Freeway® 3412 Hardware Installation Guide DC 900-2018A Protogate, Inc. 12225 World Trade Drive Suite R San Diego, CA 92128 USA Web: www.protogate.com Email: sales@protogate.
Freeway® 3412 Hardware Installation Guide: DC 900-2018A by Protogate, Inc. Published September 2011 Copyright © 2011 Protogate, Inc. This Installation Guide covers the installation and configuration of the Freeway® 3412. The Freeway 3412 is a 4U-chassis version of the Freeway. The latest version of this document is always available, in a variety of formats and compression options, from the Protogate World Wide Web server (http://www.protogate.com/support/manuals). This document can change without notice.
Table of Contents Preface............................................................................................................................................................................v Purpose of Document ............................................................................................................................................v Intended Audience......................................................................................................................................
List of Tables 1. Revision History ..................................................................................................................................................... viii 4-1. Freeway System Boot Parameters .........................................................................................................................18 4-2. Flags for Freeway Reset Action ............................................................................................................................
Preface Purpose of Document This document describes the hardware installation procedures for Protogate’s Freeway 3412 communications server. It is used in conjunction with the Freeway User’s Guide, which describes the software installation procedure. Intended Audience This document should be read by computer technicians who will be installing the Freeway communications server. System administrators and system integrators may also find it useful.
Preface Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Protogate References The following general product documentation list is provided to familiarize you with the available Protogate Freeway and embedded ICP products. Most of these documents are available on-line at Protogate’s web site (http://www.protogate.com/).
Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Preface Freeway Software Installation and Configuration Support Documents Freeway Message Switch User Guide DC-900-1588 Freeway Release Addendum: Client Platforms Freeway User Guide DC-900-1555 DC-900-1333 Freeway Loopback Test Procedures DC-900-1533 Embedded ICP Software Installation and Programming Support Documents ICP2432 User Guide for Digital UNIX ICP2432 User Guide for OpenVMS Alpha DC-900-1513 DC-900-1511 ICP2432 User Guide for OpenVMS Alpha (DLITE
Preface Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide BSCTRAN Programmer Guide DC-900-1406 DDCMP Programmer Guide FMP Programmer Guide DC-900-1343 DC-900-1339 Military/Government Protocols Programmer Guide N/SP-STD-1200B Programmer Guide DC-900-1602 DC-908-1359 NASCOM Programmer’s Guide SIO STD-1300 Programmer Guide DC-900-2010 DC-908-1559 TIMI Programmer’s Guide X.25 Call Service API Guide DC-900-2011 DC-900-1392 X.25/HDLC Configuration Guide X.
Chapter 1. Safety Precautions 1.1. English -- Safety Precautions Be sure to take the following safety precautions during installation and maintenance of the Freeway communications server: • Observe the warnings and directions printed on the Freeway server and its associated equipment. • Check the electrical rating label on the Freeway chassis. Be sure that the voltage and frequency of your power source match this rating. • The Freeway server must be plugged into a grounded, three-wire power outlet.
Chapter 1. Safety Precautions Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide • Ne pas modifier l’appareil Freeway de quelque manière que ce soit. Protogate, Inc. ne pourra être tenu responsable de toute infraction aux normes d’un serveur de communication Freeway ayant été modifié. Toute altération de l’enveloppe Freeway d’une manière autre que pour l’installation d’options fournies par Protogate risque de rendre les normes de sécurité de Freeway invalides.
Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Chapter 1. Safety Precautions • Usare solo fili e prese multiple con taratura appropriata; • Per assicurare un raffreddamento adeguato usare sempre il server Freeway con il suo relativo coperchio. Non coprire o bloccare nessuna delle aperture del telaio di Freeway.
Chapter 2. Getting Started This manual describes how to install the Freeway 3412 hardware and configure the boot parameters. The following is a summary of the complete installation procedure: 1. Install the hardware as described in Chapter 3 of this manual. 2. Install the software onto the boot server as described in the Freeway User’s Guide. 3. If you are using the boot parameter initialization disk, configure the boot parameters as described in Chapter 4 of this manual. 4.
Chapter 3. Hardware Installation 3.1. Overview This chapter describes how to set up the Freeway communications server and connect it to the network. 1. Review the safety guidelines in the "Safety Precautions" section in Chapter 1. 2. Place your Freeway in the selected location. It can be installed in any standard 19-inch rack. It can also be set on a table top where it will occupy about three square feet.
Chapter 3. Hardware Installation • Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Software distribution media for an ICP protocol, with the applicable programmer’s guide and other supporting documentation The carton may also contain other documentation. If anything is missing, contact your Protogate customer service representative at 1-858-451-0865. Note: Keep the original box and packing material. To avoid damage during shipment, use the original box and packing material when shipping your Freeway. 4.
Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Chapter 3. Hardware Installation may have either a 2-port ICP board, a secondary ethernet, or a metal plate installed in place of the ICP boards shown. Figure 3-2. Rear View, Freeway 3412 (Redundant Power Supply Configuration) Power Connectors Power Supply Exhaust Fans Power Switches Freeway Console 4/10 4/9 4/8 4/7 4/6 4/5 4/4 PCI Bus / Addresses (decimal) ICP Connectors Secondary Ethernet Primary Ethernet 3/13 3/14 3/15 PS/2 Keyboard VGA Video 7.
Chapter 3. Hardware Installation Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide four DB25 or DB37 connectors to the 100-pin connector. The eight-port board uses an "octopus" (one-to-eight) cable to attach eight DB25 connectors to the 100-pin connector. Port numbers are identified on the terminating ends of the quadrapus or octopus cable. 9.
Chapter 4. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using an Init Diskette This chapter describes how to use a boot parameter initialization diskette to configure the boot parameters and boot your Freeway server. You can boot Freeway from a boot server attached to your IP network or from Freeway’s hard or flash drive. 4.1. Assumptions If you are booting from a boot server, it is assumed that: 1. You have performed the hardware installation procedures described in Chapter 3. 2.
Chapter 4. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using an Init Diskette Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide so it is only necessary to specify the parameters which you wish to change. However, it is usually best to specify them all so that all the boot parameters will always be set correctly, since any boot parameters which are not set explicitly by the boot parameter diskette will be in an unknown state (whatever they were set to before). 1.
Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Chapter 4. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using an Init Diskette Boot Parameter Description FTP User Name If booting from the boot server, Freeway uses this name to log in to its FTP (or RSH) user account. The default is freeway. This is not required if you are booting from the local disk. FTP Password If booting from the boot server, Freeway uses this password to log in to its user account. The default is password. This parameter is optional.
Chapter 4. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using an Init Diskette Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Boot Parameter Description Secondary Network Interface If the Boot Device (boot server) is an IP network device, the Secondary Network Interface parameter is unused (this is the default). If the Boot Device is the hard or flash disk, this parameter specifies the local area network device to be used after the Freeway boots.
Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Chapter 4. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using an Init Diskette 3. Save the edited bootparm.txt file to the boot parameter initialization floppy disk, then remove the floppy disk from the PC. 4. Insert the initialization disk in the Freeway’s floppy drive. Turn on the power. The Freeway will boot from the floppy disk, and automatically execute the autoexec.bat commands to copy the bootparm.txt file from the floppy to the "C:" partition of the Freeway’s disk.
Chapter 5. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using the Local Console This chapter describes how to use a local console to configure the boot parameters and boot your Freeway. You can boot Freeway from a boot server attached to your IP network or from Freeway’s hard or flash drive. 5.1. Assumptions If you are booting from a boot server, it is assumed that: 1. You have performed the hardware installation procedures described in Chapter 3. 2.
Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Chapter 5. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using the Local Console 1. Connect a system console to your Freeway 3412. You will use this console to configure the boot parameters and perform the initial system boot. Later you can disconnect the console because you can then perform these configuration functions using telnet or rlogin through any terminal or workstation connected to the network.
Chapter 5. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using the Local Console Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide 2) Display Boot Parameters 3) Edit Boot Parameters Select: 5. Select option 3 to edit the boot parameters. The system displays the parameters one at a time. Three actions are possible as each parameter is displayed: • To preserve a parameter, press • To edit a parameter, type the new alpha-numeric information and press • To clear a parameter, press the period key (‘.
Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Chapter 5. Configuring the Boot Parameters Using the Local Console <<< Storing Data to IDE Disk >>> If you enter no, the system returns to the Freeway Boot System Main Menu with no modifications to the boot parameters. 8. Select option 2 at the Freeway Boot System Main Menu (Figure 5-1) to review the current boot parameters. Verify that the changes you entered are correct.
Appendix A. Electrical Interfaces Table A-1 shows the commonly used electrical interfaces for WAN connections. Each link in a 2-port or 4-port ICP can be individually configured to EIA-232, EIA-449, EIA-530, or V.35. The 8-port ICP provides EIA-232 only. If you select another value for an 8-port board, it will be ignored. Note: The Freeway is always Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), while modems are Data Communications Equipment (DCE). Table A-1.
Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide Signal Name EIA-232 Appendix A. Electrical Interfaces EIA-530 EIA-449 V.
Appendix B. Freeway 3412 LED Panel The front panel of the Freeway 3412 includes several LEDs to indicate the status of various system functions such as the power status, alarm status, and hard disk drive activity. These LEDs are described in this appendix. Power LED This LED shows whether the system is powered-on, and if the power supply (or supplies if there are more than one installed in the Freeway) is/are operating correctly.
Index G Getting Started, 12 A Acronyms ICP (Intelligent Communications Processor) H Hardware Installation, 13 (see ICP) IP (Internet Protocol) (see IP) I WAN (Wide Area Network) (see WAN) Audience, v ICP, 13, 26 Intelligent Communications Processor (see ICP) Internet Protocol (see IP) B IP, 14 IP gateway, 18 boot configuration file, 18 Boot flags, 20 bootparm.
Freeway 3412 Hardware Installation Guide T Technical support, viii V V.
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