Cabletron Systems 1800 Switch User Manual


 
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User Interfaces
A SmartSwitch 1800 contains four serial ports in the Voice/Data models and up to
eight in the data-only models. Each serial port supports any of the protocols that are
installed (see Table 1-1), with the exception of Voice, which is supported on two
Voice ports (and can be transported over any serial port configured for frame relay).
Each device also includes one LAN port—Ethernet or Token Ring, depending on the
model.
Operator Interfaces
After it has been installed and configured, a SmartSwitch 1800 can function with no
keyboard or video device. (Therefore, such devices are not standard equipment.)
However, configuration, file copy (backup, restore, transfer, etc.), and monitoring
operations require a keyboard and screen, in one of several forms.
The typical method of connecting to a SmartSwitch 1800 is via an ASCII (VT100-
type) terminal (configured for 9600 bps, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity), or a terminal
emulator on a PC running Procomm Plus for Windows. Each SmartSwitch 1800 is
shipped with cabling to support connection to an ASCII terminal or a PC.