User Manual

MDS 05-4055A01, Rev. A MDS entraNET 900 System Guide (Preliminary) 15

2.1 INTRODUCTION

The MDS entraNET 900 is equipped with an embedded management

system that is accessible through different data interfaces. These include

the

COM1 (serial) port, the LAN (Ethernet) port and over the wireless net-

work. Essentially the same capabilities are available through either of

these paths.

You have a choice of using three common communications tools—a

computer terminal-emulator through the

COM1 port, Telnet, or a Web

browser through the

LAN (Ethernet) port. You must know the unit IP

address and the entraNET Management System password and user

name to use the LAN port access.

The transceiver also supports SNMP-based management tools such as

Microwave Data Systems’ NETview MS™. NETview MS provides a net-

work-wide management tool using a graphical user interface (GUI). For

support of other software, a set of MIB files is available for download

from the Microwave Data Systems’ Web site at

www.microwave-

data.com/service/technical/support/downloads/. A brief summary of

SNMP commands can be found at SNMP Conﬁguration section on

Page 28.

The entraNET Management System and its functions are divided in this

guide into five functional groups that are listed below.

• Section 2.3, CONFIGURING NETWORK PARAMETERS

(beginning on Page 27)

• Section 2.4, CONFIGURING RADIO PARAMETERS (begin-

ning on Page 28)

• Section 2.5, CONFIGURING THE SERIAL INTERFACES

(beginning on Page 32)

• Section 2.7, PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION (beginning on

Page 44)

• Section 2.8, MAINTENANCE (beginning on Page 58)

Each of these sections has a focus that is reflected in its heading. The

section you are now in will provide you with information on connecting

to the entraNET Management System, how to navigate through it, and

how it is structured, and how to perform some top-level configuration

tasks.

NOTE: Parameter options/range, and any default value, will be

displayed at the end of the field description between square

brackets. [range, options or description; default]