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Protogate Freeway 3600 Hardware Installation Manual
Summary of Freeway 3600
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Freeway® 3600 hardware installation guide dc 900-2005c 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® 3600 hardware installation guide: dc 900-2005c by protogate, inc. Published july 2003 copyright © 2002, 2003 by protogate, inc. This installation guide covers the installation and configuration of the freeway® 3600. The freeway 3600 is a 6u-chassis version of the freeway. The latest version...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of contents preface............................................................................................................................................................................5 purpose of document ....................................................................................
Page 4: List Of Tables
List of tables 1. Revision history .........................................................................................................................................................8 4-1. Freeway system boot parameters .............................................................................
Page 5: Preface
Preface purpose of document this document describes the hardware installation procedures for protogate’s freeway 3600 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 appendix b describes the leds on the freeway 3600 front panel. 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...
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Preface icp2432 hardware installation guide dc-900-1502 icp2432b hardware installation guide dc-900-2009 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-900-13...
Page 8: Document Conventions
Preface freeway os/protogate programmer’s guide dc-900-2008 protocol software toolkit programmer guide dc-900-1338 protocol software toolkit programmer’s guide (icp2432b) dc-900-2007 protocol support documents adccp nrm programmer guide dc-900-1317 asynchronous wire service (aws) programmer guide dc...
Page 9: Customer Support
Preface revision release date description dc 900-2005prelim-a january 2002 initial release (preliminary) dc 900-2005b may 2003 minor formatting changes dc 900-2005c july 2003 updated chapter 4 customer support if you are having trouble with any protogate product, call us at 1-858-451-0865 (u.S.) mon...
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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 • n’utiliser des rallonges, fils électriques ou parasurtenseurs qu’aux normes appropriées. • afin de refroidir correctement le serveur freeway, utiliser seulement celui-ci avec la housse en place. Ne pas couvrir ou bloquer les ouvertures du châssis freeway. Ne pas place...
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Chapter 1. Safety precautions • entfernen sie immer das freeway stromkabel von der stromquelle, bevor sie die oberen oder unteren deckel zur wartung abnehmen. 1.4. Italiano -- norme di sicurezza durante l’installazione e la manutenzione del server per le comunicazioni freeway seguire le seguenti nor...
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Chapter 2. Getting started this manual describes how to install the freeway 3600 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...
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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 i...
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Chapter 3. Hardware installation • freeway server software distribution media if an icp board is installed in your freeway 3600, the shipping carton should also include: • appropriate cables to connect the icp to the data communications equipment • two- and three-headed loopback cables, one per free...
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Chapter 3. Hardware installation figure 3-1. Front view, freeway 3600 (full-width door not shown) 6. Familiarize yourself with the freeway’s back panel. Figure 3-2 shows the back panel of the freeway 3600. That figure shows a freeway 3600 with several four-port or eight-port icp2432 boards installed...
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Chapter 3. Hardware installation figure 3-2. Rear view, freeway 3600 (redundant power supply configuration) 7. Make sure that the freeway 3600 is powered off, then make the lan connections. The freeway’s cpu board has an rj-45 connector for twisted-pair cable complying with the 10/100baset specifica...
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Chapter 3. Hardware installation power off freeway completelywe recommend that you power off the freeway server and modem during cable installation and removal. This will prevent damage to an icp due to electrical discharge as contact is made or broken. Figure 3-2 shows an example freeway 3600 hardw...
Page 19: 4.1. Assumptions
Chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using the initialization 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...
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Chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using the initialization diskette 4.2. Configuration procedure the procedure for configuring the freeway system boot parameters is the same for unix, vms, and windows nt systems. Freeway obtains the boot parameters from local non-volatile memory during syst...
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Chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using the initialization diskette configuration_file_name : bootcfg.Pci secondary_net_interface : gateway_inet_address : table 4-1. Freeway system boot parameters boot parameter description boot device to boot over ethernet from the boot server using the pr...
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Chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using the initialization diskette boot parameter description boot server name enter the name assigned by the system administrator for the boot server. Optionally, you can clear this field and the software will assign the default name "bootserver." if you ar...
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Chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using the initialization diskette 2. Use the blank form in figure 4-2 to write down your boot parameter configurations for future reference. Figure 4-2. Configured freeway system boot parameters (init disk) freeway system boot parameters -------------------...
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Chapter 4. Configuring the boot parameters using the initialization diskette 5. After the freeway boots successfully, store the boot initialization diskette. It can be used to re-set exactly the same boot parameters again, either on the same freeway or any other freeway system. Note: after the initi...
Page 25: 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 5.2. Configuration procedure the procedure for configuring the freeway system boot parameters is the same for unix, vms, and windows nt systems. Freeway obtains the boot parameters from local non-volatile memory during system boot. T...
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Chapter 5. Configuring the boot parameters using the local console 4. When prompted on the console screen, press within 7 seconds to prevent the autoboot attempt. The freeway boot system main menu shown in figure 5-1 appears. Note: the freeway boot system main menu is only accessible using the local...
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Chapter 5. Configuring the boot parameters using the local console ftp password : password flags : 0 freeway server name : freeway1 freeway inet address : 207.67.135.224 freeway subnet mask : ffffff00 boot server name : bootmaster boot server inet address : 207.67.135.198 system boot directory : /us...
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Chapter 5. Configuring the boot parameters using the local console 10. Use the blank form in figure 5-3 to write down your boot parameter configurations for future reference. Figure 5-3. Configured freeway system boot parameters (local console) freeway system boot parameters ------------------------...
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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 signal name source eia-232 eia-530 eia-449 v.35 mnemonic pin mnemonic pins (a/b) mnemonic pins (a/b) mnemonic pins receive signal element timing dce dd 17 dd 17 / 9 rt 8 / 26 115 v / x local loopback dte ll 18 ll 18 ll 10 141 l remote loopback dte rl 21 rl 21 rl 14 ...
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Appendix b. Freeway 3600 led panel the front panel of the freeway 3600, shown in figure b-1, includes several leds to indicate the status of various system functions such as the power status and hard disk drive activity. These leds are described in this appendix. Figure b-1. Freeway 3600 front panel...
Page 33: Index
Index a acronyms icp (intelligent communications processor) (see icp) ip (internet protocol) (see ip) wan (wide area network) (see wan) audience, 5 b boot configuration file, 21 boot flags, 22 bootparm.Txt, 20 c configuration using initialization diskette, 19 configuration using local console, 25 cu...
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R reference documents, 6 s safety precautions, 10 serial terminal, 15, 26 support, product, 9 system boot file, 21 t technical support, 9 v v.35, 30 vga monitor, 15 vt100 terminal, 15 w wan, 30 wide area network (see wan).
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Customer report form customer report form this document was produced from docbook sgml source, using the docbook 3.1 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, ...