HDS ViewStation System Administrator's Guide

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ViewStation Setup Mode

This page lists various Setup Mode functions.

Setup Mode provides the ability to set many communication, network, and user preference settings. Using the "HDSware host" feature selects automatic entry of many needed paths in their Setup Mode fields.

The Main Menu contains eight buttons for starting all the ViewStation clients:

• Setup Mode Main Menu
• Telnet Terminal Window - local HDSterm client (with Autostart option)
• Serial Terminal Window - local HDSterm client (with Autostart option)
• Console Window client (with Autostart option)
• Available Memory client (with Autostart option)
• Motif Window Manager client (with Autostart option)
• OPEN LOOK Window Manager client (with Autostart option)
• HDSware Configuration
• Setup Options Menu
• Setup Options Menu The "Setup Options" button brings up the following menu:
• Return to Main Menu
• Communications Options
• XDMCP Options
• Remote Hosts
• Domain Name Servers
• User Preferences
• Startup Options
• Restart and Shutdown Menu
• Reset NVM to Factory Defaults
• Restore Settings from NVM

Some of the principal functions are listed below as they appear in these menus:

Communications Options Menu
This menu lets you set various network specifications, such as netmask and gateway information. This menu sets the Ethernet communications, and also SLIP, CSLIP, and Serial Terminal Emulation communications operations.

XDMCP Options Menu
This menu allows you to select the XDM Display Manager to manage your ViewStation display, along with the type of XDMCP message to send to initiate XDM and to set XDM timeout values. This menu lets you start the Xdm Chooser, a local ViewStation client that displays available Xdm hosts for users who select Indirect or Broadcast Xdm access.

Remote Hosts Menu
This menu sets host information for up to six remote hosts, specifying for each the host name and address and other host information, including FTP or TFTP selection and access. It also permits specification of a Local and a Remote Mount Directory for each host.

Domain Name Servers Menu
This menu lets you enter the addresses of the one or two hosts to use to resolve Domain Names and the Default Suffix value for your network. There is also capability for internal name service.

User Preferences Menu
This menu allows you to set a number of user preferences, including fontpath and colormap path information, keyboard and bell volume, screen saver settings, backing store and save under features, international keyboard type, and resolution and color depth settings for your monitor. This menu also allows you to enter a user password to give you Setup Mode security.

Startup Options Menu
This menu controls the ViewStation operation with the RARP and BOOTP protocols. This menu sets paths for server code download, configuration file location, and startup file location.

Restart and Shutdown Menu
This menu restarts the ViewStation. This function operates to restart the ViewStation using the ROM server image, the current RAM server image, or reload the server image from the network, depending on the user's selections.

Reset NVM to Factory Defaults
This menu lets you change all your Setup Mode selections (except the password, and screen resolution) back to their original factory settings.

Restore Settings from NVM
This menu lets you restore your settings to those from the most recently saved NVM configuration.

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