Installation guide

2-1Remote Annex 2000 Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 2 Installing the Remote
Annex 2000
This chapter contains a description of how to install your Remote
Annex 2000 on your Ethernet network. Installing the Remote Annex
2000 consists of:
❑ Connecting a LAN Using Ethernet.
❑ Connecting a Console Terminal.
❑ Connecting Serial Devices.
❑ Powering Up and Testing the Remote Annex 2000.
❑ Installing the Software and Loading the Operational Image.
❑ Auto-initializing the ROMs.
❑ Self-booting the Remote Annex 2000.
Before you Begin
The Remote Annex 2000’s software and operational image can be
installed on four different devices.
Table 2-1 outlines the different
configurations the Remote Annex 2000 supports.
Table 2-1. Remote Annex 2000 Configuration Options
Device where the Operational
Software and Image is installed
Remote Annex
2000 Must be
Connected to
the Network
Input Device used to
Enter Installation
Parameters
Novell Server Yes PC on the network
or Console
UNIX Load Host No Console
VAX VMS Load Host Yes Console
Self-boot Unit (contains Flash) No Console