Section 5 User Interface Guide
TRACER 6000 Series Split System Manual
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> F
IRMWARE
U
PGRADE
U
TILITY
> R
EMOTE
P
REVIOUS
S
TATUS
(Available for TFTP updates only.)
Displays the status of the previous update of the remote unit. Following
a successful update, this field reads
U
PGRADE
FINISHED
SUCCESSFULLY
. If an update was unsuccessful, the
appropriate error message displays. Refer to DLP-5,
Updating the Firmware Using TFTP
, on page 101 for
more details on available error messages.
> RF L
INK
M
ANAGEMENT
B
RIDGE
C
ONFIGURATION
Figure 33 shows the RF Link Bridge Configuration menu page, which contains the parameters for enabling
and configuring the TRACER management bridge for passing information from the management port
across the RF link to the remote end.
Figure 33. RF Link Management Bridge Configuration
>RF L
INK
M
ANAGEMENT
B
RIDGE
C
ONFIGURATION
> B
RIDGE
O
PERATION
The TRACER has the capability to pass management information received on the local management port
(
MGMT
) across the RF link to the remote end. This feature allows units to operate in a daisy-chain fashions
providing the user with configuration, management, and monitoring function for all TRACER systems in
the chain as well as any other Ethernet-capable device located on the same network segment as the
TRACER systems. The TRACER takes Ethernet traffic received on the local management port and
determines (using a MAC bridge functionality) whether the traffic is intended for the local TRACER
system or a system located over the RF link. If the
B
RIDGE
O
PERATION
is
E
NABLED
and Ethernet traffic is
received on the MGMT interface for a remote TRACER system, the TRACER bridges the data over the
RF link. The RF Link Management Bridge feature is
E
NABLED
by default.
The RF Link Management Bridge feature should be used only to pass TRACER
management information from one TRACER to another over the RF link. It is important to
employ an IP addressing scheme that allows for independent networks at the local and all
remote sites in the daisy-chain because the TRACER will bridge all Ethernet traffic bound
for a remote network over the RF link. Excessive bridge traffic can impede proper
management operation; it is recommended that bridge traffic be limited to configuration,
management, and monitoring functions.
