# Configuring and starting the system using oamsys

To configure a system using oamsys:

Step | Action
1 | Install the boards as described in Installing the hardware.
2 | Determine which board keyword file you will use, or edit one of the sample CX 2000 board keyword files, to specify appropriate configuration information for each board. For more information, refer to Using keywords.
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. For more information about pciscan, refer to the NMS OAM System User's Manual.
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. A sample system configuration file is provided.
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 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.