User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- Installation
- Start-Up
- Configuration
- Displays
- Statistics
- Device Management
- Dial Function
- Firmware Download
- Reports
- Session
- Platform/Network Performance Monitor
- Hard Disk and System Recommendations
- NMS Windows Conventions
- Record and Device Locks
- Cabling Requirements
- Data Input Sheets
- Glossary
- Index
Displays
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6700-A2-GY31-70
July 1999
Distributive Cabinets
Use the Distributive Cabinets function to display the current status of all cabinets
configured as distributive cabinets within the 6700 Series NMS. You can also use
this command to open and close a distributive cabinet.
NOTE:
Close an open distributive cabinet before opening another one.
Procedure
1. Click on the Distributive Cabinet icon on the Main Menu. The Distributive
Cabinets Window appears.
2. Choose the arrow to the right of the Cabinets field. The drop-down list box
containing the names of all the distributive cabinets in the network appears.
3. Select a cabinet name. The selected name appears in the Cabinets field.
Table 5-3 lists the information that appears in the Distributive Cabinet Status
section.
Table 5-3. Distributive Cabinet Status Fields
Field
Description
Cabinet Name The name of the selected cabinet.
Port The port that the selected cabinet will be using.
Chan The control channel assigned to the devices within the cabinet.
Status The current status of the selected cabinet: Closed, Dialing,
Manually Opened, Automatically Opened.
4. Choose Open to open the selected cabinet. After the cabinet is successfully
opened, the Automatic Open process (cabinet is opened by the system) is
paused. Choose Close to close the selected cabinet. After the cabinet is
successfully closed, the Automatic Open process resumes.