| Title: | DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE |
| Notice: | Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7 |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::COLELLA DT |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 4455 |
| Total number of notes: | 16761 |
I'd like to put in a request that port 3 on the DECswitch 900EF and
PEswitch 900TX have the ability to be re-directed to the backplane via
the serial console management. I've got some situations where this is
the only way to run HUBwatch, but in order to run HUBwatch to the hub,
I need an Ethernet connection from the front panel to the hub lan but I
can't do this until I get HUBwatch connected...
Or am I doing something wrong when I only have switches in my DEChub?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2471.1 | NETCAD::DOODY | Michael Doody | Wed Jul 05 1995 21:11 | 5 | |
If you designate the switch as the IPS, then you don't need any
backplane connections. The MAM IP services go through the management
channel which is directly connected to the module, there is no "hub lan".
-Mike
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| 2471.2 | You neeed a flip cable... | MSDOA::REED | John Reed @CBO = Network Services | Thu Jul 06 1995 13:29 | 10 |
I always carry a BN25F 10BaseT Flip cable (or two) with me to a new
DEChub installation. Using it, you can directly connect your laptop
to the DECswitch, and set up the hub as you like it.
But my poor laptop has only 8 meg of memory, and a XIRCOM PCMCIA card,
and a monochrome monitor. So I cannot see the LAN INTERCONNECT etches,
and sometimes complex module configs time out my PC. But it works for
setting stuff up.
JR
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| 2471.3 | NETCAD::ANIL | Thu Jul 06 1995 14:14 | 12 | ||
Note that you would not need to do this on a PEswitch, which is
cross-wired internally on its ports, like a repeater. Always check
to see whether there is an "X" marked next to a 10BaseT port, to
determine its polarity. You will find that the PEswitch has "X" marked
on all of its 10BaseT ports.
Also, there is a convenient gizmo which you can plug into a 10BaseT
connector to reverse whatever its polarity is - this is even better
than carrying around both types of wires. We don't sell it but Jim
Kroening should be be able to point you to the vendor who does.
Anil
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