio. Non coprire o bloccare nessuna delle aperture del telaio di fr...

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    Chapter 2. Getting started this manual describes how to install the freeway 3112 hardware and configure the boot parameters. The following is a summary of the complete installation procedure: 1. Install the hardware as described in chapter 3 of this manual. 2. Install the software onto the boot serv...

  • Page 13: 3.1. Overview

    Chapter 3. Hardware installation 3.1. Overview this chapter describes how to set up the freeway communications server and connect it to the network. 1. Review the safety guidelines in the "safety precautions" section in chapter 1 . 2. Place your freeway in the selected location. It can be installed ...

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    Chapter 3. Hardware installation freeway 3112 hardware installation guide • software distribution media for an icp protocol, with the applicable programmer’s guide and other supporting documentation the carton may also contain other documentation. If anything is missing, contact your protogate custo...

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    Freeway 3112 hardware installation guide chapter 3. Hardware installation figure 3-2. Rear view, freeway 3112 icp connector conn main power switch fans power supply exhaust icp connector ethernet ethernet video vga primary secondary keyboard freeway console ps/2 3/13 3/12 pci bus/addresses (decimal)...

  • Page 16: Using An Init Diskette

    Chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using an init diskette this chapter describes how to use a boot parameter initialization diskette to configure the boot parameters and boot your freeway server. You can boot freeway from a boot server attached to your ip network or from freeway’s hard or fl...

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    Freeway 3112 hardware installation guide chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using an init diskette so it is only necessary to specify the parameters which you wish to change. However, it is usually best to specify them all so that all the boot parameters will always be set correctly, since a...

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    Chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using an init diskette freeway 3112 hardware installation guide boot parameter description ftp user name if booting from the boot server, freeway uses this name to log in to its ftp (or rsh) user account. The default is freeway . This is not required if you...

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    Freeway 3112 hardware installation guide chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using an init diskette boot parameter description secondary network interface if the boot device (boot server) is an ip network device, the secondary network interface parameter is unused (this is the default). If th...

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    Chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using an init diskette freeway 3112 hardware installation guide 3. Save the edited bootparm.Txt file to the boot parameter initialization floppy disk, then remove the floppy disk from the pc. 4. Insert the initialization disk in the freeway’s floppy drive. ...

  • Page 21: Using The Local Console

    Chapter 5. Configuring the boot parameters using the local console this chapter describes how to use a local console to configure the boot parameters and boot your freeway. You can boot freeway from a boot server attached to your ip network or from freeway’s hard or flash drive. 5.1. Assumptions if ...

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    Chapter 5. Configuring the boot parameters using the local console freeway 3112 hardware installation guide 1. Connect a system console to your freeway 3112. You will use this console to configure the boot parameters and perform the initial system boot. Later you can disconnect the console because y...

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    Freeway 3112 hardware installation guide chapter 5. Configuring the boot parameters using the local console 2) display boot parameters 3) edit boot parameters select: 5. Select option 3 to edit the boot parameters. The system displays the parameters one at a time. Three actions are possible as each ...

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    Chapter 5. Configuring the boot parameters using the local console freeway 3112 hardware installation guide >> if you enter no , the system returns to the freeway boot system main menu with no modifications to the boot parameters. 8. Select option 2 at the freeway boot system main menu ( figure 5-1 ...

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    Appendix a. Electrical interfaces table a-1 shows the commonly used electrical interfaces for wan connections. Each link in a 2-port or 4-port icp can be individually configured to eia-232, eia-449, eia-530, or v.35. The 8-port icp provides eia-232 only. If you select another value for an 8-port boa...

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    Appendix a. Electrical interfaces freeway 3112 hardware installation guide signal name source eia-232 eia-530 eia-449 v.35 mnemonic pin mnemonic pins (a/b) mnemonic pins (a/b) mnemonic pins transmit signal element timing dte da 24 da 24 / 11 tt 17 / 35 113 u / w test mode dce rm 25 tm 25 tm 18 142 n...

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    Appendix b. Freeway 3112 led panel the front panel of the freeway 3112 includes several leds to indicate the status of various system functions such as the power status, alarm status, and hard disk drive activity. These leds are described in this appendix. Power led this led shows whether the system...

  • Page 28: Index

    Index a acronyms icp (intelligent communications processor) (see icp) ip (internet protocol) (see ip) wan (wide area network) (see wan) audience, v b boot configuration file, 17 boot flags, 19 bootparm.Txt, 17 c configuration using init diskette, 16 configuration using local console, 21 customer sup...

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    Freeway 3112 hardware installation guide t technical support, viii v v.35, 25 vga monitor, 14 vt100 terminal, 14 w wan, 25 wide area network (see wan) protogate dc-900-2016a 29.

  • Page 30: Customer Report Form

    Customer report form customer report form this document was produced from docbook sgml source, using the docbook 4.1 dsssl stylesheets. We at protogate are constantly striving to improve our products. If you have any suggestions or problems you would like to report regarding our hardware, software, ...