ADTRAN NetVanta Series manual

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    Technical Supp ort 1-888-4ADTRAN (1 -888-423-8726) NetV ant a Series (with Octal T1 Wide Modul e) Quick Configuration Guide 61200890L1- 42B November 2004 • A VT100 terminal or a PC with VT100 emula tor software for connecting to the unit. • DB-9 (male) to DB-9 (female) straight-t hrough serial cable for con figuring the unit. • Appropriate ca[...]

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    2 Technical Suppo rt 1-888-4ADTRAN (1-888-4 23-8726) 61200890L1-4 2B 1. Connect a VT100 terminal (or PC with VT100 emulation software) t o the NetV anta CONSOLE port using a DB-9 (male) to DB-9 (female) straight-through serial cab le. 2. Configure the COM port with the following p arameters: Data Rate: 9600 Da ta B i ts: 8 Parity Bits: None S top B[...]

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    61200890L1-42B Techni cal Support 1-888-4 ADTRAN (1-888-423-8726) 3 The following step s show how to access the T elnet configuration pa rameters and change the password. The default password for initializing a T elnet session is pa s s w o r d (all lowercase). For security purposes, change the p assword to something unique. For th is example, repl[...]

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    4 Technical Suppo rt 1-888-4ADTRAN (1-888-4 23-8726) 61200890L1-4 2B 1. Enter interface fr 1 to create a Frame Relay virtual interfa ce labeled 1. 2. Enter frame-relay lmi-typ e none (contact your service provider for your cor rect LMI-type) to configure signaling on the Frame Relay virtual interface 1. The default LMI type is ANSI (Annex D). 3. En[...]

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    61200890L1-42B Techni cal Support 1-888-4 ADTRAN (1-888-423-8726) 5 1. Enter interface t1 1/1 to activate the interface configuration mode for the T1 WAN interface. 2. Enter t dm-group 1 timeslot s 1-10 to create a TDM group for DS0s 1-10 on the T1 network connection (t1 1/1). 3. Enter no shut down to activate the interf ace to pass dat a. 4. Enter[...]

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    6 Technical Suppo rt 1-888-4ADTRAN (1-888-4 23-8726) 61200890L1-4 2B 1. Enter interface t1 3/1 to activate the first T1 interface configuration mode on the Octal T1 Wide Module . 2. Enter t dm group 1 timeslot s 1-24 to create a TDM group for DS0s 1 thro ugh 24 on the T1 connections. 3. Enter no shut down to activate the interf ace to pass dat a. 4[...]