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    T o use a terminal or terminal emulation pr ogram: 1 . After mounting the appliance, connect a terminal or PC running terminal emulation software to the serial port on the back panel of the DSI5 1 00 appliance using the supplied null modem cable. Congure your terminal or terminal emulation program as follows: Baud rate - 38.4K Bits per character[...]

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    Viewing the network conguration ifcong Verify the current IP address by entering ifcong . As shown in Figure 2, the following default IP parameters display: [IP ADDRESS] [NETMASK] [GA TEWA Y] dsclear The dsclear command removes all stored DSView software and server certicates fr om the DSI5 1 00 IPM I proxy appliance. Once you run the d[...]