Navigating the User Interface

This chapter covers these topics:

Using the configuration menus

About MAX passwords

Special display characters and keys

Using the configuration menus
About MAX passwords
Special display characters and keys

Using the configuration menus

You can access the MAX configuration menus in a VT100 emulation window from a computer connected to the Control port, or from a Palmtop Controller, as described in Starting up the MAX. When you see the configuration menus, you have established a Console session.

You can also establish a Console session from any Telnet workstation by opening a Telnet session with the MAX. From a Telnet session you can perform all of the configuration, diagnostic, management, and other functions that could be performed from a computer connected to the MAX Control port. See About MAX passwords for related information.

You can also use the Rem Mgmt command to enable a caller at the far end of an AIM or MPP call to access the MAX configuration menus.

Main Edit Menu      

          00-000 System

          >10-000 Net/T1

          20-000 Net/T1

          30-000 Empty

          40-000 Empty

          50-000 V.34 Modem

          60-000 V.34 Modem

          70-000 Net/T1

          80-000 V.34 Modem

          90-000 Ethernet

          A0-000 Ether Data

          b0-000 Serial WAN

To open a menu, move the cursor to the menu's name and press Enter. For example, press Ctrl-N until the cursor points to 90-000 Ethernet, and press Enter. The Ethernet menu opens.

        90-000 Ethernet

        90-100 Connections

        90-200 Names/Passwords

        90-300 Bridge Adrs

        90-400 Static Rtes

        90-500 Filters

        90-600 Firewalls

        90-700 Frame Relay

        90-800 Answer

        90-900 SNMP Traps

        90-A00 IPX Routes

        90-B00 IPX SAP Filters

        90-C00 Mod Config

The Ethernet menu contains submenus and profiles related to network functionality, such as bridging, routing, WAN connections, and so forth. The Mod Config Profile in this menu relates to the configuration of the Ethernet interface itself, as shown next.

      90-B00 Mod Config

          Module Name=

          Ether options...

          WAN options...

          SNMP options...

          OSPF options... 

          OSPF global options...

          Route Pref...

          TServ options...

          Bridging=No

          Shared Prof=No

          Telnet PW=

          RIP Policy=Poison Rvrs

          RIP Summary=Yes

          ICMP Redirects=Accept

          BOOTP Relay...

          DNS...

Note: With the exception of parameters designated N/A (not applicable), you can edit all parameters in any profile. A profile is a group of parameters listed under a particular menu entry. N/A that means a parameter does not apply within the context of how some other parameter(s) or profile has been set.

Opening edit fields

To open an edit field for a text-based parameter (such as a password, for example), move the cursor to that parameter and press Enter. An edit field opens, delimited by brackets, as shown for the Telnet PW parameter, next.

      90-B00 Mod Config

          Module Name=

          Ether options...

          WAN options...

          SNMP options...

          OSPF options... 

          OSPF global options...

          Route Pref...

          TServ options...

          Bridging=No

          Shared Prof=No

          Telnet PW:

          [ ]



          ICMP Redirects=Accept

          BOOTP Relay...

          DNS...

Note: See About MAX passwords for related information.

A blinking text cursor appears in the brackets, indicating that you can start typing text. If the field already contains text, it is cleared when you type a character. To modify only a few characters of existing text, use the arrow keys to position the cursor and then delete or overwrite the characters.

To close the edit field and accept the new text, press Enter.

Setting enumerated parameters

An enumerated parameter is one for which there is a set of predefined values.You modify it by simply placing the cursor beside the parameter and typing the Enter, Return, or the Right-Arrow key until the proper value appears.

Saving your changes

When you exit a profile, you are prompted to confirm that you want to save changes.

      EXIT?

      >0=ESC (Don't exit)

        1=Exit and discard

        2=Exit and accept

You can save the profile values by choosing the Exit and Save option and pressing Enter, or by pressing 2.

Using the Palmtop Controller

If you have a standard MAX unit, or if you purchased the Palmtop Controller expansion card for the MAX 4000, you can plug in the 4-line LCD display called the Palmtop Controller to establish a Console Session.

In the Palmtop Controller, each menu displays only four lines, and each line displays a maximum of 20 characters. The Palmtop Controller screen contains a single display.

Main Edit Menu

>00-000 System

  10-000 Net/...

  20-000 Host/...

The process of editing from the Palmtop Controller is nearly identical to the process of editing from the Control Monitor, except that the Right-Arrow key replaces the functions of the Enter/Return key. That is, after you position the cursor (>) in front of a parameter, you must press the Right-Arrow key to begin to edit. In the window shown immediately below, the cursor is in front of the Name parameter:

21-101 Albuquerque+ O

>Name=Mark

  Dial #=555-1212

  Call Type=AIM

When you press the Right-arrow key, an edit field opens, and the current value is shown within the brackets:

21-101 Albuquerque+ O

Name:

  [Mark]

See Opening edit fields for more details about how to enter text.

About MAX passwords

The MAX has up to nine security levels, each of which is defined in a Security Profile. When shipped from the factory, all nine levels are wide open, with no defined restrictions. To see the list of Security Profiles, open the System menu in the Main Edit Menu, and then select Security and press Enter.

00-300 Security

>00-301 Default

  00-302

  00-303

  00-304

  00-305

  00-306

  00-307

  00-308

  00-309 Full Access

Whenever the MAX is powered on, it activates the first Security Profile in this list, which is always named Default and always has no password. One of the first thing most administrators do is to reset the privileges in the Default profile to restrict what can be done by anyone accessing the MAX configuration menus. This is an important four-step process:

Open the Default Security Profile and set the Operations privilege to No.
Assign a password to the Full Access Security Profile. (Do not restrict privileges in the Full Access Profile.)
Activate the Full Access Security Profile and proceed to configure the MAX.

See the MAX Security Supplement for full details on modifying Security Profiles and assigning passwords.

Caution: If you reset or power-cycle the MAX, it activates the new, restrictive Default profile. You will not be able to perform any configuration tasks until you activate and supply the password for the Full Access Profile, described next. The default password for the Full Access Profile is Ascend.

To activate the Full Access Security Profile, press Ctrl-D. A context-sensitive menu, called the DO menu, is displayed.

90-C00 Mod Config

DO... 

    >0=Esc 

    P=Password

    C=Close TELNET

    E=Termsrv

    D=Diagnostics

In the DO menu, press P (or select P=Password). The list of Security Profiles will be displayed. Select Full Access and press Enter. The MAX prompts for that profile's password.

00-300 Security

Enter Password:

  []

    Press > to accept

Type the password and press Enter to accept it. (We recommend that you modify the Full Access Profile to assign a password other than the default "Ascend" as soon as possible.)

A message states that the password was accepted and the MAX is using the new security level, or if the password you entered is incorrect, you are prompted again to enter the password.

Note: For a Console session established via Telnet, the caller must first supply the Telnet password to establish a Telnet session. Then, the Default security level is set for that session. To configure the MAX via Telnet, the caller must activate the appropriate Security Profile.

Special display characters and keys

The following characters have special meaning within the displays:

The plus character (+) indicates that an input entry is too long to fit onto one line, and that the MAX is truncating it for display purposes.
Ellipses (...) mean that a submenu displays the details of a menu option.
The MAX displays the submenu when you select the menu option.

The following table lists the special-purpose keys and key combinations you can use in the Control Monitor and Palmtop Controller displays.

Table 4-1. Special keys for Control Monitor and Palmtop Controller displays


Palmtop Controller	Control Monitor	Operation
>	Right-Arrow, Return, Enter, Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-F	Enumerated parameter: Select the next value. String value: Move one character to the right or enter the current input. Menu: Open the current selection.
<	Left-Arrow, Ctrl-X, Ctrl-B	Enumerated parameter: Select the previous value. String value: Move left one character or exit the current input. Menu: Close the current selection.
v	Down-Arrow, Ctrl-N	Move down to the next selection.
^	Up-Arrow, Ctrl-U, Ctrl-P	Move up to the previous selection.
N/A	Ctrl-V	Move to the next page of the list.
N/A	Tab, Ctrl-I	Move to the next window.
N/A	Back-Tab, Ctrl-O	Move to the previous window.
TOGGLE STAT	N/A	Toggle to a status menu from the edit menu and vice versa.
Shift->	Delete	Delete the character under the cursor.
Shift-<	Backspace	Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
Shift-^	none	Overwrite the character under the cursor with a space.
DO	Ctrl-D	Open the DO menu.
N/A	Ctrl-T	Return from or go to the Simplified Menus.
N/A	Ctrl-L	Refresh the vt-100 screen.
N/A	Ctrl-C	Return from the MIF to the normal menus.
D	D	Dial the currently selected profile.

Note: You always use the Control and Shift keys in combination with other keys. This document represents key combinations as two characters separated by a hyphen, such as Shift- T, which types the capital letter T. On the Palmtop Controller, the main character associated with the key is large and white, and the Shift- character associated with the key is small and yellow.

Understanding menu numbers

The MAX has with four built-in T1 or E1 lines and a V.35 serial port for WAN access. It also has eight expansion slots, which can support additional bandwidth (BRI lines), AIM ports modules to support videoconferencing, or digital modems to support analog modem connections over digital lines.

Figure 4-2. Slot and port numbering in the MAX 6000 series

The numbers in the vt100 menus relate to slot numbers in the MAX unit, which may be an actual expansion slot or virtual slot on the MAX unit's motherboard.

The system itself is assigned slot number 0 (menu 00-000).
The System menu contains these profiles and submenus, which are all related to system-wide configuration and maintenance:
The built-in T1 or E1 lines are slot 1 and slot 2 (menu 10-000 and 20-000).
Each T1 or E1 slot contains two lines. The menus for configuring and testing the lines are organized like this:
The six expansion slots are slots 3 through 8 (menus 30-000 through 80-000), with the numbering shown in Figure 4-2.
The Ethernet is slot 9 (menu 90-000). The Ethernet menu contains submenus and profiles related to the local network, routing and bridging, and WAN connections.
EtherData is slot A (menu A0-000). For the MAX with built-in Ethernet, this menu is not applicable.
The serial WAN port is slot B (menu B0-000).

This is an example Main Edit Menu at the top level, which shows expansion modules installed in slots 3 through 8. (Note that slot A is not applicable to the MAX with built-in Ethernet.)

Main Edit Menu
      00-000 System
      10-000 Net/T1
      20-000 Net/T1
      30-000 Host/Dual
      40-000 Host/BRI
      50-000 Net/BRI
      60-000 BRI/LT
      70-000 V.34 Modem
      80-000 V.110
      90-000 Ethernet
      A0-000 Ether Data
      B0-000 Serial WAN

Now that you understand the MAX user interface, proceed to the MAX ISP & Telecommuting Configuration Guide.

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Palmtop Controller

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