Installation Instructions,
Xylogics Annex Terminal Server

  For example, opposite the "monitor::" prompt enter the following:

monitor:: addr

  Enter Internet address [<invalid or initialized>]:: 192.2.200.80

  This is the terminal server's address in this example.

Enter Subnet mask [<default 255.255.255.0>]::
Enter preferred load host Internet address[<any boot>]:: 192.2.200.89

  This is the Sun SPARCstation's address in this example. Accept the rest of the prompts with <RETURN> as needed.

8. To save the changes do a boot as follows:

• On the terminal, enter Annex monitor command boot (in the monitor mode) and accept the default answer in response to the question.

• The terminal display should show a group of periods, and the front panel lights should be flashing to indicate that booting is in progress.

• As the boot finishes, the terminal will transit into cli mode with "annex:" displayed. (This indicates that the booting of the terminal server software from the Sun SPARCstation has been completed.)

1. You should still be logged in as root; if not, log in as root, and enter:

  cd /usr/users/annex
na

2. In response to command prompt, enter:

  annex tserv

3. For each port that is selected to serve as a slave for out-bound flow, set port speed, control_line type, mode, input_flow_control, output_flow_control. For example, for port 2 enter the following:

  port 2
set port speed 19200\
type hardwired\
mode slave\
control_lines none\
output_flow_control start/stop\
input_flow_control start/stop
reset 2

4. If you were connecting a dial-in modem, for example, for the inbound port from the modem, set flow_control to modem_control, type to dial_in, and mode to cli. For example, for port 3:

  port 3
set port speed 9600\
type dial_in\
mode cli\
control_lines modem_control\
output_flow_control start/stop\
input_flow_control start/stop
reset 3

  You can use "show port" to see the port setting.

5. To quit, enter:

  quit

6. Then you need to configure the port that you're using on the terminal server to connect to the IPX. Annex SW 7.0.1 or later must be installed. If you're using serial port 2 as in this example, you want to set port 2 as an outbound port on the terminal, enter:

  rtelnet -rC tserv 2 /dev/ttyDD

  (for Annex SW 7.0.1}

  Preferably, the device file /dev/ttyDD is one that did not previously exist. In this example, ttyDD is used; some other name could have been used.

  For additional information refer to the Xylogics Micro Annex Communications Server Hardware Installation Guide, User's Guide, and Network Administrator's Guide.

2. After a successful installation of hardware and software for the terminal server, the System Administrator can use /etc/ping to test the internet communication.

3. If there is any data activity at the terminal server, the LED for the active port should be on (or flashing during bursty data). The front panel has an LED for each port.

4. When communication is established, entering "ps -aux" from the unix command line should reflect the erpcd and rtelnet(s) processes as active in the UNIX kernel.

1. Login as root

2. Enter:

  cd /usr/users/annex
erpcd

3. Next, the terminal server port that connects to the IPX must be configured. In this example, /dev/ttyDD is the id that has been given to the port in the config.sv file. If this is serial port 2, as in this example, it should be set as an outbound port on the terminal server. To do this, enter:

  rtelnet -C -k -r tserv 2 /dev/ttyDD

  If INSTALL is run after the annex terminal server software has been installed, a command line is added to the rc.local file to invoke the erpcd command. The rtelnet command line can then be added to the rc.local file. With both these lines added to the rc.local file, it is not necessary to manually enter the erpcd and rtelnet commands on a reboot. Or, for this example, you can just add the following two lines to the rc.local file without having to run the INSTALL program, as follows:

  /usr/users/annex/erpcd
rtelnet -C -k -r tserv 2 /dev/ttyDD