3Com CS/3000-48 Installation Manual

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C-2 APPENDIX C: MONITOR UTILITYn Configure firmware to access the monitor during these circumstances:n At startupn If the server becomes nonfunctionaln Use the hardware interrupt switch if the server becomes nonfunctional.n If you have Network Manager privilege, enter MONitor .These methods are described in the following sections.Once you access the monitor utility, you are in monitor mode, indicated bythe angle bracket prompt (>).Powering onwithout a BootSourceTo access the monitor utility by powering on the server without a bootsource, follow these steps:1 Make sure that there is no diskette in the disk drive (Model CS/3100 only)and that the server cannot use a network boot source (an RBCS or TFTP/FTPserver).If a diskette is in the disk drive, remove it. If the communications server isconfigured to use a network boot source, disconnect it from the network, ormake sure that it is not listed in the boot database of an RBCS or TFTP/FTPserver. To determine whether the server is in the boot database of an RBCSserver, refer to the Remote Boot and Configuration Services User’s Guide.2 Turn the unit power or, if it is already on, press the reset switch on the frontpanel to reboot.The server tries to boot. (The booting process takes a few minutes.) Becausethe boot source is not present, it displays the following message:Do you want to enter monitor (Y/N)?3 Type Y at the prompt.The following message appears:3Com Corporation CS/3000 Series Monitor>You are now in monitor mode.CS3000BookFile Page 2 Tuesday, October 15, 1996 5:12 PM