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Chapter

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Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)

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Vipersat Configuration

to its default gateway, specifying the new hop router for the Remote. This will

ensure that the edge router has a current table of routes to all of the remote sites.

Refer to the Vipersat VMS User Guide for implementation details.
In applications utilizing SOTM (Satellite On The Move) where multiple TDMs

share one router, this option should be enabled because of the potential that the

Hub TDM may change, and thus the path to the default gateway to the Remote

will change as well. It is not necessary to enable this option when each TDM

has its own router.
In a fixed environment, enabling this feature will allow an operator to use the

VMS to maintain the route tables for the Hub TDM.

Figure 3-65 VMS Routes in Route Table

Enter F at the command prompt to toggle this setting.

SOTM Mode

This menu item appears for Remote modems only.
When a Remote modem is utilized in a SOTM application, it is under the

control of the ROSS. Should the ROSS fail, control of the modem can be

regained by disabling the SOTM mode by entering F at the command prompt.
Note that this command is an override only; it is not an enable/disable toggle.

Unit Role

The Unit Role configuration determines whether the target CDM-570/570L is

to function as a Remote or as a Hub in the Vipersat satellite network. From the

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