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Cisco ONS 15200 Maintenance Manager Installation and Operations Guide

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Installation

This chapter describes how to install the Maintenance Manager software and connect the ONS 15252

Multichannel Unit (MCU) or ONS 15201 Single-Channel Unit (SCU) to a laptop computer. To connect

to a desktop computer, contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at 1-877-323-7368 for

instructions.

1.1 Prerequisites

Before installing Maintenance Manager software, thoroughly review the prerequisites. This section

explains the hardware and software requirements for successful installation.

Note If the Control Area Network (CAN) board has not been installed in the PC that will run the

Maintenance Manager software, you must install the hardware driver. Read the installation

instructions included on the Maintenance Manager CD-ROM.

1.1.1 Recommended Order of Work

Complete work in the following order:

Step 1 Start up a laptop that runs on Windows 95, 98, 2000, or WinNT.

Step 2 Shut down all applications.

Step 3 Install the Maintenance Manager.

1.1.2 Minimum System Requirements

The following minimum system requirements must be met before you can install Maintenance Manager

software.

• 78-13764-01Laptop computer with at least 300 MHz or faster Pentium processor

• 50 MB free hard disk space

• CD-ROM drive