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NPort 5400 Series User’s Manual Configuring NPort Administrator
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4. The “Lock” status will change to “Unlock,” and the Administrator utility will keep this NPort
5400 in the Unlock status throughout this Administrator session.
The meanings of the six “Status” states are given below (note that the term Fixed is borrowed
from the standard fixed IP address networking terminology):
Lock
The NPort 5400 is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the
password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session.
Unlock
The NPort 5400 is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the
password has been entered from within the current Administrator session. Henceforth during
this Administrator session, activating various utilities for this NPort 5400 will not require
re-entering the server password.
Blank
The NPort 5400 is not password protected, and “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it.
Fixed
The NPort 5400 is not password protected, and “Search by IP address” was used to locate it.
Lock Fixed
The NPort 5400 is password protected, “Specify by IP address” was used to locate it, and the
password has not yet been entered from within the current Administrator session.
Unlock Fixed
The NPort 5400 is password protected, “Specify by IP address” was used to locate it, and the
password has been entered from within the current Administrator session. Henceforth during
this Administrator session, activating various utilities for this NPort 5400 will not require
re-entering the server password.
Configuring NPort 5400
In this section, we illustrate how to access NPort 5400’s configuration utility. You should first
make sure that you can connect over the network from your computer to the NPort 5400.
1. To start NPort Administrator, click on Start Æ NPort Administration Suite Æ NPort
Administrator.