The Configuration Program Tutorial

When you start the Configuration Program, the program displays three  windows:  

A navigation window titled Navigation Window 

A configuration window containing this tutorial 

The program logo window 

Select OK  on the program logo window to begin using the  configuration program.
 
If you want to use Guided Configuration, refer to the Guided Configuration section below. 

To use the configuration program:  

1. Select Configure  from the Navigation window. 

2. Select the model you wish to configure from the New configuration submenu. 

3. Select Slots or Ports from the Navigation window.  

Use Slots  to select an adapter for each slot from the  drop-down menu in the  Configuration window. 

4. If you want to configure virtual interface types such as dial circuit  interfaces, multilink PPP or L2TP interfaces, or channelized ISDN interfaces,  expand the Dial Based Interfaces, PPP Based Interfaces, or Channelized ISDN  interfaces folders and configure these interface types and other global  device-based parameters. 

5. Select Interfaces  from the Devices folder and configure the interfaces for the device. 

6. Select the items in the System folder and configure the parameters in each of  those items. 

7. Select and configure the items in the SNMP Config folders. 

8. Select and configure items in the Protocols and Features folders. You can configure these items in any order. 

 Guided Configuration Introduction 

There are two ways for the new user to use the help facilities of this  configurator tool.  

· Guided Configuration is for the user who has little experience with network configuration. 

· Panel helps  assist the user who has some experience with network configuration and with the configurator tool. 

 Using Guided Configuration 

The configuration program begins by showing you two windows:  

· Navigation window 

· Configuration window 

If you select a folder from the Navigation window, Guided  Configuration text will appear in the Configuration window. The Guided  Configuration text provides configuration information suitable for the network  administrator who might need help with network configuration. 

Press F1 now to copy this text to a Help window. You can then continue to  view it as you perform the configuration steps. 

Do not close the Help window. You can recall the path that you have taken  through the Configurator tool by  using the up and down buttons in the Help  window. 

If you select a check mark topic  from the Navigation window,  the corresponding configuration options are displayed in the Configuration  window. 

To display Panel help for these options,  press F1 while the topic is  selected in the Navigation window. 

Panel help appears in the Help window. 

Use the Up button in the Help window to return to the Guided Configuration  text. You can then scroll the Guided Configuration text to continue the  configuration process. 

 Getting Help Panels 

You can display help text in the following ways:  

· To display Guided Configuration text in the Configuration window, select a folder in the Navigation window. 

· To display help for a check mark topic, select the topic and press F1 from the Navigation window. 

· To display related information for highlighted text, click on the highlighted text. 

· To display help for a parameter in the Configuration window, select the parameter and press F1. 

Now click on the Devices Folder  in the Navigation window.
 
 Related Topics 

Select for related information.  

 Help On Keys. 

 Using the Configuration Program with AIX NetView/6000