The following material clearly describes the procedure for adding, modifying, and removing ports from analog “Line Card Ports” on the 3Com NBX 100; to obtain information on other equipment refer to the corresponding document.

This material was designed to be used as a working tool for systems personnel directly related to the operation of the data network.

IP ADDRESS: Unique identifier of a server, station or work team within a network.

TCP / IP: Data Transport Protocol / Internet Protocol.

CONSOLE: Switch configuration window, it is the interface between the network equipment and the administrator user. The console allows you to configure the different characteristics of the network equipment through commands.

TIMEOUT (timeout): Like many other systems, network equipment needs some time to wait for a response or action, if this does not occur, it must be able to exit its waiting cycle and request another task. The timeout is the one that tells the team how long to wait for a response or action before presenting an error message and proceeding to perform another task.

QUESTION: Console Indicator, the prompt is the place where I can type the console commands to configure the switch.

SWITCH: High-tech equipment that allows me to obtain better performance thanks to its excellent distribution of the transmission channel.

PARITY: Corresponds to a control bit that is added to the data frame in order to verify if the information sent by the sender corresponds to the same as received by the receiver, this operation corresponds to an error control by means of a simple formula mathematics.

TERMINAL: Software to emulate a workstation through remote access.

Bps: Acronym for Data Bits Per Second.

GATEWAY: Terminal equipment that allows linking a workstation or several to other networks.

SOFTWARE: Set of programs, instructions and documents to solve data processing problems.

LOGIN: Access the equipment through an authorized user.

PASSWORD: Password of an authorized user.

DOWNLOAD: Download files.

REBOOT / RESET: Reboot the computer.

• 3Com NBX 100 Installation Guide. Release 2.8
• 3Com NBX 100 Administrator's Guide. Release 2.8

It is important to follow the order of each of the installation standards described in this document in order to ensure the proper and normal operation of the equipment within the parameters of the data network for Ecopetrol.

There are two ways to configure a new port: using auto discovery and adding the ports manually.

• 1. Click on the Sysytem Configuration icon on the main menu.

• 2. Click on System Wide.

• 3. Enable “Auto Discovery” of the analog cards “Line Cards”

• 4. Click OK.

• 1. In the main menu click on the Device Configuration icon.

• 2. Click on the “Line Card Ports” tab.

• 3. Click “Add” to add a new analog port.

• 4. Enter the port information and click Apply.

• 1. In the main menu click on the Device Configuration icon.

• 2. Click on the “Line Card Ports” tab.

• 3. Click Modify to add a new analog port.

• 4. Enter the port information and click OK.

• 1. In the main menu click on the Device Configuration icon.

• 2. Click on “Line Card Ports” tab.

• 3. Select the port you want to remove and click Remove to add a new analog port.

• 4. A confirmation window will then appear asking if you want to delete the port. Click “Yes”.

— David Gonzalez 2021/04/16 17:27