Agilent Technologies HSSI WanProbe J3916A User Manual

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Local Terminal Configuration
Using the Main Menu

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The Telemetry port only receives packets destined to the
telemetry port’s IP address, can transmit packets onto the
network, and is used for SNMP communications to the probe.
It requires the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default
Gateway IP Address fields. The following apply to Telemetry
ports:

z

HP OpenView can discover the interface

z

The interface is IP addressable

z

The interface responds to RMON-1

z

The interface will transmit all traps from the probe

z

The interface will transmit all extended RMON packets

sample from Monitor-only ports, Monitor/Transmit ports.

IP Address

Press

3

and then type the IP address for the probe. If the IP

address is

0.0.0.0

, the probe will transmit Bootp Requests

for configuration information (including IP address) over the
network. (This does not apply to ports configured as Monitor-
Only.)

Default Gateway

Press

4

and then type the default gateway IP address for the

probe

IP Address

Optional

Subnet Mask

Press

5

and then type the subnet mask for the probe.

Physical

Press

6

and choose a physical connector. The menu displays

Connector

the physical connectors that are available. You can use the
RJ-45 or AUI connector. If you select AUI, items 7 and 8
(Link Speed and Full/Half Duplex) are not available. AUI is
10MB/s half-duplex.

CAUTION

If you manually select the Link Speed, be careful to configure it correctly. If you
configure the Link Speed for 100 MB/s and you connect the probe to a
10MB/s network, the probe will generate 100% utilization for that segment.

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