Axel AX4000 User's Manual Manuel d'utilisateur

AXEL Office Server AX4000 - - - Communication Server 4 and 8 serial ports User's Manual June 2002 - Ref.: OSE/0029i-1

Appendix 94 AXEL Office Server A.10 - ADMINISTRATION COMMAND LIST The Office Server offers several administration commands. Using the rsh system c

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Introduction AXEL Office Server 5 CHAPTER 1 --- PRESENTATION

Introduction 6 AXEL Office Server This chapter provides a description of the front and the rear panels of the Office Server and introduces you to

Introduction AXEL Office Server 7 The following leds (light emitting diodes) are located on the front panel: - ON/OFF: power indicator, - LNK: good

Introduction 8 AXEL Office Server Available network services (associated with serial ports): - telnet client: dedicated to serial terminals (user-

Introduction AXEL Office Server 9 The Ch2 port is associated with the telnet client service. The serial terminal is automatically connected to whic

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 11 CHAPTER 2 --- SETTING-UP THE OFFICE SERVER IN INTERACTIVE MODE

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 12 AXEL Office Server This chapter deals with the Office Server interactive set-up. The Office Se

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 13 An administrator switch is located on the Office Server rear panel. To enab

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Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 14 AXEL Office Server 2.2 - SET-UP OVERVIEW The Office Server set-up interface provides menus and

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 15 2.2.3 - Special Notation The set-up is a sequence of menus and sub-menus. D

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 16 AXEL Office Server 2.2.5 - Exiting Set-up Mode To save the modifications and exit set-up mode,

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 17 2.3.2 - Host Table A host is any machine equipped with an Ethernet interfac

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 18 AXEL Office Server 2.4 - SETTING UP THE SERIAL PORTS The [Serial] menu allows an administrator

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 19 Parameters needed for all three types of lines (direct, dedicated and telec

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 20 AXEL Office Server Parameters needed for a modem or dedicated line: - Hang-Up Type: signal use

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 21 The new serial line settings are effective: - when the Office Server is reb

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 22 AXEL Office Server Dumb Terminal Office Server Additional Software See Chapter... Unix cli

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 23 Then, the LPD/RCMD service must be configured for the Office Server serial

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Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 24 AXEL Office Server c - Using a RSH/RCMD Printer The rsh (or rcmd) system command allows data t

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 25 Then, the telnet client service must be configured for the Office Server se

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 26 AXEL Office Server Note: the two tty services need a UNIX tty server from AXEL. This software

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 27 Note: to use the axttyd Unix daemon, set the service as follow: - ID string

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 28 AXEL Office Server b) Setting the Office Server To set the selected Office Server serial line,

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 29 To establish a connection, the TCP/IP terminal must open a telnet session i

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode 30 AXEL Office Server Answer 'y' to set-up a backup host. The following parameters are

Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode AXEL Office Server 31 2.7.3 - Changing the Office Server IP Address The Office Server IP address

Tools and Statistics AXEL Office Server 33 CHAPTER 3 --- TOOLS AND STATISTICS

3 - TOOLS AND STATISTICS...33 3.1 - PING...

Tools and Statistics 34 AXEL Office Server This chapter describes the embedded Office Server tools (ping, serial line resetting, statistics, etc.)

Tools and Statistics AXEL Office Server 35 - ax_reboot : command for AX4000 reboot, - password : specify the set-up password if set. 3.3 - RESET

Tools and Statistics 36 AXEL Office Server This set-up screen displays the following information: - No: connection number - Chan: serial port numb

Tools and Statistics AXEL Office Server 37 3.5.1 - Network Statistics To show network statistics, select [Tools]→[Network Statistics] then select

Tools and Statistics 38 AXEL Office Server b - ARP Statistics An ARP or RARP request is a request to determine the Ethernet number of a host, whos

Tools and Statistics AXEL Office Server 39 d - ICMP Statistics The first part of these statistics displays errors relating to ICMP messages: - chk

Tools and Statistics 40 AXEL Office Server This option provides statistics relating to each Office Server serial line: - rxintr: number of interru

Using a Script to Set-Up the Office Server AXEL Office Server 41 CHAPTER 4 --- USING A SCRIPT TO SET-UP THE OFFICE SERVER

Using a Script to Set-Up the Office Server 42 AXEL Office Server The Office Server can also be set up with a script. This allows Office Server set

Using a Script to Set-Up the Office Server AXEL Office Server 43 To access set-up from a telnet session, the IP address of the Office Server must

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Using a Script to Set-Up the Office Server 44 AXEL Office Server The message 'Reboot in progress...' is then displayed on the operator c

Using a Script to Set-Up the Office Server AXEL Office Server 45 4.4.1 - Fatal Errors Fatal errors stop the rsh command. The following fatal erro

Using a Script to Set-Up the Office Server 46 AXEL Office Server ERR 105: invalid rcmd command. Command: any command Cause: the remote command is

Using a Script to Set-Up the Office Server AXEL Office Server 47 ERR 201: xxx: unknown parameter name. Command: setup_send Cause: this set-up

Using a Script to Set-Up the Office Server 48 AXEL Office Server ERR 205: xxx: invalid parameter value. Ignored Command: setup_send Cause: the

Using a Script to Set-Up the Office Server AXEL Office Server 49 ERR 214: Duplicated host. Duplicate host(s) reset. Command: setup_send Cause:

Downloading Firmware AXEL Office Server 51 CHAPTER 5 --- DOWNLOADING FIRMWARE

Downloading Firmware 52 AXEL Office Server This feature may be used to upgrade the Office Server firmware over a network. Firmware can be download

Downloading Firmware AXEL Office Server 53 Under Unix, these 2 protocols are included, but the default configuration does not launch the tftp and b

Downloading Firmware 54 AXEL Office Server The Office Server hardware version is included in the general Office Server firmware revision (ex.: FK2

Downloading Firmware AXEL Office Server 55 Possible errors (displayed on the operator’s console): - ERR 105: invalid rcmd command: incorrect comman

Downloading Firmware 56 AXEL Office Server The bootp protocol is used to get the IP address of the tftp host and the firmware filename. This infor

Downloading Firmware AXEL Office Server 57 b) The Office Server accesses the tftp host via a router net:hn:df=/etc/btdump:ht=ethernet:sa=192.1.1.24

Downloading Firmware 58 AXEL Office Server 5.4 - DOWNLOAD PROCESSING The download operation comprises 4 stages, which are signalled by the 8 leds

Appendix AXEL Office Server 59 APPENDIX

Appendix 60 AXEL Office Server The following appendices give information about: - network overview (Ethernet addresses, IP addresses and routers)

Appendix AXEL Office Server 61 A.1.2 - IP Address Every device connected to an Ethernet network must have a single 32-bit address, which encodes ne

Appendix 62 AXEL Office Server To declare a router, use the 'Add Route' option and enter the following three parameters: - Gateway Addre

Appendix AXEL Office Server 63 Example 1: router 1 is used to reach the 192.168.2.xxx network and router 2 is used to reach the 192.1.1.xxx network

Introduction AXEL Office Server 1 INTRODUCTION

Appendix 64 AXEL Office Server Example 2: router 1 is used to reach both networks (192.168.2.xxx and 192.1.1.xxx): Office ServerRouter 1192.168.1.

Appendix AXEL Office Server 65 A.2.1 - UNIX Use the UNIX System Management Tool to add a remote printer. At least, two parameters are required: - t

Appendix 66 AXEL Office Server Printers can be added using either of two methods: - Standard Processing: AIX sends a raw file to the Office Serv

Appendix AXEL Office Server 67 Within the next dialog box, select 'Create a new port' and select 'LPR Port'. Click on 'Nex

Appendix 68 AXEL Office Server A.3 – UNIX/LINUX AXEL TTY SERVER A.3.1 - Introduction The AXEL tty server is a Unix/Linux daemon (axttyd). The axtt

Appendix AXEL Office Server 69 The following drawing shows the UNIX mechanisms: SocketTCP StackAXELtty serverOffice ServerUNIXttypz ptypz (slave)

Appendix 70 AXEL Office Server A.3.3 - Using an AXEL tty server a – Overview The AXEL tty server uses a configuration file, which lists all author

Appendix AXEL Office Server 71 -f: configuration file (default: /etc/axfile). -l: log file (default: /tmp/axttylog). -n: TCP port (default: 2048) f

Appendix 72 AXEL Office Server A.4 - VIRTUAL COMS ON WINDOWS The virtual COM feature allows the Windows operating system to control the Axel Offic

Appendix AXEL Office Server 73 Once the driver is installed, a specific icon is displayed on the task bar (near the clock). This icon is used to se

Introduction 2 AXEL Office Server This manual provides the information needed to operate and maintain the Office Server. The manual is organised

Appendix 74 AXEL Office Server Note: please reboot the computer after any modification to this COM list. b - Setting-Up a Virtual COM To enter the

Appendix AXEL Office Server 75 c - Testing a COM Click on the 'Configuration Wizard' button (on the previous dialog box) to test a virtua

Appendix 76 AXEL Office Server A.4.4 - Using a Virtual COM Under Windows 95 and 98, virtual COMs are seen as standard Windows resources. In this c

Appendix AXEL Office Server 77 1 - If no carrier is detected (CD signal is down), the HAYES reset and init sequences are sent to the modem in the f

Appendix 78 AXEL Office Server A.5.3 - Modem Flow Chart The diagram shows how an Office Server serial port handles a modem: Powered UpModem readyy

Appendix AXEL Office Server 79 A.5.4 - Setting-Up the Modem The HAYES reset and init sequences are used to set-up the modem. Reset sequence: load f

Appendix 80 AXEL Office Server The following operations are performed to get a valid IP address: - 3 RARP requests are broadcast. If a RARP server

Appendix AXEL Office Server 81 The following diagram illustrates RARP and BOOTP processing: Powered Up IP Address0.0.0.0yesThird RARP Sending a RAR

Appendix 82 AXEL Office Server A.6.2 – If the Office Server IP Address is Unknown If the Office Server IP address is unknown, it is impossible to

Appendix AXEL Office Server 83 For example: BEGIN_AX4010_SETUP V1.1 # this is a comment tcp_host1_name=vangogh ... END_AX4010_SETUP Note: lines beg

Introduction AXEL Office Server 3 Appendices: The following appendices give more detailed information: A.1 - Network overview (Ethernet address, IP

Appendix 84 AXEL Office Server A configuration file can either be created using a text editor, or obtained from an already configured Office Serve

Appendix AXEL Office Server 85 TCP/IP Parameters tcp_host1_name=vangogh (character string, 15 char max.) tcp_host1_ip=192.168.1.252 (IP address

Appendix 86 AXEL Office Server #tcp_router7_target= (IP address format | default) #tcp_router7_type= (net | host) #tcp_router8_ip= (IP address

Appendix AXEL Office Server 87 ch%_backup_prioritary= (yes | no) ch%_line_type=direct (direct | telecom | dedicated) ch%_speed=38400 (300 | 600

Appendix 88 AXEL Office Server Available services ch%_service_mode server client ch%_service_type tty telnet lpdrcmd tty telnet ch%service qname

Appendix AXEL Office Server 89 A.8 - KEEPALIVE FUNCTION The keepalive is a mechanism that allows a TCP/IP device to regularly check its TCP/IP conn

Appendix 90 AXEL Office Server To check a connection, the Office Server performs the following operations: - if the connection is idle during a ce

Appendix AXEL Office Server 91 flow on the phone line. But the Office Server never detects a network incident on the remote site. A.9 - OFFICE SERV

Appendix 92 AXEL Office Server A.9.1 - Standard Processing The standard behaviour of these 8 leds is to record serial port activity (see above). B

Appendix AXEL Office Server 93 c) Tftp protocol errors : No response to the tftp broadcast request (the tftp host