# Configuring and starting the system with oamsys

To configure a system and start a system using the oamsys utility:

Step | Action
1 | Install the boards and software as described in the installation summary.
2 | Determine which board keyword file you will use, or edit one of the sample AG 2000-BRI board keyword files, to specify appropriate configuration information for each board. For more information, refer to Using board keyword files.
3 | Determine the PCI bus and slot locations of the boards using the pciscan utility. pciscan identifies the NMS PCI boards installed in the system and returns each board's bus, slot, interrupt, and board type.
4 | Create a system configuration file, or edit a sample system configuration file to point to all the board keyword files for your system. Specify a unique name and board number for each board.
5 | Start oammon to monitor the NMS OAM system and all NMS boards. For more information about oammon, refer to the NMS OAM System User's Manual. Start oammon before running oamsys. Keep oammon running to see the status of all boards in your system and to view error and tracing messages.
6 | Use oamsys to start all of the installed boards (ctdaemon must be running when you use oamsys) according to the configuration information specified in the system configuration file and any associated board keyword files. For more information, refer to Running oamsys.

To determine the physical slot location of a specific board:

Operating system | Procedure
Windows | Use pciscan to associate the PCI bus assignment to a physical board by flashing an LED on the board. To flash the LED on a board, call pciscan with the PCI bus and PCI slot locations.
UNIX | Use blocate to associate the PCI bus assignment to a physical board by flashing an LED on the board. To flash the LED on a board, call blocate with the PCI bus and PCI slot locations.

For information about pciscan and blocate, refer to the NMS OAM System User's Manual.