Installing and Administering LAN/9000 Software

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Conﬁguring LAN/9000 Using SAM

Overview of Conﬁguration Using SAM

Once you have installed hardware and software, you can use SAM to

automatically conﬁgure networking.

SAM stands for System Administration Manager, a menu-driven utility

for system administration tasks, including conﬁguration of networking

software. SAM has two user interfaces, an X-Windows system interface

and a text terminal interface. The primary components and functionality

of SAM are the same for both interfaces. The differences are the screen

appearance and the navigation methods.

You can access the SAM on-line help system using the following

methods:

• Choose an item from the “Help” menu (located in the menu bar) for

information about the current SAM screen, keyboard navigation

within SAM, and the version of SAM on your system.

• Activate the HELP button from a dialog or message box for

information about the attributes and tasks you can perform from the

currently displayed window.

• Press the F1 key for context-sensitive informationfor the objectat the

location of the cursor.

Using SAM to conﬁgure LAN/9000 can be divided into two procedures:

1. Conﬁguring the Network Interface Card.

2. Conﬁguring Network Connectivity.

Follow Step 1 to add the IP address, any alias names, and, if the LAN

card is on a subnetwork, enter the subnet mask for your card. This

procedure will automatically initialize the LAN link and attach your

node to the local area network (LAN). Follow Step 2 to add remote

system names and remote system IP addresses for network connectivity,

and also to specify default gateway information.