Cabletron Systems 1800 Switch User Manual


 
19-2 SmartSwitch 1800 4.0 User Guide, Rev 01
Remote Control from the SmartSwitch 1800
1. Press
[A]
at the On-Line Node Operations Menu
(or
[B], [A], [A]
from the
Main
Menu) of the controlling node. When prompted, enter a
Remote Control ID
and
Remote Control Password
, configured in Node Defaults (
[A], [A]
from the Main
Menu) on the node you want to control.
2. When prompted to press any key to continue, press
[Enter]
.
3. The remote ID (
Node Name
) is displayed as
wait
during Call Request processing.
If a Call Accept is not received in the time specified by the X.25 parameter
T21
Incoming Call Timer
, the remote ID is displayed as the
Node Name
configured in
Node Defaults
on the local node. Once the connection is successful, the displayed
remote ID becomes the
Remote Control ID
specified for the controlled node.
4. When asked:
Are you a PAD user?
, type
n [Enter]
.
5. When prompted, enter the password of the controlled node. The display at the
controlled node will say:
Under remote control. Keyboard blocked by id = "n."
The
Main Menu at the controlling node will act as the Main Menu of the controlled
node, and the displayed remote ID is the ID of the controlled node.
Rebooting the Remote Node
Before rebooting, notify all users of this node, since all connec-
tions on all ports will be cleared.
To reboot a node under remote control, follow this procedure at the controlling node:
1. Press
[F10]
.
2. When asked:
Remote reboot the node?
, press
[Y]
.
3. Press
[F9]
to return to local control.
Exiting Remote Control
Press
[F9]
to stop remote control. When asked:
Stop remote control?
, press
[Y]
. Both
nodes will now be under local control. The local SmartSwitch 1800, and the remote
device (if it has a local video device), will be logged out to the Port Status Display.
From there, the operator must log in to perform menu operations.
If either the controlling or the controlled node detects that the remote control link
failed during a remote session, remote control will be terminated and each terminal's
local main menu will be displayed.