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This chapter explains how to initialize a Cisco 6100 Series system so that ViewRunner for Windows Release 3.0.0 software can communicate with it. To use these initialization processes, you should be familiar with the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) utility and TFTP.
To establish a proper communication path between the Cisco 6100 Series system and ViewRunner for Windows, initialize the Cisco 6100 Series system by assigning the following information:
The system controller stores the IP address information for the Cisco 6100 Series system.
The previous IP addresses self-establish at the time of system initialization through one of three methods:
The following sections discuss each of these methods in detail.
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Note If you modify an IP address, you must reset the system controller and thus reset the entire Cisco 6100 Series system, regardless of the IP address initialization method you use. |
The simplest method for initializing a Cisco 6100 Series system is for Cisco personnel to preconfigure the Cisco 6100 Series system with the appropriate IP address information before shipment to your site.
This requires that you provide Cisco with the IP address information that is listed in the "Overview and Guidelines for the Cisco 6100 Series System Initialization" section in advance. This approach requires careful coordination between you and Cisco to ensure that all customer-supplied IP address information is correct.
The factory initialization option has the advantage of ensuring that all necessary system initialization is set up before the equipment arrives at your site.
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Tips Factory initialization assumes that critical IP address information is correct and will not change. |
Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) is a commercially available utility that allows IP address initialization through a BOOTP server, often already resident in communication network infrastructures.
You can initialize a Cisco 6100 Series system using a BOOTP server by either locating the BOOTP server on a
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Note Because BOOTP is not a routable protocol, the BOOTP server and all of its managed Cisco 6100 Series systems must be on the same virtual network. Any network equipment required to establish the connection between the Cisco 6100 Series system and the BOOTP server must be transparent to BOOTP requests. Transparency means that any routers between the Cisco 6100 Series system and ViewRunner for Windows must support BOOTP message relay. If both the Cisco 6100 Series system and ViewRunner for Windows support BOOTP message relay, you can configure the router to forward BOOTP requests to a specific IP address. A single IP network is required that contains all of the Cisco 6100 Series systems and the ViewRunner for Windows machine that will manage them. |
The system controller issues a BOOTP request each time the Cisco 6100 Series system powers up or the system controller resets. At this point, the Cisco 6100 Series system controller becomes a BOOTP client.
The BOOTP server responds to the client request with the following items:
Included as part of this response is the IP address of the machine that is answering the BOOTP request.
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Note The current Cisco 6100 Series system software requires that the same PC or workstation runs the BOOTP server, TFTP server, and the ViewRunner for Windows application. |
After the system controller receives the BOOTP response, it compares the supplied filename with the filename that is stored locally in its EEPROM.
If the two filenames
If only one machine is available as a BOOTP server (as opposed to equipping each ViewRunner for Windows machine with its own copy of a BOOTP server utility), this stand-alone BOOTP server (locally attached to the Cisco 6100 Series system's Ethernet port) can be used to initialize each Cisco 6100 Series system's IP address requirements. During the initialization procedure, you must
To initialize the Cisco 6100 Series system, follow these steps:
Step 2 Initialize the Cisco 6100 Series system using standard initialization procedures and the locally attached BOOTP server to configure it.
Step 3 Disconnect the stand-alone BOOTP server from the Cisco 6100 Series system's Ethernet port.
Step 4 Connect the Ethernet port to the local area network (LAN) for which the Cisco 6100 Series system was configured.
In those situations where it is not possible to create a single virtual network to connect each Cisco 6100 Series system to ViewRunner for Windows, or you do not prefer factory initialization, you can use a Cisco-developed, menu-driven boot ROM initialization utility attached to the RS-232 port.
Using this utility completely eliminates the need for BOOTP.
The boot ROM Administrative Setup menu activates automatically in one of two ways:
Before accessing the boot ROM Administrative Setup menu, ensure that your PC is directly connected to the system controller RS-232 serial port with a standard 9-pin D-sub cable. Use the following standard RS-232 settings:
To perform the boot ROM initialization procedure, follow these steps:
Step 2 Press Enter in one-second intervals until the Administrative Setup dialog box appears.
9601-001-02
Top Level Part Number: 1651-001-02A PCB Part Number: 3651-001-02A
Serial Number: 0010002077 CLEI Code: _CISCO_
Diagnostic Status: PASS Mac Address: 00:E0:D0:00:19:41
IP Address: 192.168.007.041 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.000
IP gateway: 192.168.007.231 Server IP: 192.168.007.231
Administrative Setup dialog box
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0. Exit
1. Display Diagnostic Status
2. Modify IP Address
3. Modify Subnet Mask
4. Modify gateway Address
5. Modify Server IP Address
6. Save IP Values to EEPROM
7. Turn Off/On messages during boot & TFTP processing
8. Refresh dialog box
Enter Selection: [8]
Table 3-1 lists dialog box header information, including basic settings, status, and part numbers for the system controller.
| 1CLEI = common language equipment identifier |
Step 3 Choose option 2. The Modify IP address option allows you to set up the IP address of the Cisco 6100 Series system controller.
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Note Any change made through this option is not stored until you click Save. |
A caution notice appears as follows:
CAUTION: Entered data not saved until save option has been
executed. All changes shall be lost if exit is executed before save option. Enter IP Address: [192.168.7.41]
Step 4 If the entered value contained in the brackets [] is correct, press Enter to accept the default value. To enter a new value, enter the value using the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx format.
Step 5 After you enter the new IP address, click Return. The Administrative Setup dialog box appears.
If the entered value is incorrect, an error message may appear.
Step 6 From the Administration Setup dialog box, choose option 3. The Modify IP subnet mask option allows you to set up the IP subnet mask through the Administrative Setup dialog box.
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Note Any change made through the Modify IP subnet mask option is not stored until you click Save. |
A caution notice appears as follows:
CAUTION: Entered data not saved until save option has been
executed. All changes shall be lost if exit is executed before save option. Enter Subnet mask: [255.255.255.0]
Step 7 If the entered value contained in the brackets [] is
a. Correct---Press Enter to accept the default value. To enter a new value, enter the value using the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx format and click Return. The Administrative Setup dialog box appears.
b. Incorrect---An error message may appear. Choose option 4. The Modify IP gateway Address option allows you to set up the IP gateway through the Administrative Setup dialog box.
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Note Any change made through the Modify IP gateway Address option is not stored until you click Save. |
A caution notice appears as follows:
CAUTION: Entered data not saved until save option has been executed. All changes shall be lost if exit is executed before save option. Enter IP gateway: [192.168.7.231]
Step 8 If the value contained in the brackets [] is
a. Correct---Press Enter to accept the default value. To enter the new value, type the value in the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx format and click Return. The Administrative Setup dialog box appears.
b. Incorrect---An error message appears.
Step 9 From the Administrative Setup dialog box, choose option 6. The Save IP values to EEPROM option modifies the contents of the EEPROM with any data that you changed during this session. It also updates the checksum for the administrative area.
Verification of basic IP integrity occurs before you click Save. If integrity is not present, an error message appears and no modification of EEPROM data occurs.
Potential error messages follow:
Error: Ip Address should not be 0.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.255 Do you wish to correct value? [Y]
Error: Ip Address and Ip gateway do not appear on same subnet. Ip Address, Ip gateway, or Ip Subnet Mask is invalid. Do you wish to correct value? [Y]
Error: Values not stored to EEPROM due to IP setup error. Are you ready to continue? [Y]
Step 10 Choose option 0 to exit. If you made any changes to the IP address during setup, at the Hardware Reset? [Y] prompt, enter Y. If you did not make any changes, enter N.
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Caution If you enter N, this could result in IP communication problems before the system controller resets. |
After the Cisco 6100 Series system is initialized, only the system controller contains an image. You should now discover the Cisco 6100 Series system using ViewRunner for Windows. You can also use the ViewRunner for Windows Tools > Upgrade Cisco 6100 Software menu option to download images to the remaining modules.
Two sets of images are now compressed on the Cisco 6100 Series node. The ViewRunner Software Upgrade utility allows you to view the list of images in the Release Definition File. See the "Upgrading Cisco 6100 System Software" section for more detailed information.
Also refer to the ViewRunner for Windows User Guide chapter, "Updating Cisco 6100 Series Software," for more information on the software download. You can use this software download feature to upgrade and to continue initializing the Cisco 6100 Series system.
You activate ViewRunner discovery by choosing one of the following items:
The Cisco 6100 Series system is properly configured when the ViewRunner for Windows Chassis View discovers the Cisco 6100 Series equipment and displays a graphical representation of the Cisco 6100 Series system on your PC.(See Figure 3-1.)
You can use the in-band management channel feature of ViewRunner for Windows to gain direct control and management of the Cisco 6100 Series system through the ATM channel. The in-band management channel is transparent to ViewRunner. Transparency means that provisioning and operation of the system are identical whether executed through the Ethernet port or the in-band channel. The only difference is that instead of using conventional Ethernet physical media to communicate to the Cisco 6100 Series system, ViewRunner uses ATM as the physical layer for communication.
To run IP over ATM, the system uses RFC 1483 Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 in Logical Link Control (LLC) encapsulation mode. This encapsulation allows transporting through multiple protocols over a single virtual connection. Figure 3-2 illustrates how the in-band management channel works.
To make sure the outbound packets from the Cisco 6100 Series system are sent to the right interface (Ethernet or in-band), ViewRunner also supports a routing table for various IP addresses. Refer to this table only when you use the in-band management channel. Ethernet manages its own routing.
Consider the following information when using the in-band management channel:
ViewRunner is currently using the in-band channel to communicate with the Cisco 6100 Series system; modifying it causes ViewRunner to lose communication with the Cisco 6100 Series system.
IP address is already in use by the Cisco 6100 Series system.
The IP address and subnet mask component numbers must be 0 through 255.
To invoke the in-band management channel rather than Ethernet, employ the following steps:
Step 2 Move your cursor over the chassis and right-click.
The menu in Figure 3-3 appears.
Step 3 Choose Inband Management Channel from the menu.
The dialog box in Figure 3-4 appears.
Step 4 Enter the IP address of the in-band port and its submask. Then specify the VPI or VCI to be used for the communication channel.
For you to enter the IP and VPI or VCI information, the Administrative state must be Locked. After you enter this information, the note at the bottom of the dialog box disappears and the buttons become active. To activate the configuration, click Apply and then select Unlocked. All fields are dimmed unless you set the Administrative state back to Locked to change the information.
This section describes how to add IP addresses to define a routing table.
It is not necessary to use the routing table if you are using Ethernet for managing a Cisco 6100 Series system. However, it is necessary to define a routing table with in-band management so that the Cisco 6100 Series system can send the outbound packets to the proper interface. Otherwise, you will not achieve communication with the Cisco 6100 Series node.
ViewRunner for Windows Release 3.0.0 includes the two new guidelines for defining routes in the routing table. They are the
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Note You can add in-band routes after configuring and unlocking the in-band channel. |
To add IP addresses to the routing table when you are using the in-band management channel rather than Ethernet, follow these steps:
Step 2 Choose the Routing Table menu option as shown in Figure 3-5.
The Routing Table dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 3-6. Use this dialog box to add and delete routes.
Step 3 Enter an address in the Destination IP field.
Step 4 Enter an address in the Gateway IP and Subnet Mask fields, if necessary.
Step 5 Click Add Now.
To delete an address, follow these steps:
Step 2 Click Delete Now.
Posted: Fri Feb 4 08:35:21 PST 2000
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