Visara LINCS Configuration - Manual (Page 19)

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1. Getting Started
This manual applies to members of the Visara Communications Servers family which includes
models of the 1174 and SCON, running the LINCS communication server operating system.
For simpler reading, the terms LINCS and LINCS platform will be used throughout this
document to describe the LINCS OS and the 1174/SCON hardware.
Although LINCS has been pre-installed on the hard drive of your LINCS platform it must be
configured for your environment before you can operate it for the first time. You can reconfigure
LINCS anytime you like, from any display or workstation connected to LINCS. If you create
a new configuration, it will be effective when you IML (Initial Microcode Load) the LINCS
platform, which can be done immediately, or scheduled for a later time. The hardware manual
appropriate for your 1174 or SCON LINCS platform describes attaching a display for
configuring.
The initial configuration must be done from a directly connected device (ASCII, serial port or
coax), or over a LAN connection using a TELNET client terminal. Although you may configure
from any display port, only one operator may configure the LINCS platform at one time. If
another operator attempts to enter the configuration program an error message appears and
the attempt is prevented.
For security reasons, it is recommended that you configure a Supervisor Password initially
to disallow unauthorized access to the configuration process.
This section explains some basic concepts about LINCS and Central Control mode that will
help you in configuring a LINCS platform; how to use Central Control mode, how to identifying
the boards in your LINCS platform and presents the Product Definition Panel.
Once you have completed a working configuration, it is important to back your configuration
up for disaster recovery.
Configuring From a Coax Display
Attach a 3270 coax terminal to the LINCS platform by using RG62AU coaxial cable to any of
the first 16 ports of the 1174-65S/90S or SCON-20L/22L, or to any of the coaxial ports of the
1174-25S or SCON-25L/28L. You may also use twisted pair cable along with appropriate
baluns to connect the coax terminal and the LINCS platform.
Configuring From a Telnet Client
To configure LINCS from a Telnet client you must have a configured network interface.
Configuring the Telnet interface can be accomplished within the configuration utility itself,
or by creating a configuration for the interface within an ASCII text file (may be done to
perform the initial configuration). To do the initial configuration through Telnet, you must
first create a text file on a PC that will be loaded onto the SCON-2XL, to configure the IP
interface. The name of the text file must be ‘acc$data.sys’ in order to be loaded. The information