Chapter 3: configuring and managing fiberlinx, Required management configuration steps, Assigning ip information to fiberlinx – IMC Networks FiberLinX User Manual

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Chapter 3:

Configuring and Managing FiberLinX

This chapter details the steps you must complete to configure and manage

your FiberLinX.

Required Management Configuration Steps

In order for the installed FiberLinX to be managed using iView or another

network management software (NMS) application, the following steps need

to be completed:

1) Hardware installation of FiberLinX (see Chapter 2).
2) Assign IP information (i.e., IP address, subnet mask and, if desired,

default gateway) to FiberLinX using either the unit’s serial port or

HUBCTRL32. (More on this later in this chapter.)

3) Installation of iView or another SNMP network management

software package on the management PC.

4) Integration of IMC Networks’ MIB files into the SNMP management

software. (NOTE: If using iView, this will be done for you

automatically. Otherwise, refer to your NMS’s documentation and

see the section “If NOT Using iView” later in this chapter for

integration assistance.)

Assigning IP Information to FiberLinX

In order to manage FiberLinX, it is first necessary to give it an IP address so

that is accessible via SNMP. There are two ways to assign IP information to

FiberLinX:

•

using HUBCTRL32 (need Windows 98/NT)

•

via the unit’s serial port

Besides assigning an IP address and subnet mask, both methods will also

allow you to create community strings, assign access rights, send traps and

more. However, HUBCTRL32 offers more options than the serial port

method (e.g., you can select which traps to assign with HUBCTRL32).

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