Owner's manual

Recording the network conﬁguration

As you complete the conﬁguration process by following the steps, use the following form to note the

information you enter.

IMPORTANT:

This informati

will be useful if you have to re-conﬁgure the VLS for any reason.

Tabl e 2 Network conﬁ gura tion

NIC Port 1

E-mail notiﬁcation

IP address: SMTPserverIPaddress:

Subnet mask: From address:

Default ga teway: Address for all:

Address for critical:

Conﬁguring the VLS appliance with the VLS Discovery tool

Use the VLS discovery utility to set the network settings on an unconﬁgured VLS, and to view the network

settings of conﬁgureddevices. The VLSdiscovery utilitylooks forall thedevices on thesamesubnetas

the

Windows computer on which it is running. It then lists the devices and indicates whether they are

conﬁgured (have an IP address) or are unconﬁgured.

To set the network settings using the VLS discovery utility:

1. Insert the VLS Documentation CD into the CD drive on a Windows system that is on the same

subnet as the VLS.

The CD auto-launches.

2. Clic k VLS discovery utility.

The Scanning for Devices window displays (see Figure 19).

Figure 19 Scanning for devices

The V LS discovery utilit y opens and lists all the devices it sees on the subnet (Figure 20).

The Conﬁgured box for a device is checked if the device has an IP address.

The device type, host name, IP address (if available), and serial number are displayed for each

device listed.

Conﬁguring the VLS1000i