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Overview
The IES Supervisory System provides supervisory control and environmental monitoring functions for BC or DP Series plug-in motherboards and Cubix System's (ERS, ERS II, ERS/FT II and SafeStor /FT II).
The IES Supervisory System consists of the following components:
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How do I set up the IES Supervisory System
BC Supervisor
One BC Series plug-in motherboard in the IES Supervisory System must run the application program BCVision, which supervises the system. This BC board is referred to as the BC Supervisor and must be equipped with a minimum of 4MB of RAM. One BC Supervisor can control up to 31 Cubix subsystems, with up to 8 BC processors per subsystem or 12 SCSI drives per SafeStor/FT II. Each subsystem to be supervised must be equipped with an IES.
BCVision
BCVision is a DOS-based application that provides the user interface for the IES
Supervisory System. Through BCVision, the user is able to configure, monitor, and control
the status of the BC processors and the subsystems in which they are installed. BCVision
will also alert the user in the event of an alarm condition.
Because BCVision has been instrumented for SNMP, the monitoring and control functions
included in BCVision are also available from any SNMP-compliant management console. Alarm
conditions detected by BCVision are available to the management console via SNMP traps.
BCVision must be running to provide SNMP support. Note that this necessitates that the BC Supervisor be a dedicated processor on systems with continual SNMP management requirements.
How do I install and run BCVision
GlobalVision (optional)
GlobalVision is the Cubix management system for managing Cubix devices in a LAN/WAN environment. GlobalVision provides monitoring, alarming, supervisory control, and usage reporting from a central management console. GlobalVision provides all network communications using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).
IES MODULE
The IES module performs all environmental monitoring, causing an alarm in the event of
a fault, monitoring BC processor and SCSI drive status, and performing a hard reset of any
BC processor installed in the subsystem in the event of a failure. The sounding of a
speaker and illumination of LEDs on the IES module indicate an alarm condition.
Each Cubix System being monitored by the Cubix Management System must contain an IES module. All IES modules and the BC Supervisor are connected together (via the Data Highway cable) in a daisy-chained fashion. The device at each end of the chain must be terminated. In addition, each IES module must be set to an unique data highway address.
The physical location of the IES modules are as follows:
ERS/FT II System - The IES is integrated as a printed circuit board installed directly in front of the multiplexor board.
ERS II System and older FT Systems - The IES is a stand alone circuit board that must be installed in an available slot in the backpane of each system being monitored.
SafeStor/FT II - The IES module is installed in the right most carrier location (when viewing the front of the unit).
BC Supervisor IES Data Highway Adapter - Connects the the COM2 port of the BC Surpervisor to connect it to the data highway.
DATA HIGHWAY
A Cubix Data Highway connects each IES to the BC Supervisor. Because this out-of-band highway is used by the IES Supervisory System rather than the network, the system is truly network independent. In fact, BCVision requires no network connection unless support for a SNMP management package is needed.
The cable for the data highway is an RJ11 cable, but is NOT wired the same as RJ11 phone cable. You must use the Cubix supplied data highway cable for all data highway connections.
Each IES connected to the same Cubix data highway must be assigned a unique data highway address. The BC Supervisor uses this address to identify and communicate with each IES module.
Valid IES addresses range from 1 to 31 (address 0 is reserved for the BC Supervisor). The default address of the IES is configured to 1 by Cubix manufacturing.
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Control Software
The IES Supervisory System includes the BCMaster TSR , which must be installed
on the BC Supervisor. BCMaster handles all Cubix Data Highway communications and is
provided with the IES Supervisory System software.
In addition, control software must be installed on each processor to be
supervised by the system. This software is located on the BC Series Installation
Diskette provided
with the BC Series processors.
How do I install BCVision and the Control Software
Operating System and Network Environment
The Microsoft DOS operating system (version 5.00 or higher) must be installed on the BC Supervisor.
To provide SNMP support, Novell's SNMP agent must be installed with other Novell software required to convert the BC Supervisor into a network node. A network interface controller (NIC) and appropriate driver are also required. This configuration provides SNMP support for IPX/SPX networks.
For TCP/IP network support, a TCP/IP protocol stack must be loaded with the Novell network software. The Novell LAN Workplace for DOS product provides an appropriate TCP/IP stack for this environment. Note, however, that installing Novell software on the BC Supervisor does not mandate that the BC Supervisor be installed on a Novell network.
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