Boards Settings

Setting 

Description 

Device 

The IP address of your PortMaster 4. 

Board ID 

The ID number of each board. This number corresponds to the slot in which the board is located, except for the Ethernet board and other accessory boards, which are assigned a virtual slot number. 

Board Type 

One of the following module types occupying a physical or virtual slot: 

Quad T1 Contains four line ports and 48 modems. 

Tri E1 Contains three line ports. 

System Manager Contains a 10MB Ethernet connection and two asynchronous console ports. 

Ethernet Contains a 10/100Mb Ethernet connection. 

OS Version 

Version of the ComOS that is used for a particular board.

Serial Number 

Serial number of the board. 

Slot Number 

An integer between 0 and 10 that specifies a physical or virtual slot in the PortMaster 4 chassis. Details 

Power 

If enabled, power is being supplied to a specified slot. 

PRI Switch Type 

The ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI) switch type. Details 

Assigned Address 

The first address in a pool of consecutive temporary IP addresses to be allocated by the PortMaster. This setting enables network login users to use assigned address pools. 

Assigned Pool Size

The number (from 0 to 96) of IP addresses in the address pool. A 0 pool size prevents any IP address assignments from the pool. 

Status

Indicates whether the board is up or down.

Clocking

Sets the source for the clock signal for the T1 expansion card.

Internal Selects the built-in 1.544mhz crystal to drive the line. This setting is used tfor dry wire configurations or back-to-back connections

External Built-in digital service unit (DSU) channel service unit (CSU) extracts the clock signal from the line. This is the default.

Plane Clocking

Allows the line cards to receive their clocking signal with the T3 MUX card through the backplane.

Line Loop

Sets a T1 or E1 line for local network loopback. Select the check box to enable line loopback.

Channels

Configure Channels