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Important note regarding product identification:
When the full part number of a
Point System device is abbreviated for use in catalogs and marketing
literature, the first set of numeric digits in the string is dropped and
replaced by the last. In most Point System products, the first set of numeric
digits in the full part number is the same as the last, so this process is
transparent. In the case of Management Modules, this is not true. The full part
number of the CPSMM200 Expansion Management Module is CPSMM200-210, and it is
referred to in catalogs and marketing literature as CPSMM210.
This document describes the following Point System topics:
Focal Point - Expansion Management Module Details Screen
What is the ICIF? ICIF stands for Inter-Cabinet Communications Interface. Multiple Point System
cabinets can be interconnected via cables that plug in to the front of Base and
Expansion Management Modules. In order to avoid loops that would disrupt
inter-cabinet communications, each cabinet must have exactly one Base or
Expansion Management Module that serves as a gateway between the local cabinet
and remote cabinets. When there are multiple
Management Modules installed in a cabinet, care must be taken to ensure that
each end of each cable is plugged into the ICIF rather than any other module,
which will have isolated its ICIF cables from the Cabinet. The ICIF also is solely
responsible for communicating configuration changes to the Cabinet hardware.
This includes the Cabinet's description and slot power enable/disable
states. Which Management Module is the ICIF? There is always one ICIF
for each Cabinet in the stack. The Base Management Module that is installed in
the slot to the left of all of the others of will be the ICIF. If there are no
Base Management Modules, then the leftmost Expansion Managment Module in the
selected. No influence can be exerted over this selection process. The "ICIF"
MIB variable indicates whether or not a particular Management Module has been
selected as the gateway.
Expansion Management Module SNMP MIB Variables
The following manageable features are available for the Expansion Management Module:
- BiaIndex -
(Integer, read only) "Burned In Address." This is the serial number of the
Cabinet into which this Expansion Management Module is installed.
- SlotIndex -
(Integer, read only) The Cabinet slot into which this Expansion Management
Module is installed.
- SerialNumber -
(Integer, read only) The serial number for this Expansion Management
Module
- ICIF -
(Integer, read only) This variable has the value yes(1) if this Expansion
Management Module is currently the Inter-Cabinet Communications
Interface.
- MRevision -
(Integer, read only) This is the "Marketing revision level" of the device. It
is the last three digits of the part number. The CPSMM200-210 Expansion
Management Module therefore has a MRevision of 210. This is often abbreviated
to CPSMM210.
Note: the CPSMM200-210 does not have a "Groups" variable, because all of its variables are
read-only.
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