Manual Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5

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    CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION Order toll-free in the U.S. 24 hours, 7 A.M. Monday to midnight Friday: 877-877-BBOX FREE technical support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax 724-746-0746 Mail order: Black Box Corporation , 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Web site: www.blackbox.com • E-mail: info@blackbox.com SEPTEMBER ...

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    T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS FEDERAL COMMUNICA TIONS COMMISSION and CANADIAN DEP ARTMENT OF COMMUNICA TIONS RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE ST A TEMENT Class B Digital Device. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasona ...

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    3 CONTENTS 1. Specifications ...................................................................................................5 2. Introduction .....................................................................................................6 2.1 The Hardware .................................................................................... ...

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    4 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL CompuServe ® is a registered trademark of CompuServe Incorporated. Photo CD ® is a registered trademark of Eastman Kodak. Windows ™ is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. DiscView ™ is a trademark of Microtest, Inc. Novell ® and NetWare ® are registered trademarks of Novell Incorp ...

  • Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5 - page 5

    5 CHAPTER 1: Specifications Host interface — SCSI-2 Single- Ended Alternative One Drive Specifications: Acceptable discs — • Red Book, Yellow Book • CD-ROM XA ® discs • CD-Audio discs • CD-I discs • CD-Bridge discs • Photo CD ® Drive Speed — 40 × Disc diameter — 12 cm (standard CD-ROM size) Data transfer rate —600 kbps Aver ...

  • Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5 - page 6

    6 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS 2.1 The Hardware A CD Network Tower combines networking software and CD-ROM hardware to let network users share multiple CD-ROM drives as volumes on a server. Because a CD Network Tower can be attached anywhere on the network, there is no need to connect CD-ROM drives directly to the file server or locally to each networ ...

  • Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5 - page 7

    7 CHAPTER 2: Introduction • Thin Ethernet, 10BASE-T, Token Ring Adapters • One power cord 2.4 System Requirements 2.4.1 B ASIC R EQUIREMENTS The following basic network environment is the minimum required for proper operation of CD Network Tower and DiscView: • Workstation (386 or greater recommended)—at least 2 MB of RAM is recommended, 4 ...

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    8 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS Avoid exposing the CD Network Tower to sudden changes in temperature, since condensation might form on the lens inside the drive. Should the surrounding temperature suddenly rise while the drive is on, wait at least one hour before you turn off the power. Operating a CD Network Tower immediately after a sudden increase i ...

  • Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5 - page 9

    9 CHAPTER 3: Installation 3.1 Installing the Hardware 1. Take the CD Network Tower out of the box and unwrap it. 2. Plug one end of your network cable (either a Thin Ethernet BNC cable or twisted-pair RJ-45 cable) into the network “drop” or node. Plug the other end into the CD Network Tower. 3. Plug the female end of the power cord into the CD ...

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    10 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS 3.2.1 I NSTALLING D ISC V IEW 1. Place the DiscView Installation disk in a floppy drive. 2. From the Windows Program Manager’s File menu, select Run. 3. Type B:SETUP (or the appropriate drive letter) and press OK. 4. Follow the prompts to select the destination path. NOTE: DiscView software does not need to be instal ...

  • Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5 - page 11

    11 CHAPTER 3: Installation 5. Setup copies the files to the selected destination... 6. ...and creates a DiscView program group. 7. When Setup is complete, a README file appears (it explains any additions or changes since this manual was released). Press Continue. 8. Setup verifies successful installation of DiscView. 9. Setup also detects that the ...

  • Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5 - page 12

    12 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS 3.2.4 C HOOSING M ANAGERS Once the NLMs are installed, you can assign DiscView managers. When the NLMs are initially installed, the network supervisor is, by default, assigned as a DiscView manager. Other users can be assigned as managers without being supervisors or the equivalent. A manager can install other CD Networ ...

  • Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5 - page 13

    13 CHAPTER 3: Installation 4. The selected names move to the Manager List. To remove managers, select the desired name under the Manager List and press Delete. The deleted manager names move back to the list of Possible Managers. You can also drag and drop to remove managers from the list. 5. Click on OK. The Configuration dialog box appears. 6. Se ...

  • Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5 - page 14

    14 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS 1. Give the CD Network Tower a name that will help you identify it. 2. The Attached File server field shows “[unattached].” 3. Select a server. The pull-down box contains a list of all file servers to which you are attached and that have the NLM loaded. 4. Click Advanced. Additional information is displayed for the ...

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    15 CHAPTER 3: Installation Once you’ve finished with the Ethernet Advanced Options, press OK. Go to “Configure CD-ROM Volumes” in the DiscView User Guide for instructions on working with CD-ROMs. Token Ring If the CD Network Tower is being installed on a token-ring network, the Advanced Options available are Factory Default Address, Alternate ...

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    16 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS Once you’ve finished with the Token Ring Advanced Options, press OK. Go to “Configure CD-ROM Volumes” in the DiscView User Guide for instructions on working with CD-ROMs. When you have configured the CD Network Tower and pressed OK, this message appears. Press OK. The DiscView Map window appears. That’s all ther ...

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    17 CHAPTER 4: Using the CD Network T ower Take a moment to get to know the CD Network Tower. This drawing shows where all the important parts are: ❶ Front drawer. Press eject button to open and insert disc. ❷ Tray drawer. Insert disc after opening tray drawer. Press eject button to close. ❸ Emergency eject hole—Insert a fine rod, such as a ...

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    18 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS 4.1 Getting Started 1. Turn on the power switch. The status light will glow green to show that the power is on. 2. Set the disc in the tray of the drive with the disc’s label facing up, and push the eject button or the tray until it is accepted into the drive completely. The busy light changes from green to yellow whi ...

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    19 CHAPTER 4: Using the CD Network T ower Ejecting a disc manually in an emergency If something goes wrong, you can use the manual emergency eject to get the disc out of the drive. 1. Turn off the power of your CD Network Tower. 2. Insert a pointed object, such as a paper clip, into the emergency eject hole, and push firmly. After removing the disc ...

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    20 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS 4.3 Status Lights Network Activity LED (on the left): The Net LED flashes yellow to indicate CD Network Tower transmit and receive activity, and green to indicate all other network activity (not related to the CD Network Tower). Status LED (on the right): The Status LED has several states, allowing you to determine what ...

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    21 CHAPTER 4: Using the CD Network T ower CD Network T ower Status LEDs No. of Fault Corrective Blinks Indication Action 0 Solid red Return to dealer; unit failed power-on self-test. 1 Blinking yellow No network found; check network cabling. 2 Blinking yellow Boot server not set; configure CD Network Tower. 3 Blinking yellow Boot filename not set, ...

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    22 T7 PLUS CD NETWORK TOWERS 4.4 Icons CD N ETWORK T OWER I CON Power off Configured Unconfigured In the DiscView Map, if the DiscPort icon is a shade of light gray, the DiscPort is in a power-off state. Reset the DiscPort and press F5 to refresh your screen. This should change the icon to a darker gray. Double-click on the icon to display all avai ...

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    23 CHAPTER 4: Using the CD Network T ower F ILE S ERVER I CON File servers with the DiscView NLMs loaded and running are indicated on the Map window by the DiscPort server icon: File server with DiscView NLMs File server with no DiscView NLMs If the Server icon does not display the DiscPort logo, there are no DiscView NLMs running on that file serv ...

  • Black Box CDTE300A-7-R5 - page 24

    1000 Park Drive • Lawrence, P A 15055-1018 • 724-746-5500 • Fax 724-746-0746 © Copyright 2000. Black Box Corporation. All rights reserved. ...

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