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Chapter 4: Operation - Administrator Functions

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• Keys(16‐fieldencryptionkey):Thesefieldsaredesignedtocontain

thehexadecimalencryptionkeyusedinencryptingnetworktraffic.

Onlyavalidhexadecimalnumberwillbeacceptedinthesefields.

Defaultvalueofeachfieldissetto00.

Aftersavingthechanges,theParagonIIwillautomaticallyrebootwith

thenewnetw

orksettings.

WhenbuildingatieredsystemofParagonswitches,eachParagonII

switchshouldbeconnectedtothenetworkwithauniqueIPaddress.In

suchasystem,changingthenetworksettingsthroughauserstationwill

changethenetworksettingsoftheParagonIIswitchth

atuserstationis

physicallyconnectedto.Forexample,aP2‐USTconnectedtothebasetier

ofasystemwillchangetheIPaddressonlyofthatBaseUnit,whilea

P2‐USTconnectedtoathirdtierParagonIIwillchangetheIPaddressof

thatparticularthird‐ti

erunit.

ItisessentialtoputallmatrixswitchesinaParagonIIsystemonthe

network,asfirmwareupgradesarepushedacrossthesystemthrough

TCP/IP.