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Introduction

This introduction covers the following topics:
What is in this guide
What you should know
Related publications
Documentation conventions

What is in this guide

This guide describes how to install and configure the MAX TNT chassis, including multishelf systems. It then explains how to install and configure the MAX TNT slot cards for both LAN and WAN access. After you have finished using this guide, you can continue with the MAX TNT Network Configuration Guide to perform more advanced configuration of your unit. If you are experiencing problems with your unit, or need to perform maintenance on it, see the MAX TNT Adminstration Guide.

Depending on how you are going to set up your unit, and the types of cards you have purchased, you might need information from only a few chapters, or from many chapters.

Table 1-1 presents the tasks explained in this manual and the chapters that described them.

Table 1-1. Configuration tasks

Task

Chapter or Appendix
Installing the chassis, understanding the status indicator lights, and powering on.

Chapter 2, "Installing the MAX TNT Chassis."

Basic configuration of the MAX TNT, including the system date and time, IP address, DNS information, and basic security.

 Chapter 3, "Performing Basic Configuration."

Installing a multishelf system. A MAX TNT multishelf system allows several MAX TNT units to act as one logical unit.

Chapter 4, "Installing a Multishelf System."

Installing and configuring slot cards.

Slot-card chapters for the cards you have purchased.

Configuring call routing to direct incoming and outgoing calls to the proper LAN or WAN interface.

Chapter 15, "Call Routing in the MAX TNT."

Provisioning the MAX TNT WAN lines.

 Appendix A, "Provisioning the Switch. "

Configuring the ADSL COE and CPE voice splitter.

 Appendix B, "Configuring the RADSL Voice Splitter. "

Using technical specifications.

 Appendix C, "MAX TNT General Specifications, "and

Appendix D, "MAX TNT Cabling and Connectors Specifications. "

What you should know

This guide attempts to provide a conceptual framework sufficient to enable an administrator who is not an expert in a particular network technology to configure the unit accurately. But it does not start from the beginning with any network management topic. Following are the general areas in which it is helpful have some existing knowledge when configuring the related MAX TNT network capabilities:

Related publications

Additional information is available in the other guides in the MAX TNT documentation set. If you need more background information than these guides provide, many external references are readily available on the Web or in technical bookstores. You'll find a partial list of such references below.

MAX TNT documentation set

The MAX TNT documentation set consists of the following manuals:

Related RFCs

 RFCs are available on the Web at http://ds.internic.net.

Information about PPP connections

For information about PPP connections and authentication, you might want to download one or more of the following:

Information about IP routers

 RFCs that describe the operation of IP routers include:

Information about OSPF routing

 For information about OSPF routing, see:

Information about multicast

 For information about multicast, see:

Information about firewalls and packet filtering

 RFCs that describe firewalls and packet filters include:

Information about general network security

 RFCs pertinent to network security include:

Information about external authentication

 For information about RADIUS and TACACS authentication, see:

ITU-T recommendations

 ITU-T recommendations (formerly CCITT) are available commercially. You can order them at http://www.itu.ch/publications/.

Related books

The following books are available in technical bookstores.

Documentation conventions

Table 1-2 shows the documentation conventions used in this guide.

Table 1-2. Documentation conventions

Convention

Meaning
Monospace text

 Represents text that appears on your computer's screen, or that could appear on your computer's screen.

Boldface mono-space text

 Represents characters that you enter exactly as shown (unless the characters are also in italics-see Italics, below). If you could enter the characters, but are not specifically instructed to, they do not appear in boldface.

Italics

 Represent variable information. Do not enter the words themselves in the command. Enter the information they represent. In ordinary text, italics are used for titles of publications, for some terms that would otherwise be in quotation marks, and to show emphasis.

[ ]

 Square brackets indicate an optional argument you might add to a command. To include such an argument, type only the information inside the brackets. Do not type the brackets unless they appear in bold type.

|

 Separates command choices that are mutually exclusive.

>

 Points to the next level in the path to a parameter. The parameter that follows the angle bracket is one of the options that appears when you select the parameter that precedes the angle bracket.

Key1-Key2

 Represents a combination keystroke. To enter a combination keystroke, press the first key and hold it down while you press one or more other keys. Release all the keys at the same time. (For example, Ctrl-H means hold down the Control key and press the H key.)

Press Enter

 Means press the Enter, or Return, key or its equivalent on your computer.

Note:

 Introduces important additional information.

Caution:

 Warns that a failure to follow the recommended procedure could result in loss of data or damage to equipment.

Warning:

 Warns that a failure to take appropriate safety precautions could result in physical injury.


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