Micro-Annex Box Setup

These are more notes from a Micro-Annex setup session - you'll need either the oper.52.enet file already on the box - some came with 4MB flash or a tftpserver to place the file on and the annex can boot from that.


monitor:: ?

  Monitor Commands:

  addr [-d]            configure the Ethernet interface
  boot [-v] []   download and run a file from host or self
  boot [-l] []   download, saves to self and run a file from host
  config               show hardware configuration and rev info
  console-baud         set console baudrate for remote diagnostics maintenance
  erase                erase non-volatile memory
  help                 (or "?") print this list of commands
  image [-d|]    display and/or set the load image & TFTP load/dump names
  ipx [-d]             set IPX load/dump file server 
  lat [-d]             set LAT key 
  mop [-d]             set MOP load/dump address 
  net                  Ethernet standalone external loopback test
  ping                 send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST, host [data size] [npackets]
  ports [-d]           port tests with current status of ports displayed
  sequence [-d|] display and edit the interface sequence
  slip [-d] []   configure a SL/IP interface
  stats [-slip]        display network error statistics

  All of the commands will prompt for any additional
  information they need, and require no arguments.


monitor:: addr

Enter Internet address [10.120.210.219]:: 

Enter Subnet mask [255.255.255.0]:: 

Enter Preferred load host Internet address [10.120.210.5]:: 
        (tftpboot server address on 10.120.210 subnet)

Enter Broadcast address [10.120.210.0]:: 0.0
    Broadcast address: 0.0.0.0

Enter Preferred dump address [0.0.0.0]:: 

Select type of IP packet encapsulation (ieee802/ethernet) []:: 
    Type of IP packet encapsulation: 

Load Broadcast Y/N [N]:: 

monitor:: sequence net self

    Interface sequence: net,self

monitor:: net

Is a loopback plug being used ?  (y/n) [n]: 

  Network test -   PASSED

monitor:: boot

Enter boot file name [(ip) "oper.52.enet", (mop) "OPER_52_ENET.SYS"]:: 
Requesting default boot file "OPER_52_ENET.SYS" for MOP/VMS loads and
"oper.52.enet" for all other protocols

  Unanswered requests shown as '?', transmission errors as '*'.

  Requesting boot from 10.120.210.5 via Ethernet...
    Booting BFS file using open delay of 8

  Booting from 10.120.210.5
  Header received OK.  Received data blocks shown as '.'.
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Annex Command Line Interpreter   *   Copyright 1991 Xylogics, Inc.

annex: su
Password: (IP of annexbox)
annex# ?
                   Annex Command Summary

Name     Syntax                         Description
=====================================================================
?        ? [] [-m macro]       :Display help on Annex commands
admin    admin                          :Enters local administration function
arp      arp [-ads] [  ...] :Display/change Ethernet ARP tables
bg       bg [-dq] [%][%,+,-,,] :Put a job in the background
boot     boot [-adhlqr] [