3com 09-1324-000 Manuel D’Utilisation

This chapter is an overview of how to get started with your new NETBuilder II 
system. This chapter provides you with two checklists: one describes the basic 
steps for starting a NETBuilder II system with a Dual Processor Engine (DPE) 
module and the other describes the basic steps for starting a NETBuilder II system 
with a Communication Engine Card (CEC) 20 module.

The NETBuilder II system consists of a 4-Slot, 8-Slot, or 8-Slot Extended chassis, the 
main processor module (either a DPE or CEC 20), and NETBuilder II software.

Your new bridge/router is either an EZBuilt preassembled NETBuilder II system or a 
NETBuilder II system that you have assembled from components.

If you have an EZBuilt NETBuilder II system, it was preassembled before delivery. 
This guide assumes that you have followed the instructions in the hardware 
installation guide to: 

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Set up the system.

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Attach the network and power cables.

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Install a local terminal, PC (with a terminal emulation application), or modem to 
the console port of the main processor module.

If you have a NETBuilder II system that you have assembled yourself from 
components, this guide assumes that you have followed the instructions in each 
hardware installation manual to: 

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Install the system components.

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Attach the network and power cables.

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Install a local terminal, PC (with a terminal emulation application), or modem to 
the console port of the main processor module.

The DPE module has two built-in flash memory drives. The upper drive is drive A, 
and the lower drive is drive B. The DPE module does not support a floppy disk 
drive or the flash drives used with the CEC 20 module.

The CEC 20 module has an internal flash memory drive. The flash memory drive is 
designated as drive A.