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WAN Probe Kit
Installation & Quick Start Guide
August 2003
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Contents Getting Started ................................................................................... 1 Installation Overview ............................................................................................ 1 Unpacking and Inspecting the Parts .................................................................... 2 Hardware and Software Requirements ................................................................ 3 Hardware Requirements ..........................................
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iv WAN Probe Kit Installation and Quick Start Guide
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Getting Started Thank you for purchasing Network Instruments WAN Probe Kit. The WAN Probe Kit, ® when coupled with Network Instruments Observer software, offers full-featured frame capture, decode, and analysis for T1/E1, DS3/E3 and HSSI WAN links. Installation Overview To install the WAN Probe Kit, you must follow these overall steps: 1. Make sure that your system meets the requirements for hardware and software installation as described in Hardware and Software Requirements on page 3 of th
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Unpacking and Inspecting the Parts Your WAN Probe Kit includes a number of components. Take a moment after unpacking the kit to locate and inspect all of the parts. • One (1) 10/100 Ethernet Network Interface Card and cable: • The Network Instruments Product CD-ROM/Application CD, the WAN Probe Kit Installation and Quick Start Guide (this manual), the RMON1/2 & Advanced Probe User Guide, and the Probe License Card: • Depending on the option you purchased, one of the following TAP kits, each o
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Digital T1/E1 TAP Kit (4-Port) MONITOR LINK 1 MONITOR MONITOR LINK 2 MONITOR TX RX TX RX IN OUT IN OUT MONITOR LINK 1 MONITOR MONITOR LINK 2 MONITOR TX RX TX RX : IN OUT IN OUT Two (2) T1/E1 WAN Two (2) T1/E1 Dual Link TAPs Two (2) Interface Cards & Cables T1/E1 Cables Serial T1/E1 TAP Kit (V.35 Version shown; others look slightly different) DTE MODE POWER AB DCE ACTIVE OUTPUT One (1) Serial T1 WAN One (1) Serial T1/E1 TAP Interface Card & Cable One Serial Splitter Cable Hardware and Software Re
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Probe Service Installed Observer Console WAN Probe Kit Quick Installation Diagrams Follow the diagrammed steps below to install the WAN Probe Kit. More detailed NIC and software installation instructions follow in this Guide. 1 Digital T1/E1 TAP Quick Installation Diagram (2-Port ) The diagram below shows the WAN Probe Kit as it would be cabled to analyze a digital T1/E1 link with a Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU). For a DS3/E3 and Serial T1 cabling diagrams, see the followin
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Probe Service Running Digital DS3/E3 TAP Quick Installation Diagram Install the interface cards, 1 drivers, and cabling. DS3 Frame Relay TAP Card DTE DCE Connect Interface LO LOS S LO LOS S card to TAP with Interface cable. POWER LO LOF F LO LOF F IN OUT IN OUT Use the Move supplied DS3 (TX) DS3 (RX) (TX) cable to link cables to complete the TAP (RX) passthrough Use the supplied Link back to the 10/100 cable to DS3 Line. connect the Probe Supplied to a TCP/IP LAN cables with a
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Probe Service Running Observer Console Serial T1 TAP Quick Installation Diagram Splitter cable patched between DTE and DCE TX TX RX RX TX TX RX RX CSU/DSU Router DTE (DCE) Install the interface cards, 1 drivers, and cabling. INPUT WAN Card Serial 10/100 T1/E1 DTE NIC MODE TAP POWER AB DCE ACTIVE OUTPUT TCP/IP LAN From the Observer 3 Console, the newly- Use the supplied configured Probe will 10/100 cable to connect the Probe to a now be available on TCP/IP LAN with an Observer’s Probe List. Obser
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Probe Service Running Observer Console HSSI TAP Quick Installation Diagram Install the interface cards, WAN Card 1 drivers, and cabling. 10/100 NIC INPUT T3 WAN MONITOR TAP MO POWER Install the OUTPUT TO PROBE 2 Network Instruments Probe HSSI software. TAP HSSI IN HSSI OUT TCP/IP LAN Use the supplied 10/100 cable to connect the Probe to a TCP/IP LAN with an Observer system attached. TX TX RX RX CSU/DSU DTE From the Observer Move the DCE TX TX RX RX 3 connector from Console, the newly- the HSSI l
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1. Install the Interface Cards, Drivers, and Cabling The TAP kit allows the Probe to capture frames from a T1/E1 or DS3/E3 link. The 10/100 NIC allows the Probe to communicate with the Observer console via TCP/IP, or to capture packets from a 10/100 network. • For detailed card installation instructions, refer to Installing the Interface Cards on page 10 of this Guide. For driver installation instructions, refer to Updating the WAN and 10/100 Drivers on page 11 of this Guide. 2. Install the
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Installing the Interface Cards and Drivers Safety and Handling Precautions Danger! ! Electrical current from power, phone and communications cables can be hazardous. To avoid potential shock hazards: • Only use grounded sockets for connecting equipment to the power supply. • Do not carry out any installation, maintenance or (re)configuration work and do not connect or disconnect any power cables during an electrical storm. • If installing in a Hot Plug system, please follow the safety instruc
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Installing the Interface Cards Have the computer manual available and if necessary, a key or screwdriver to open the cover. 1. Install the Network Instruments Probe Software as described in the RMON1/2 & Advanced Probe User Guide. You must install this software before you install the hardware so that Windows will have access to the custom drivers. 2. Switch off the computer in which the network cards are to be installed. 3. Disconnect the power cord from the power outlet. Follow the safety i
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Make sure that the contacts of the network cards are correctly aligned with the PCI bus slots on the motherboard. Push the network cards down vertically until they are properly seated in the bus slots. 10/100 Ethernet NIC WAN Interface 9. Tighten the locking screws on the fixing brackets until the cards are firmly connected to the computer cover (or to the attachment provided for expansion cards). 10. Close the computer cover and replace and tighten any screws. 11. Reconnect the power supply
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WAN and 10/100 Driver Installation: Windows 2000 The procedure for each NIC is different because of the way Windows 2000 recognizes the two cards: • The WAN Interface card isn’t recognized at all, so you need to have already installed the Network Instruments Probe software when you turn the system on. When the Found New Hardware wizard asks you for the driver location, specify the C:\Observer Files\Drivers\WAN directory, which contains the custom driver for the WAN Interface card. • The 10
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2. Choose “Search for a suitable driver for my device.” Click Next. The wizard asks where it should look for the driver files: 3. Choose “Specify a Location” and click Next. The wizard displays a file locator: 4. Enter or browse to the following directory (assuming C:\Observer Files is your Observer directory): C:\Observer Files\DriversWAN Installing the Interface Cards and Drivers 13
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The wizard tells you which driver it found: 5. Click Next. The wizard informs you that the driver it found lacks a Microsoft digital signature: 6. Click Yes. Network Instruments has tested and verified that the driver works correctly with Observer and Probe on Windows 2000. After installing the driver, the wizard displays a confirmation dialog telling you that the driver was successfully installed. Click Finish to close the wizard. 14 Updating the WAN and 10/100 Drivers
