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NPort 5000AI-M12 Series Configuring NPort Administrator
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3. The “Lock” status will change to “Unlock,” and the Administrator utility will keep this NPort 5000AI-M12 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 5000AI-M12 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 5000AI-M12 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 5000AI-M12 will not require re-entering the server password.
Blank
The NPort 5000AI-M12 is not password protected, and “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it.
Fixed
The NPort 5000AI-M12 is not password protected, and “Search by IP address” was used to locate it.
Lock Fixed
The NPort 5000AI-M12 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 5000AI-M12 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 5000AI-M12 will not require re-entering the server password.
Configuring the NPort 5000AI-M12
In this section, we illustrate how to access the NPort 5000AI-M12’s configuration utility. You should first make
sure that you can connect over the network from your computer to the NPort 5000AI-M12.
1. To start NPort Administrator, click Start  NPort Administration Suite  NPort Administrator.