User`s guide

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the Cabletron Systems ATX User Guide. This manual

explains installation instructions, and provides speciﬁcations for

the ATX.

1.1 USING THIS MANUAL

This manual is for system administrators responsible for

conﬁguring, monitoring, and maintaining the ATX.

You should have a familiarity with internetworking concepts and

principles when you install the ATX. A basic understanding of

SNMP is helpful. Additionally, if you are using IP routing, you

should have an understanding of how to assign addresses. The

incorrect use of IP addresses can cause problems on your network

as well as across the Internet if you are connected to it. A list of

reference material is provided in the section

Documentation

This manual is the base of the ATX documentation set. Each

module that you can use in the ATX also has its own manual. The

complete documentation set is described in the section

Documentation

Much of the conﬁguration of the ATX needs to be done using an

SNMP-based network management station, therefore, how you

conﬁgure is dependent on the station you use. Where applicable,

this manual provides instructions for using the ATX’s Local

Console Manager (LCM) to perform basic conﬁguration. Where it

isn’t possible to use LCM, general instructions and guidelines

applicable to most network management stations are provided.

The contents of each chapter are described below.

• Chapter 1,

Introduction

, provides an overview of the ATX

architecture, bridging and routing functions, and describes the

Local Console Manager and its command syntax.