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Cisco ONS 15454 DWDM Installation and Operations Guide, R6.0
September 2005
Chapter 2      Connect the PC and Log into the GUI
DLP-G41 Set Up a Windows PC for Craft Connection to an ONS 15454 Using Automatic Host Detection
DLP-G41 Set Up a Windows PC for Craft Connection to an ONS 15454 Using 
Automatic Host Detection 
Step 1 Verify the operating system that is installed on your computer: 
a. From the Windows Start menu, choose Settings > Control Panel. 
Note In Windows XP, you can select Control Panel directly from the Start menu. Make sure you 
are in Classic View before continuing with this procedure.
b. In the Control Panel window, double-click the System icon.
c. On the General tab of the System Settings window, verify that the Windows operating system is one 
of the following: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.
Step 2 According to the Windows operating system installed on your computer, perform one of the following 
steps:
• For Windows 98, complete Step 3.
• For Windows NT 4.0, complete Step 4.
• For Windows 2000, complete Step 5.
• For Windows XP, complete Step 6.
Step 3 If you have Windows 98 installed on your PC, complete the following steps to change its TCP/IP 
configuration:
a. From the Windows Start menu, choose Settings > Control Panel.
b. In the Control Panel dialog box, click the Network icon.
c. In the Network dialog box, select TCP/IP for your NIC, then click Properties.
Purpose This task sets up your computer for local craft connection to the 
ONS 15454 when:
• If you are using an ANSI shelf, you will connect to the ONS 15454 
Ethernet port or backplane LAN pins either directly or through a hub.
• If you are using an ETSI shelf, you will connect to the ONS 15454 
Ethernet port or the RJ-45 jack on the MIC-C/T/P FMEC either 
directly or through a hub.
• All nodes that you will access are running Software R3.3 or later.
• You will connect to multiple ONS 15454s and do not want to 
reconfigure your IP address each time.
• You do not need to access non-ONS 15454 applications such as ping 
and tracert (trace route).
Tools/Equipment None
Prerequisite Procedures NTP-G17 Set Up Computer for CTC, page 2-2
Required/As Needed As needed
Onsite/Remote Onsite
Security Level None