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Chapter 8
System Administration
You can use the Technician Interface to perform the following system
administration tasks:
• Configure the AN, ARN, or ASN router’s boot or configuration sources when
booting.
• Configure AN, ANH, ARN, or ASN initial interfaces.
• Boot the router.
• Configure and manage scheduled boot services.
• Restart a slot.
• Reset a slot.
• Run diagnostics.
• Display the version number of the Bay Networks router software.
• Halt the transfer of packets between slots.
• Verify and upgrade the software.
• Validate an executable file.
• Upgrade and verify a PROM.
• View the address and size of a dynamically loadable application.
• Set the Bay Networks ACE backplane type.
• Reset the date and time.
• Assign Technician Interface passwords.
• Enable or disable SecurID authentication.
• Manage Secure Mode.