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configuring card   126
configuring circuits for clear channel 

signaling   139

configuring circuits for structured 

data DBA   139

configuring circuits for structured 

voice DBA   139

data flow   258
drop and insert   259
DS0 combining   260
installed   16
LEDs   34
line build outs   34, 35
loopbacks   182
performance monitoring   202
pinouts (T1-DSX/E1 port)   230
pinouts (V.35/RS-366)   231
principles of operation   257
setting ports and circuits for CAS 

versus CCS   138

statistics   201
structured vs. unstructured 

mode   264

T1-DSX/E1 LEDs   34, 38
types of interfaces   265
unstructured mode   264
unstructured tunneling   264
virtual circuit parameters   154

CBR parameters

56K/64K mode   125
admin. status   123, 125
CRC-4   123
CTS&DCD option   125
DBA bits mask   122, 203
dial timer   125
DSR option   125
framing   121
idle timer   122
LBO (line build out)   119
line code   119
port   154
port mode   120
SCR clock source   124
SCT clock source   124
SCTE clock phase control   125
SCTE clock source   124
TC signaling type   121
TC1 signaling bits   121
TC2 signaling bits   121
timing   121

CBR port modes

structured   121, 258, 259
unstructured   121, 258

CBR serial port

configuring   123, 124

CBR T1-DSX and V35 Configuration 

menu   118

CBR T1-DSX timing options   122
CBR traffic, versus VBR   237
CBR virtual circuit parameters

CDV buffer size   154
payload size/type   154

CCS (common channel signaling)   138, 

139, 140, 263

CCV (C-bit coding violations), DS3 

statistic   193

CDV buffer size, CBR virtual circuit 

parameter   154

CE Notice   xiv
cells dropped

DS3 ATM statistic   194
E3 ATM statistic   195

cells received

DS3 ATM statistic   194
E3 ATM statistic   195
OC3/STM-1 ATM statistic   193

cells transmitted

DS3 ATM statistic   194
E3 ATM statistic   195
OC3/STM-1 ATM statistic   193

cells with correctable HCS error, 

OC3/STM-1 ATM statistic   193

cells with HCS errors

DS3 statistic   194
E3 ATM statistic   195

cells with uncorrectable HCS error, 

OC3/STM-1 ATM statistic   193

CES (C-bit errored seconds), DS3 

statistic   194

ch (channel number), VCM port activity 

statistic   206

channel associated signaling (CAS)   138, 

139, 261, 262

multiframe structure for 3x64kbit/s 

DS1   261

channel loopbacks (VCM)   184
clear channel signaling   139
code image   65

backing up   65
backing up and restoring   64
restoring   66

common channel signaling (CCS)   138, 

139, 140, 203, 263

communication parameters, setting   45, 

48

community name, setting for Ethernet 

port   51

compression algorithms   269

selecting   128

Configuration   68
configuration

bridge   103, 104
buffers (CTX)   74
cards and ports   74
CBR card   126
CBR DSX-1/E1 ports   118
CBR module   117
CBR serial port   123, 124
communication parameters   45, 48
CTX   72
default gateway   53
DS3/E3 module   94
E3 UNI module   94
Ethernet 10/100 (PCI) module   116
IMA expansion module 

(four-port)   77

IMA groups   80
in-band management   57
initial   45
local host IP address   49
management CPU (MCPU)   59
menu   68

OC3/STM-1 port   93
RS-232 port   61
serial card   101
serial port   96, 97
shapers (CTX)   73
shapers (MCPU)   71
SIM local management interface 

(LMI)   98

system clock   45
system information   59, 60
T1/E1 card   92
T1/E1 ports   77, 78
T1/E1 UNI interface   77
time and date   54
trap clients   52
UNI groups   80
VCM card   131
VCM channels   127
via VT100   41
viewing RS-232 port settings   61
viewing shelf information   69
virtual circuits   132
voice compression module 

(VCM)   126

Configuration Management (main menu 

option)   43

Configuration Management menu   68, 

69

congestion thresholds   75, 76
connections

AC/DC power   26
CBR module   34
DS3/E3 module   37
Ethernet 10/100 module   36
Ethernet port   31
I/O cabling   27
IMA expansion module 

(four-port)   38

management terminal   39, 42
OC3/STM-1 port   32
serial port   30
T1/E1 UNI interface   29
voice compression module 

(VCM)   35

connectivity, LAN   257
conventions

notice icons, About This Guide   1
text, About This Guide   1

CRC   123
CRC errored frames, Ethernet 

statistic   199

CRC, voice compression parameter   131
CRC-4, CBR parameter   123
CSES (C-bit severely errored seconds)

DS3 statistic   194

CSS (controlled slip seconds)

CBR statistic   202
T1/E1 statistic   188
VCM statistic   204

CTS&DCD option, CBR parameter   125
CTX   235

configuring   72
configuring buffers   74
configuring shapers   73

CTX Buffers menu   75, 236
CTX menu   73

Summary of Contents for S330

Page 1: ...http www 3com com SuperStack II PathBuilder S330 S310 WAN Access Switches Reference Guide Release 2 04 Part No 09 1850 000 Published August 1999 ...

Page 2: ...cumentation or on the removable media in a directory file named LICENSE TXT or LICENSE TXT If you are unable to locate a copy please contact 3Com and a copy will be provided to you UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LEGEND If you are a United States government agency then this documentation and the software described herein are provided to you subject to the following All technical data and computer softwar...

Page 3: ...0 Overview 3 PathBuilder S330 Features 3 PathBuilder S310 Features 5 Application Support 7 Key Benefits 8 2 INSTALLATION Receiving and Inspecting the PathBuilder S330 S310 Switch 11 Installation Overview 12 Site Requirements 14 Installation Procedures 15 Step 1 Optional Install the Optional Modules in the Unit 15 ESD Precautions 18 Installing the Optional Modules in the Unit 19 Step 2 Install the ...

Page 4: ...Trap Clients 52 Configuring the Default Gateway 53 Setting the Time and Date 54 Setting up Passwords 54 Performing Additional Super User Functions 56 Taking over a Read Write Session 56 Erasing the System Database 56 Configuring In band Management 57 4 CONFIGURING PATHBUILDER S330 S310 MODULES PORTS AND APPLICATIONS Viewing and Configuring System Information 59 Specifying General System Informatio...

Page 5: ...s 89 Configuring the T1 E1 Card 92 Configuring the OC3 STM 1 Port 93 Configuring the DS3 E3 UNI Module 94 Configuring the Serial Interface 96 Configuring the Serial Port 96 Configuring the SIM Local Management Interface 98 Configuring the Serial Card 101 Configuring the Ethernet Interface 102 Configuring the Ethernet Interface 102 Configuring the Bridge 103 Configuring the Spanning Tree 105 Config...

Page 6: ... 154 CBR Module Virtual Circuit Parameters 154 Voice Compression Module Virtual Circuit Parameters 156 VC and VP Address Translation 156 Viewing Existing Virtual Circuits 157 Viewing Virtual Circuits for the Entire Chassis 157 Viewing Virtual Circuits by Port or Group 158 Modifying Existing Virtual Circuits 159 Deleting Virtual Circuits 160 Managing the Video Dial Feature 160 Managing Video Dial u...

Page 7: ...ormance Statistics 194 Viewing E3 UNI ATM Statistics 195 Viewing SIM Card Statistics 195 SIM HDLC Statistics 195 SIM Frame Relay Statistics per DLCI 196 SIM DXI Statistics 196 SIM ATM VC Statistics per VCI 196 SIM LMI Statistics 197 Viewing Ethernet Card Statistics 197 Ethernet Statistics 198 Spanning Tree Statistics 200 IP over ATM Statistics 200 Ethernet ATM VC STatistics 201 Viewing CBR Module ...

Page 8: ...it 238 VPI and VCI Ranges 238 Early and Partial Packet Discard 238 T1 E1 UNI with IMA Interface 238 OC3 STM 1 Port 239 DS3 E3 UNI Modules 239 Serial Interface 240 Serial Interface Frame Protocol Modes 240 ATM DXI Mode 241 HDLC SDLC Mode 245 Frame Relay Mode 246 Ethernet Interface 10BASE T or 10 100BASE T 248 Bridge Operation 249 Filtering 250 Spanning Tree 250 Spanning Tree Operation 250 Spanning ...

Page 9: ...de Web Site 277 3Com Knowledgebase Web Services 277 3Com FTP Site 277 3Com Bulletin Board Service 278 Access by Analog Modem 278 Access by Digital Modem 278 3Com Facts Automated Fax Service 278 Support from Your Network Supplier 278 Support from 3Com 279 Returning Products for Repair 280 INDEX 3COM CORPORATION LIMITED WARRANTY ...

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Page 11: ...tes serve as protection barriers from potential hazardous internal areas No attempt should be made to troubleshoot internal components with these protective barriers removed without first disconnecting the equipment from main power Rack Mounting This equipment is for use only in complete equipment where the acceptability of the combination is determined by the applicable safety agency in the count...

Page 12: ...It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant with Part 15 of the FCC Rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatev...

Page 13: ...e advance notice in order for you to make necessary modifications to maintain uninterrupted service If you experience trouble with this equipment or for repair or warranty information please follow the applicable procedures explained in the Technical Support section of this manual Appendix A Canadian CS 03 Approval Information The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipment This certifica...

Page 14: ...light industrial CTR 12 Connection of 2 Mbit s Unstructured Leased Lines CTR13 Connection to 2 Mbit s Structured Leased Lines EN 60950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business Equipment EN 41003 Particular safety requirements for electrical equipment to be connected to Telecom networks WARNING This customer equipment is to be installed and maintained by service pers...

Page 15: ...ble 1 Notice Icons Icon Notice Type Description Information note Information that describes important features or instructions Caution Information that alerts you to potential loss of data or potential damage to an application system or device Warning Information that alerts you to potential personal injury Table 2 Text Conventions Convention Description Screen displays This typeface represents in...

Page 16: ...view line and interface statistics and perform administrative functions such as configuring trap destinations and setting SNMP community strings The words enter and type When you see the word enter in this guide you must type something and then press Return or Enter Do not press Return or Enter when an instruction simply says type Keyboard key names If you must press two or more keys simultaneousl...

Page 17: ... detail PathBuilder S330 Features The PathBuilder S330 base platform offers the following features T1 nxT1 ATM UNI or E1 nxE1 ATM UNI with up to four interfaces for aggregated high speed of 6Mbps WAN access Each user to network interface UNI can be used alone or bundled into a group using the Inverse Multiplexing for ATM IMA standard accommodating branch office growth from a single T1 E1 1 5 2 Mbp...

Page 18: ...cuit Emulation Service CES specifications The CBR module provides a smooth migration from legacy CBR service PBX voice video to ATM service It also supports all relevant ATM and T1 E1 standards ensuring easy integration of existing equipment into new ATM networks The one port voice compression module VCM is similar in function to the CBR module but it employs compression algorithms that allow more...

Page 19: ...sing software The PathBuilder S310 base platform offers the following features Single T1 E1 UNI Multiple connections to Ethernet segments over ATM WAN and support of bridging including learning aging filtering spanning tree and classical IP over ATM RFC 1577 2225 through the standard Ethernet 10BASE T port and the optional Ethernet 10 100BASE T Ethernet PCI module The standard Ethernet 10BASE T po...

Page 20: ...BR service PBX voice video to ATM service It also supports all relevant ATM and T1 E1 standards ensuring easy integration of existing equipment into new ATM networks The one port Voice Compression module VCM is similar in function to the CBR module but it employs compression algorithms that allow more voice calls to be placed through the same bandwidth The VCM s T1 DSX E1 interface connects to a P...

Page 21: ...UNI 3 1 ANSI T1 105 Ethernet interface and bridge function bridged RFC 1483 spanning tree and classical IP over ATM RFC 1577 2225 through the standard Ethernet 10BASE T port and the optional Ethernet 10 100BASE T PCI Ethernet module Serial V 35 RS 449 RS 530 X 21 interface frame module including DXI protocol basic frame relay protocol DLCI to VP VC conversion and transparent HDLC mode of operation...

Page 22: ... forklift upgrades Video dial feature supports point to point and multi point dialed video conferencing over ATM networks including RS 366 video dial Static call routing for all destinations Ideal for video equipment such as H320 Dynamic bandwidth allocation at both the V 35 RS 366 port and the T1 DSX E1 port on the CBR module Video session dialed through SNMP interface via Telnet and RS 232 Simul...

Page 23: ... IMA S330 only and redundant power for protection against power failure ensures maximum application and network uptime 3Com SuperStack II compliance provides common look and feel hardware and integrated network management solutions 3Com SuperStack II Redundant Power Supply RPS ...

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Page 25: ...rself with the overall process Receiving and Inspecting the PathBuilder S330 S310 Switch When you receive the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch do the following 1 Unpack and inspect the PathBuilder S330 S310 equipment for any damage that might have occurred during shipment 2 Inventory the equipment against the shipping notice 3 Save the boxes and packing materials in the event there is damage or in cas...

Page 26: ...scriptions of the installation steps see Installation Procedures later in this chapter Prepare the Site Verify clearance around the shelf site Step 1 Install the optional modules Install the unit in the rack Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Connect AC or DC power and Connect I O cabling and wiring Connect the management Fabricate and run cabling and wiring optionally the RPS system terminal optional ...

Page 27: ...th all of the associated cabling connected Figure 4 PathBuilder S330 Full System Configuration LAN NMS Console RS 232 Router PBX PBX T1 DSX E1 T1 DSX E1 OC3 STM 1 n x T1 E1 IMA 10BASE T V 35 RS 449 RS 530 X 21 V 35 RS 449 RS 530 X 21 Video Audio Codec RS 366 Network Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 9 ...

Page 28: ... the NMS terminal Have interconnect cabling and wiring ready and labeled Have a dedicated source of switched and fused AC power or a primary DC source Be within the operating environment for the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch as specified under PathBuilder S330 Specifications and PathBuilder S310 Specifications in Appendix A Provide clearance for making all connections and performing maintenance Slo...

Page 29: ...vision For a list of the required part revision number combinations and instructions for how to check the motherboard part and revision numbers see Verifying Hardware Requirements in Chapter 4 The PathBuilder S330 S310 swtich supports five optional modules CBR module A board consisting of one V 35 RS 366 RS 449 RS 530 X 21 interface and three T1 DSX or E1 interfaces one T1 DSX or E1 interface for ...

Page 30: ...1 interface It services traffic generated by your existing PBXs channels T1 E1 multiplexers CSU DSUs and video conferencing devices Install the voice compression module in slot 7 or slot 8 Figure 7 shows the VCM module connections Figure 7 Voice Compression Module Connections PBX T1 DSX E1 ...

Page 31: ...e Connections DS3 E3 module A board consisting of one DS3 or E3 port It is typically used for terminating accessing the public or private ATM WAN services However depending on your local applications you can also use the DS3 E3 module for taking local DS3 or E3 ATM traffic across the WAN Install the DS3 E3 module in slot 8 or slot 9 one module per shelf Figure 9 shows the DS3 E3 module connections...

Page 32: ...ake the following precautions to prevent ESD electrostatic discharge from damaging the internal components of the PathBuilder S330 310 Always wear a properly grounded anti static wrist strap Transport static sensitive components in anti static packaging Keep static sensitive components in their anti static packaging until you are ready to install them Just before removing components from their ant...

Page 33: ...nd unplug the unit 2 Open the unit a Remove the eight screws three on each side and two in the rear as shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Removing the Eight Screws from the PathBuilder S330 S310 Unit b Push the cover back arrow 1 and lift it up from the rear arrow 2 as shown in Figure 12 Figure 12 Removing the PathBuilder S330 S310 Cover 1 2 ...

Page 34: ...7 4 If you are installing a CBR Ethernet 10 100 DS3 E3 or four port IMA expansion module skip to step 9 If you are installing a voice compression module proceed to step 5 to install the DSP CIMs 5 Identify the five CIM sockets located towards the rear of the Voice Compression card As shown in Figure 14 the first socket the one closest to the components on the card is already populated with a RAM m...

Page 35: ...cket adjacent to the front socket which is reserved for the RAM module If you are installing one CIM install it in the socket adjacent to the front RAM module socket If you are installing two CIMs install the first CIM in the third socket back and the second CIM in the socket adjacent to the front RAM module socket If you are installing three CIMs install the first CIM in the fourth socket back th...

Page 36: ...ing the wrong way in step 6a Make sure that the large components on the CIM are facing the front of the card c Repeat steps a and b as necessary to install additional CIMs The T1 voice compression module supports up to three DSP CIMs while the E1 voice compression module supports up to four DSP CIMs 8 Replace the RAM module in the front socket using the same procedure that you did to install the D...

Page 37: ...to slot 7 Installation for the other modules is the same Figure 17 Inserting an Optional Module CBR Module into Slot 7 a Slide the faceplate into position arrow 1 b Line up the pins carefully and press down from above the pin connector arrow 2 By aligning the screw hole with the standoff you will also line up the pins c Install the screw supplied with the optional module through the card into the ...

Page 38: ...ipment must not be mounted directly under the shelf Allow at least one rack unit clearance below the unit See Figure 19 for details If the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch is mounted in an enclosure plan on enough clearance at the front for cable and wiring service loops To mount the shelf 1 Attach the rack mount ears to the unit following the instructions supplied with the ears CAUTION When attaching...

Page 39: ...cifications for the AC DC Source mounting brackets required 2 Rows 3 5 19 PathBuilder S330 S310 One rack unit space required above and below the unit for clearance Caution Table 3 AC DC Source Specifications Input Power Requirements 90 264 VAC 50 60Hz standard grounded outlet 42 to 60 VDC Optional AC 14 AWG wire Belden type 19364 DC minimum 14 AWG wire listed type TC tray cable with three conducto...

Page 40: ... the shelf Dress the leads to the rack leaving a service loop 2 Turn on AC DC power and verify that the POWER indicator on the power supply is on and that the fans are running Figure 20 shows the shelf fill for the AC DC power application Figure 20 Shelf Fill for AC DC Power Application Installing the Optional RPS System The PathBuilder S330 S310 switch also supports the SuperStack II Redundant Po...

Page 41: ...se and replace it with a new one 4 Close the fuse holder Step 4 Connect I O Cabling The PathBuilder S330 S310 switch ships with the standard interfaces installed Unless you have purchased optional modules you do not need to install any additional modules For details about how to install the optional CBR voice compression and DS3 E3 UNI modules see Step 1 Optional Install the Optional Modules in th...

Page 42: ...s in Appendix A Alert Status Power Optional CBR module T1 n x T1 or E1 n x E1 interface OC3 STM 1 port PathBuilder S330 only Serial V 35 RS 449 RS 530 X 21 port Ethernet port RS 232 console port CBR V 35 RS 449 RS 530 X 21 Optional voice compression module VCM T1 DSX or E1 port Optional DS3 or E3 module DS3 or E3 port CBR module T1 DSX or E1 ports PathBuilder S330 only installed in expansion slot ...

Page 43: ...pter part number 3C63904 T1 E1 UNI Interface LEDs In addition to the common LEDs described earlier in this chapter the following LEDs indicate the status of each T1 E1 port See Figure 24 The PathBuilder S330 switch has four of each of the following LEDs one for each T1 E1 port The PathBuilder S310 switch has one of each of the following LEDs for its one T1 E1 port ALARM PORT N red Powers up in the...

Page 44: ...E DTE DCE EIA530 The connector type at the end of the EIA530 cable is DB 25 subminiature female for DCE male for DTE DTE DCE X 21 The connector type at the end of the X 21 cable is DB 15 subminiature female for DCE male for DTE For connector pinout tables see Serial Port Connector Pinouts in Appendix A Serial Port LEDs In addition to the common LEDs described earlier in this chapter the following ...

Page 45: ...and 10 100BASE T Connector Pinouts in Appendix A Ethernet Port LEDs In addition to the common LEDs described earlier in this chapter the following LEDs indicate the status of the Ethernet port See Figure 26 TX data green Indicates transmit to the cable activity The LED flashes momentarily for each frame sent to the cable RX data green Indicates receive from the cable activity The LED flashes momen...

Page 46: ... UNI port is equipped with an internal SC type connector supporting the use of multi mode or single mode fiber optic cable as shown in Figure 27 and Figure 28 Figure 27 OC3 STM 1 UNI Multi Mode Fiber Optic Cable Figure 28 OC3 STM 1 UNI Single Mode Fiber Optic Cable Public ATM Service ...

Page 47: ...ert red Powers up in the off state and illuminates when a Loss of Signal LOS Loss of Frame LOF Loss of Pointer LOP or Loss of ATM Frame LOAF condition is detected on the incoming OC3 STM 1 If none of these conditions is present the OC3 STM 1 ALARM LED is off OC3 STM 1 Active green Powers up in the off state and illuminates when the OC3 STM 1 is online Figure 29 OC3 STM 1 Port LEDs Alert Active ...

Page 48: ...two types of interface V 35 for video data and RS 366 for video dial These interfaces are broken out from a 50 pin connector on the S330 S310 switch via a Y cable Use the V 35 RS 366 serial CBR connector to connect directly to H 320 video codec devices such as PictureTel Vtel and CLI CBR Module LEDs In addition to the common LEDs described earlier in this chapter the following LEDs indicate the st...

Page 49: ...ection to connect the E1 line to the interface you must use the E1 Balun Adapter part number 3C63904 Voice Compression Module LEDs In addition to the common LEDs described earlier in this chapter the following LEDs indicate the status of the voice compression module See Figure 31 PWR Illuminates when the VCM is receiving power FAIL Illuminates when the VCM card fails TEST Illuminates during poweru...

Page 50: ...ble length should include service loops at the ends and the complete cable route distances Ethernet PCI Port LEDs In addition to the common LEDs described earlier in this chapter the following LEDs indicate the status of the Ethernet 10 100BASE T port See Figure 32 ACT Indicates that there is traffic on the PCI Ethernet port If this LED is off then no data is currently being received or transmitte...

Page 51: ...when the DS3 E3 card is in service ALM Illuminates when an alarm is present on the DS3 card LOS RED Powers up in the off state and illuminates when a LOS Loss of Signal condition is detected on the incoming DS3 The LOS LED is off if a signal is present It reflects the state of the DS3 in real time LOF RED Powers up in the off state and illuminates when a LOF Loss of Frame condition is detected on ...

Page 52: ...EDs described earlier in this chapter the following LEDs indicate the status of the four port IMA module s T1 E1 ports See Figure 34 ALRT Indicates that an alarm is present on the port ACT Indicates that the port is active Figure 34 Four Port IMA Module LEDs Expansion slot 9 shares the same queue queue 1 as the group 1 IMA UNI therefore if an expansion module DS3 E3 UNI or four port IMA is install...

Page 53: ...nput an IP address for the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch See Setting up Communication Parameters in Chapter 3 for details 3 Establish communication between the PathBuilder S330 S310 and any management terminal in one of these ways Direct RS 232 using the VT100 terminal or VT100 emulator as described above Direct 10BaseT on the Management CPU card using an IP Telnet session Figure 35 illustrates the...

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Page 55: ...he Menus Performing Initial System Configuration Performing Additional Super User Functions Configuring In band Management Logging On You enter initial configuration information via the local user interface This interface is presented on a VT100 terminal connected to the RS 232 console port on the front of the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch as shown in Figure 36 See Chapter 2 for details about conne...

Page 56: ... Figure 37 NMS PathBuilder S330 S310 Title Screen The Title screen identifies the interface and its software release number and prompts you for a password To open the main menu shown in Figure 38 enter the default password in all lowercase letters password If the software does not accept your password entry try again If the password still is not accepted check with your system administrator to obt...

Page 57: ...of the PathBuilder S330 S310 and can make changes to the system Read Only means that you can only monitor the menus and displays Only one Read Write session is allowed at any given time The first session is the Read Write session Subsequent simultaneous sessions are Read Only Navigating Through the Menus You select a menu option by typing the selection number and pressing Enter Displays that conta...

Page 58: ...ion that opens it For example selecting 2 Configuration Management on the main menu opens a submenu titled Configuration Management and selecting 4 Manage System Clock from the System Administration menu opens a submenu titled System Clock Configuration You can then select options on the submenus to open additional submenus or prompts that allow you to set various parameters Using the Menus to Cha...

Page 59: ... the system clock s 2 Set up communication parameters 3 Set the time and date 4 Set up passwords The following subsections provide instructions for performing the four initial configuration steps See Chapter 4 for instructions on configuring specific PathBuilder S330 S310 ports and modules Configuring the System Clock By default the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch uses the internal clock as its refer...

Page 60: ...dministration Menu 2 From the System Administration menu select 3 Manage System Clock to open the System Clock Configuration menu shown in Figure 41 Figure 41 System Clock Configuration Menu 3 Specify the clock source s to be used for system timing a From the System Clock Configuration menu select 3 Set PriorityClock 1 to open the Priority Clock Configuration menu shown in Figure 42 ...

Page 61: ...Clock Selection Menu c If you selected a card that has multiple ports as the clock source in step b the Reference Clock Port Selection menu opens proceed to step d If you selected a card that does not have multiple ports as the clock source in step b skip to step e d From the Reference Clock Port Selection menu enter the option number corresponding to the port you want to designate as the clock so...

Page 62: ...evertive Time For details about setting the Revertive Time see step 5 Non Revertive If the priority 1 clock fails and the priority 2 clock or higher becomes operative the system does not revert to the priority 1 clock if this clock source becomes valid again In Non Revertive mode only you can switch manually to the priority 1 clock source or the highest valid clock source To do this select 11 Set ...

Page 63: ...optional Ethernet 10 100 module the PCI Ethernet interface For the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch to communicate on the network you must use the VT100 terminal to assign an IP address After you have entered the IP address for the PathBuilder S330 S310 on the VT100 terminal you can continue configuring the device on the local console or you can use a Telnet session to configure the device on a TCP IP...

Page 64: ...figuring the 10BASE T Ethernet interface select 1 Ethernet Port IP Configuration to open the Ethernet Port IP Configuration menu shown in Figure 46 If you have installed the optional Ethernet 10 100 module and you are configuring the PCI Ethernet interface select 2 PCI Ethernet Port IP Configuration to open the PCI Ethernet Port IP Configuration menu This menu is similar to the Ethernet Port IP Co...

Page 65: ...unity Name Enter private The community name applies to the SNMP SET operation Figure 47 shows a sample PathBuilder S330 S310 IP host setup Figure 47 Sample PathBuilder S330 S310 IP Host Setup 4 Return to the Local Host IP Configuration menu 5 Select 2 Apply IP Configuration Changes 3 Apply IP Configuration Changes if you have installed the Ethernet 10 100 module to activate the IP address The IP s...

Page 66: ...trap clients To configure trap clients 1 From the Manage IP Network Configuration menu select 2 Trap Client Configuration to open the Trap Client Configuration menu shown in Figure 48 Figure 48 Trap Client Configuration Menu 2 Select the number corresponding to the trap client you want to configure Figure 49 shows the menu for configuring trap client 1 Figure 49 Trap Client 1 Configuration Menu ...

Page 67: ... to the Trap Client Configuration menu 5 Select 5 Previous Menu to return to the Manage IP Network Configuration menu Configuring the Default Gateway The default gateway routes IP data to non local networks Telnet sessions from different subnetworks To configure the default gateway 1 From the Manage IP Network Configuration menu select 3 Default Gateway Configuration to open the Default Gateway Co...

Page 68: ...lowing prompt appears at the bottom of the screen Enter Time hh mm ss 5 Enter the time 6 Select 3 Previous Menu to return to the System Administration menu 7 Select 11 Previous Menu to return to the main menu Setting up Passwords The PathBuilder S330 S310 switch supports a total of up to 10 logins at the following three access levels Read Only User Can view information and configuration settings i...

Page 69: ...rd logs you on initially as a super user For security reasons you should change the Super User Read Write and Read Only passwords as soon as possible To set the Super User Read Write or Read Only password 1 From the System Administration menu shown earlier in Figure 40 select 10 Super User Privilege to open the Super User Privilege menu shown Figure 52 Figure 52 Super User Privilege Menu 2 Select ...

Page 70: ...hBuilder S330 S310 switch allows only one read write session at a time If you have super user privileges however you can take over a read write session without logging off When you take over a read write session the previous read write session is forced to a read only session To take over a read write session 1 From the Super User Privilege menu shown earlier in Figure 52 select 2 Take Over Read W...

Page 71: ...n Chapter 4 To configure in band management 1 Open the Add Virtual Circuit menu and set preliminary circuit configuration parameters a From the main menu select 2 Configuration Management to open up the Configuration Management Menu b Select 2 Manage Circuit to open the Virtual Circuit Menu c Select 2 Add Virtual Circuit d Enter the desired description for the circuit and press Enter e Enter 1 to ...

Page 72: ...as you did for the near end PathBuilder S330 S310 switch IP Encapsulation Specify the encapsulation type used for sending IP packets over the ATM link You must set the near and far ends to the same IP Encapsulation type 4 Open the Manage IP Network Configuration menu From the Configuration Management menu select 6 Manage IP Network Configuration 5 On the Manage IP Network Configuration menu select...

Page 73: ...iguring the OC3 STM 1 Port Configuring the DS3 E3 UNI Module Configuring the Serial Interface Configuring the Ethernet Interface Configuring the Ethernet 10 100 Module Configuring the CBR Module Configuring the Voice Compression Module Configuring Virtual Circuits Managing the Video Dial Feature Viewing and Configuring System Information The System Administration menu shown in Figure 55 includes o...

Page 74: ...the following Shelf name Customer name Phone number Maintenance contact Location Auto logout time To specify or change general system information 1 From the System Administration menu select 1 General System Information to open the General System Information menu shown in Figure 56 This menu displays the current system information and provides options that allow you to change the current settings ...

Page 75: ...uilder S330 S310 switch See Logging On in Chapter 3 for details To view the terminal configuration From the System Administration menu select 4 RS 232 Port Configuration Viewing the Firmware Version To view the version number for the firmware that is currently running on the CPU From the System Administration menu select 5 Report Firmware Version to open the Report Firmware Version screen shown in...

Page 76: ...ains the operation firmware in a flash memory bank located in the motherboard On power up or reset the code image is copied from the flash memory to the main memory The flash memory retains a copy of the operation firmware and can be upgraded using TFTP or the Xmodem protocol TFTP is used if you are attached over the Ethernet interface standard 10BASE T or optional 10 100BASE T through a Telnet se...

Page 77: ...thernet port 1 Obtain the following from 3Com Customer Service FTP login information Image file location and name 2 Download a new image file to your workstation or PC a From the DOS prompt change to the directory into which you want to download the file b Invoke FTP using the information you obtained in step 1 c Change to the directory in which the image file is located d Get the image file get i...

Page 78: ...l download time at 9600 baud is greater than 30 minutes Backing up and Restoring the Database and Code Image The configuration database is stored in non volatile flash memory in the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch As further protection 3Com recommends that you back up the database after any major configuration changes A power cycle of the shelf is necessary to synchronize the database on the MCPU if ...

Page 79: ... Restore all files by entering mput 6 Exit FTP by entering bye 7 Telnet to the node 8 Select 1 System Administration to open the System Administration menu 9 Select 7 Update Flash File System 10 Enter y at the confirmation prompt to update the flash file system Wait for the Update Completed message before continuing to Step 11 11 Select 8 Reset Interface Card to open the Reset Port Card screen 12 ...

Page 80: ...is flashDev standby 5 Put the code image file by entering put image filename image where image filename is the filename of the code image 6 Exit FTP by entering bye Updating the Flash File System The flash file system contains system configuration information which is automatically saved in flash memory at a predetermined interval To update the flash file system immediately rather than at the next...

Page 81: ...formation about the modules currently installed in your shelf From the System Administration menu select 9 Show Equipment List Figure 58 shows a representative Equipment List Figure 58 Equipment List The Equipment List displays the following information for each installed module Slot Slot number This is a reference number for the ports on the motherboard This number corresponds to the number on th...

Page 82: ...on Management Menu Select 2 Configuration Management from the main menu to open the Configuration Management menu shown in Figure 59 Use this menu to access submenus and screens that allow you to Manage cards View shelf configuration information and configure the PathBuilder S330 S310 CPU CTX ports CBR module and Voice Compression module Manage circuits List add modify and delete virtual circuits ...

Page 83: ... read only screen that displays the Hardware Revision and Serial Number The remaining options 1 and above on the List Card menu open menus that allow you to configure specific modules and ports The following sections tell you how to perform the specific configurations available from the List Card menu If you install the optional four port IMA expansion card in slot 9 the software shows an eight po...

Page 84: ...managing shapers To open the MCPU Menu 1 From the Configuration Management menu select 1 Manage Card to open the List Card menu 2 Select 1 MCPU to open the MCPU Configuration menu shown in Figure 63 From the MCPU Card menu you access the submenus and screens from which you view configuration information and configure shapers as described in the following subsections Figure 61 MCPU Configuration Me...

Page 85: ... value of bandwidth utilization over some predetermined time the average rate at which cells may be sent to the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch The SCR is used in conjunction with maximum burst size MBS Maximum Burst Size MBS The maximum number of cells that can be sent at the peak rate You can also use the MBS to determine the actual length of a PCR burst MBS is used in conjunction with sustained ce...

Page 86: ...board to move to the cell in the shaper table that you want to change The range for the shapers is 56 Kbps to 16 66 Mbps To set a new Sustainable Cell Rate or Peak Cell Rate shaper enter the new value in the bits second bps column The system automatically calculates the cells second cps based on the value you enter To set a new Maximum Burst Size shaper enter the new value in the cells column The ...

Page 87: ...AN interface Trunk bulk Medium Low1 Low2 2 for the AAL5 SAR Ethernet and V 35 RS 449 packet SAR output SAR input CAUTION The default configuration is optimized for performance 4 for the OC3 STM 1 interface OC3 STM 1 bulk the sum of the other three queues OC3 STM 1 queue 1 OC3 STM 1 queue 2 OC3 STM 1 queue 3 You can assign shapers for these queue trunks based on peak rate or bulk shaping towards th...

Page 88: ... you can change it if you want For example you should make the queue buffer used for your router traffic as large as possible To do this you must first deallocate memory from another queue OC3 STM 1 queue 3 for example and reallocate the memory to the queue that will carry your router traffic See CTX Output Queues and Memory Partition in Appendix B for reference information pertaining to configuri...

Page 89: ...o change the buffer size and set congestion thresholds Figure 66 Configuring CTX Buffers and Congestion Thresholds 5 Select 1 Set Buffer Size The following prompt appears Enter Buffer Size 768 62580 cells 6 Enter the desired buffer size in cells 256 cells 1 block 7 Use the 2 Set Congestion On and or 3 Set Congestion Off options to change the default congestion thresholds When you select one of the...

Page 90: ...nnections with partial packets already existing in the queue are allowed in Cells from other connections are dropped Once the congestion has subsided to the Congestion Off level then all remaining connections are allowed Set the Congestion On threshold based on the maximum packet size expected and the number of active connections sending packets at a particular instant based on a probability model...

Page 91: ...figuration Management menu select 1 Manage Card to open the List Card menu shown earlier in Figure 63 2 From the List Card menu select 3 DS1 UNI to open the T1 DS1 UNI or E1 UNI Configuration menu Figure 67 shows the T1 DS1 UNI Configuration menu The E1 UNI Configuration menu is the same Figure 67 T1 DS1 UNI Configuration Menu 3 Select 1 Port Configuration to open the T1 DS1 E1 UNI Port Configurat...

Page 92: ... Port Configuration menu is similar Figure 69 Configuring a T1 E1 Port The Port Configuration menu lists the current parameters for the selected T1 E1 port and provides options for changing the settings 5 Change any of the following information by selecting the appropriate options and responding to the prompts that appear at the bottom of the screen to configure the selected T1 E1 port Application...

Page 93: ...dancy check error checking scheme of each of the T1 E1 links ports It automatically disables and re enables a port when the error rate on that port is at a set level for a set time Activation Rate The CRC cyclic redundancy check BER bit error rate at which AFA takes a link out of service based on the Activation Min 10 4 10 5 10 6 10 7 For further details about setting this parameter see Activation...

Page 94: ...port it does not support IMA groups The PathBuilder S330 supports up to four UNI or IMA groups using any combination of ports on the standard T1 E1 UNI with IMA interface and if installed the optional four port IMA expansion module Expansion slot 9 shares the same queue queue 1 as the group 1 IMA UNI therefore if an expansion module DS3 E3 UNI or four port IMA is installed in slot 9 the system del...

Page 95: ...e T1 DS1 UNI or E1 UNI Configuration menu select 3 Group Configuration to open the Group menu shown in Figure 70 Figure 70 Group Menu 4 Select 2 Add Group to open the Add Group menu shown in Figure 71 Figure 71 Add Group Menu Selecting Group Type ...

Page 96: ...I group 8 Select 2 Set Admin Status and enter 2 to put the group in service 9 Select 3 Previous Menu 10 If desired repeat steps 5 8 to set up a second UNI group and put it into service Adding IMA Groups 1 From the Configuration Management menu select 1 Manage Card to open the List Card menu shown earlier in Figure 60 2 From the List Card menu select 3 DS1 UNI to open the T1 DS1 UNI or E1 UNI Confi...

Page 97: ...p menu shown in Figure 74 Figure 74 Add Group Menu Selecting Group Type 5 Select 2 IMA The Add Group menu appears as shown in Figure 75 If an expansion module DS3 E3 or four port IMA is installed in slot 9 it occupies the shaper from T1 E1 group 1 you must start with group 2 when configuring groups ...

Page 98: ... Tx Rx Startup Ports The minimum number of ports in the group that must be operational in order for the group to come up 1 to n where n is the number of ports in the group Min Tx Rx Oper Ports The minimum number of ports in the group that must be operational in order for the group to come up and be operational 1 to n where n is the number of ports in the group IMA ID A user selected number to iden...

Page 99: ...it lists only the parameters you can set for UNI groups Admin Ports and Admin Status Figure 76 Modifying an Existing IMA Group 3 If the Admin Status of the group is In Service select 10 Set Admin Status and enter 1 to take the group out of service You must take the group out of service before you can modify it 4 Change any of the group parameters as desired Deleting IMA and UNI Groups To delete an...

Page 100: ...selected T1 E1 port 1 From the Configuration Management menu select 1 Manage Card 2 From the List Card menu select 3 DS1 UNI to open the T1 DS1 UNI or E1 UNI Configuration menu shown earlier in Figure 67 3 Select 2 IMA Link Status to open the IMA Link Status menu shown in Figure 78 The IMA Link Status menu lists only the ports that are members of an IMA group If you have installed the four port IM...

Page 101: ...ing link state machine Table 6 lists the possible link states FE Rx State The far end transmit state in the interworking link state machine Table 6 lists the possible link states NE Rx Failure Near end Rx failure status in the interworking link state machine lists the possible IMA link failure status conditions Table 7 lists the possible IMA link failure status conditions Table 6 Possible IMA Link...

Page 102: ...1 From the Configuration Management menu select 1 Manage Card 2 From the List Card menu select the number corresponding to the slot in which the T1 UNI or E1 UNI card is installed to open the Group Menu 3 Select 4 IMA Group Status to open the Group Status Selection menu shown in Figure 80 Table 7 Possible IMA LInk Failure Status Conditions Failure Description link failure This is caused by LOS AIS...

Page 103: ...A status The IMA Group Status screen for that group appears as shown in Figure 81 Figure 81 IMA Group Status Screen The IMA Group Status screen lists the following information pertaining to the IMA status of the group as a whole Operation Port s The port numbers of the active links in the group NE State The near end state FE State The far end state ...

Page 104: ... coming up No Failure The group has no failure FE Tx Clocking Far end transmit clocking mode common or independent Tx Timing Ref Link The near end transmitting timing reference port for cell clock recovery Rx Timing Ref Link The near end received timing reference port for cell clock recovery Rx IMA ID The IMA receive group ID This number reflects the remote IMA ID NE State Last Changed The date an...

Page 105: ...orresponding to the slot in which the T1 UNI or E1 UNI card is installed to open the T1 DS1 UNI or E1 UNI Configuration menu shown earlier in Figure 67 3 From the T1 DS1 UNI or E1 UNI Configuration menu select 5 Card Information to open the Card Configuration menu Figure 82 shows the T1 DS1 UNI Card Configuration menu The E1 UNI Card Configuration menu is the same Figure 82 Configuring the T1 E1 C...

Page 106: ...ing parameters as desired Admin Status Administrative status Out of Service or In Service Sonet Interface Mode The SONET interface supports two modes OC3 and STM 1 Choose the mode used at your location OC3 is used most often in the United States while STM 1 is common in other countries ATM Payload Scramble Enables yes or disables no payload scrambling for the OC3 STM 1 port The default is disabled...

Page 107: ...I to open the DS3 UNI Configuration menu Figure 84 shows the DS3 UNI Configuration menu The E3 UNI Configuration menu is similar Figure 84 DS3 UNI Configuration Menu 2 Set the following parameters as desired Admin Status Administrative Status In Service or Out of Service LBO Length DS3 only Line Build Out length The signal generation regeneration of the distance between the PathBuilder S330 S310 s...

Page 108: ...ctivate command by enabling the DS3 line loopback The system removes the loopback automatically after 15 minutes or when it receives the deactivate command DS3 Timing Source DS3 only The timing source for the DS3 transmit clock system or loop If you set the DS3 Timing Source to system at one end of the DS3 trunk you must set it to loop at the other end System Configures the DS3 port interface to u...

Page 109: ...e Configuring the Serial Interface Configuring the serial interface involves the following tasks Configuring the serial port Configuring the serial card Configuring the Serial Port To configure the serial port 1 From the Configuration Management menu select 1 Manage Card to open the List Card menu shown earlier in Figure 60 2 From the List Card menu select 5 SIM to open the SIM Configuration Port ...

Page 110: ...igure 87 This menu displays the current serial port configuration and provides options that allow you to change certain parameters Figure 87 Configuring the Serial Port 5 Change the following parameters as desired Link Type The input output protocol for encapsulation and SAR to AAL5 conversion DXI ATM Forum Mode 1A SDLC ITU standard HDLC SDLC frame Frame Relay Frame Relay Forum Specification 5 and...

Page 111: ... Inverted The receive timing from the remote endpoint node is inverted clocking Data Rate The data rate supported by the port 48K 97K 195K 390K 781K 1 5M 3 1M or 6 2M This parameter applies only when the attached cable is DCE type cable It is a very important parameter as it allows you to direct the SIM to shape particular data applications so as not to exceed the guaranteed bandwidth established ...

Page 112: ...ys the LMI configuration and provides options that allow you to change certain parameters Figure 88 SIM LMI Configuration Menu 5 Change the following parameters as desired Protocol The protocol specified for the Status Enquiry procedure none q 933a or t1 617d Procedure Specifies whether the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch will be designated as the user side the network side or bidirectional in the pe...

Page 113: ... report based on the specified timer End to end LMI Use this option to specify whether or not you want LMI messages specifically messages regarding problems affecting VCs connected to the Frame Relay port to be reported from the ATM side When you enable End to end LMI problems on the ATM side are reported back to the Frame Relay port via LMI messages In this way the router to which the Frame Relay...

Page 114: ...s Configuring the Ethernet interface Configuring the bridge including the spanning tree Configuring IP over ATM Configuring the Ethernet Interface The only type of configuration you can perform on the Ethernet interface is to put the port and card In Service or Out of Service To set the administrative status of the Ethernet interface 1 From the Configuration Management menu select 1 Manage Card to...

Page 115: ... optional 10 100BASE T to operate you must configure the bridge with the required user filtering options and an aging timer value The aging timer value you specify will be listed in the Age column on the List Forwarding Table The system deletes station address entries when they have had no traffic for the specified period of time To keep addresses in the List Forwarding table permanently set the A...

Page 116: ... Bridge Menu 2 From the Manage Bridge menu select 1 Bridge Configuration to open the Bridge Configuration menu shown in Figure 92 The current aging timer setting is displayed below the menu title 3 minutes in the sample menu shown in the figure Figure 92 Bridge Configuration Menu 3 Select 1 Set Aging Timer The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen Enter Aging Timer minute 4 Enter th...

Page 117: ...play the forwarding table for the bridge Construct a static table a table of source destination pairs which you do not want to be aged out of the forwarding table for the bridge The following subsections tell you how to perform these operations Configuring the Spanning Tree Spanning tree IEEE 802 1d is a technique that detects loops in a network and logically blocks the redundant paths ensuring th...

Page 118: ...g and listening states In other words half the amount of time that must elapse between the time when it is decided that a port should become part of the spanning tree and the time when data traffic is allowed to be forwarded to and from that port 4 to 30 seconds Max Age Timer The maximum age of Spanning Tree Protocol information learned from the network on any port before it is discarded 6 to 40 s...

Page 119: ...ing to the prompt that appears at the bottom of the screen The list at the top of the menu is updated to reflect your change For example if you want to configure an IP filter select 1 Set Filter IP The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen Enter Filter IP 1 No 2 Yes Enter 2 to configure an IP filter the bridge will reject packets with IP Internet Protocol 3 Select 3 Previous Menu to...

Page 120: ...er screen appears This screen displays the following prompt Enter MAC Address XX XX XX XX XX XX or CR 3 Enter the MAC address of the station from which you do not want packets to traverse the bridge After you make your entry you are returned to the Source Address Filter menu 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 as desired to add more addresses to the source filter list To view the current list select 1 List Sou...

Page 121: ...estination Address Filter menu shown in Figure 98 Figure 98 Destination Address Filter Menu 2 Select 2 Add Destination Filter Address The Add Destination Address Filter screen appears This screen displays the following prompt Enter MAC Address XX XX XX XX XX XX or CR 3 Enter the MAC address of the destination to which you do not want packets to be sent across the bridge After you make your entry y...

Page 122: ...t Forwarding Table Figure 99 List Forwarding Table The List Forwarding Table identifies the port on which a certain MAC address is located This can be an Ethernet port or an ATM VC Using the information in the List Forwarding table the bridge knows where to send a MAC address when it receives one If the Ethernet port receives a packet and the destination MAC address is not in the List Forwarding t...

Page 123: ... the List Forwarding Table and do not want to be purged by the aging timer The Disp column for these addresses in the Forwarding Table reads L Static to indicate that they will remain in the Forwarding Table until they are manually deleted from the Static Table To construct the Bridge Static Table 1 From the Bridge menu select 7 Static Table to open the Bridge Static Table menu shown inFigure 100 ...

Page 124: ...er ATM for the Ethernet 10BASE T or 10 100BASE T PCI Ethernet port IP over ATM is a method to pass IP traffic across an ATM network it follows RFC 1577 RFC 2225 To configure IP over ATM for an Ethernet port 1 Access the IP over ATM menu for the Ethernet port for which you want to configure IP over ATM a From the main menu select 2 Configuration Management b Select 4 Manage IP over ATM The Manage I...

Page 125: ...P over ATM Configuration screen Figure 103 IP over ATM Configuration Screen b Press any key to return to the IP over ATM menu 3 View the virtual circuit that is currently specified to pass the IP traffic over the ATM network a Select 4 Specify Virtual Circuit to open the Specify Virtual Circuit menu shown in Figure 104 This menu lists the virtual circuit that is currently selected to pass the IP t...

Page 126: ...ete the current virtual circuit and continue to step 4 4 Specify a new virtual circuit to pass the IP traffic over the ATM network if desired a From the Specify Virtual Circuit menu shown earlier in Figure 104 press s to display a screen similar to the one shown in Figure 105 This screen lists the existing virtual circuits connected to the selected Ethernet port Figure 105 Specify Virtual Circuit ...

Page 127: ...the ATM network Subnet Mask The subnet mask of the LAN router that will pass the IP traffic across the ATM network c Select 3 Previous Menu to return to the IP over ATM menu d Select 6 Configure ATM Router to open the IP over ATM ATM Router Configuration menu This menu is the same as the IP over ATM LAN Router Configuration menu shown earlier in Figure 106 except that it displays and allows you to...

Page 128: ...cept that it allows you to enable or disable bridging rather than IP over ATM b Select 1 Set Bridging Control Status The following prompt appears Enter Bridging Status 1 Disabled 2 Enabled c Enter 2 to enable or 1 to disable bridging control Configuring the Ethernet 10 100 Module The Ethernet 10 100 module provides a one port 10 100BASE T PCI Ethernet interface Configuring the optional Ethernet 10...

Page 129: ...100 Mbps half duplex or autosensing The actual line speed Operational Media Type is displayed under Oper Media Type in the information at the top of the PCI Ethernet Configuration menu If you set the Media Type to autosensing the port automatically detects the port speed and duplex mode and sets itself accordingly If the equipment to which the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch is connected does not sup...

Page 130: ...re 109 shows the CBR E1 Configuration Selection menu The CBR T1 DSX Configuration Selection menu is the same Figure 109 CBR E1 Configuration Menu 3 Select the option corresponding to the port you want to configure 1 Port 1 2 Port 2 or 3 Port 3 The CBR T1 DSX E1Port Configuration menu for the selected port appears Figure 110 shows a CBR Port Configuration menu for an CBR E1 card For the PathBuilder...

Page 131: ... suppression technique configured to the CBR T1 DSX port Set this parameter to match the service provider or device connection line coding The default is B8ZS The Line Code must match at local and remote ports AMI Alternate mark inversion a T1 1 544 Mbps carrier line coding format whereby successive ones marks are alternately inverted B8ZS Binary 8 Zero Substitution a T1 1 544Mbps carrier line cod...

Page 132: ...de only The trunk condition signaling type PLAR E M PLAR FXS FXO FXS GroundStart or FXO GroundStart This is the type of signaling done between PBXs This also sets the signaling type used for each of the virtual circuits across this port For PRI signaling you must set the TC Signaling Type to PLAR when the port is configured for structured voice TC1 Signaling Bits TC2 Signaling Bits Structured Voic...

Page 133: ...SX E1 port connected to an MCU device If a T1 DSX E1 port is connected to an MCU device the bandwidth allocated to the virtual circuits must be saved when a video conference is not in progress To accomplish this the CBR software starts an internal timer when no cell is being received If the amount of time you specify as the Idle Timer expires before another cell is received the software shuts off ...

Page 134: ... Selection menu 6 Repeat steps 3and 4 for the other CBR T1 DSX or CBR E1 ports you want to configure DS0 Trunk Conditioning When the PathBuilder S330 switch is powered up all DS0 channels on the T1 are trunk conditioned six DS0s at a time This trunk conditioning readies the PBX for voice communication It is performed using TC1 signaling bits first and then TC2 signaling bits The trunk conditioning...

Page 135: ...ffer depth indicator at the receiver to adjust the line rate the fuller the buffer the faster the line rate the emptier the buffer the slower the line rate Internal Configures the port interface to use the internal clock as the timing source SCR Clock Source The type of output clock service configured for the port interface Internal Configures the port interface to use the internal clock as the ti...

Page 136: ...when dialing is complete The CBR software resets the timer each time a digit is received When the timer expires the dialing is assumed to be completed and the RS 366 driver forwards the call to the call handling task for further processing When used alone the CBR V 35 interface is used in the lease line environment and all of the interface signals are forced to on When used with RS 366 the CBR V 3...

Page 137: ...gure 114 CBR Card Configuration Menu 4 Select 1 Set Admin Status and enter 2 to put the CBR card in service or 1 to take it out of service Configuring the Voice Compression Module The optional Voice Compression module VCM consists of one T1 E1 interface which you connect to a PBX trunk The T1 E1 interface s 24 30 DS0 channels can carry individual voice fax modem or data connections or you can bund...

Page 138: ... Configuration menu is the same Figure 115 VCM Configuration Menu The following subsections describe the VCM configuration tasks in greater detail For details about configuring virtual circuits for the VCM see Configuring Virtual Circuits later in this chapter Configuring VCM DS0 Channels To configure VCM DS0 channels 1 From the VCM Configuration menu shown earlier in Figure 115 select 1 Channel C...

Page 139: ...ancellation later in this section DTMF Relay Enable On or disable Off DTMF Relay If you enable DTMF Relay the Voice Compression module sends DTMF using a different packet If you disable DTMF Relay the Voice Compression module simply compresses the voice signal Fax Modem Support Use this parameter to specify the voice compression setting to which you want the signal to go when a fax or modem signal...

Page 140: ...llation Whether or not you use echo cancellation depends on the routes of your network length of the circuit and the channel SAR time with 30 msec being the maximum delay you want to incur However since not all routes are straight when installing a network you should either use a test device that measures the delay on a span or have your service provider verify the delay or mileage on the route Co...

Page 141: ... FXO Loop Start FXS Loop Start FXO Ground Start FXS Ground Start or R2 E1 This is the type of signaling done between PBXs This also sets the signaling type used for each of the virtual circuits across this port TC1 Signaling Bits TC2 Signaling Bits Trunk condition 1 and trunk condition 2 signaling bits onhook or offhook The default for TC1 Signaling Bits is onhook while the default for TC2 Signali...

Page 142: ... earlier in Figure 115 select 3 Card Configuration to open the VCM Card Configuration menu This menu lists information about the VCM card and allows you to set the card s administrative status Figure 118 shows a representative VCM Card Configuration menu Figure 118 VCM Card Configuration Menu 2 Select 1 Set Admin Status and put the VCM card In Service or Out of Service ...

Page 143: ...hether your network is a public or private ATM network The port VPI VCI ATM circuit designators must match the application being supported For example if an OC3 STM 1 multi mode fiber module is installed in the Side B slot of the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch and is connected to a LAN ATM switch device then the Rx VPI VCI for the ATM LAN interface must match the Tx VPI VCI for the OC3 STM 1 UNI mod...

Page 144: ...t Menu shown in Figure 119 Figure 119 Virtual Circuit Menu 2 Select 2 Add Virtual Circuit The Add Virtual Circuit screen appears as shown in Figure 120 Figure 120 Initial Add Virtual Circuit Screen 3 Enter a description for the virtual circuit you are defining We recommend that you do not use the description 366 call This is the default description that the system assigns to video virtual circuits...

Page 145: ... instructions under Adding PVC Virtual Circuits If you want to create a virtual circuit to support video conferencing select 2 RS366 Template and follow the instructions under Defining RS 366 Video Virtual Circuit Templates If you want to create a VCC virtual circuit to connect VCM ports select 3 VCM VCC and follow the instructions under Adding Voice Compression Module VCC Circuits If you want to ...

Page 146: ...pe for circuit between non UNI and UNI cards and between UNI and UNI cards both the VPIs and the VCIs will be translated VPC virtual path connection You can use this connection type only for circuits between UNI and UNI cards only the VPIs will be translated To operate a circuit as a VP set the connection type to VPC A screen appears prompting you to set the administrative service of the circuit a...

Page 147: ...ou selected See Virtual Circuit Parameters later in this section for parameter descriptions You can also create an in band circuit between two nodes by defining the PathBuilder S330 S310 MCPU with its own IP address as one side of the virtual circuit This enables you to manage a remote hub from a local network management station See Configuring In band Management in Chapter 3 for details 5 Follow ...

Page 148: ...ed for information only you cannot change these read only values 6 Select the slot number corresponding to the module by which you are connected to the network for side B of the circuit 7 Repeat steps 3 and 4 for side B of the circuit After you enter the last parameter for side B the following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen Is the above information correct y n 8 Enter y to confirm your...

Page 149: ... works but if you are having a problem with a CCS circuit you can set the DBA Bits Mask to monitor any bits The unit will monitor the virtual circuit and you can use the activity reported on the channel reported under CBR ATM statistics as Data Bytes To to determine the proper DBA Bits Mask For details about checking the data bytes see CBR ATM Statistics in Chapter 5 Table 8 CBR Port and Circuit S...

Page 150: ... Kbps DS0 clear channel in structured voice mode follow these basic steps 1 Configure the CBR port as follows Set the Port Mode to Structured Voice Set the other port parameters as appropriate for your application 2 Configure the T1 CBR virtual circuit as follows Set the Payload Size Type to Data Set Onhook Detection to Disabled Set the other circuit parameters as appropriate for your application ...

Page 151: ...tual circuit template You can define as many templates as you want to connect to different destinations When the phone number associated with a given template is dialed the PathBuilder S330 S310 software locates the template and uses it to create a temporary virtual circuit to which it assigns the default description 366 call A video connection is established either via the Manual Connect A Site m...

Page 152: ...s This screen lists the parameters you will enter for side A of the circuit template and prompts you to set the first parameter See CBR Module Virtual Circuit Parameters later in this chapter for parameter descriptions 4 Follow the prompts that appear at the bottom of the screen pressing Enter after each entry Your settings are added to list of parameters at the top of the screen as you enter them...

Page 153: ...er for side B the following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen Is the above information correct y n 7 Enter y to confirm your configuration The following message appears at the bottom of the screen Press any key to return to the Virtual Circuit menu VC has been added Press any key to continue Figure 129 shows a completed video virtual circuit template When the phone number 555 2345 is dial...

Page 154: ...es before another cell is received the software shuts off cell transmission and puts the virtual circuit into a listening mode 2 Configure a virtual circuit for the DSX 1 E1 CBR port When a DSX 1 E1 CBR is configured for Structured Data the Add Virtual Circuit screen includes a Mode parameter Set the circuit Mode to RS366 Adding Voice Compression Module VCC Circuits To configure a VPC VCC virtual ...

Page 155: ...are brackets at the end of each prompt Your settings are added to list of parameters at the top of the screen as you enter them You must enter a setting for all the parameters for which you are prompted in order to add a circuit Press Delete to back up to a previous selection CAUTION For voice compression circuits select the Shaper Number corresponding to the maximum shaper value typically Shaper ...

Page 156: ...e circuit 6 Repeat steps 3and 4 for side B of the circuit The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen Is the above information correct y n 7 Enter y to confirm your configuration Figure 133 shows a completed VCM VCC circuit As shown in the figure the following message appears at the bottom of the screen VC has been added Press any key to continue Figure 133 Completed VCM VCC Virtual C...

Page 157: ...s shown earlier in Figure 121 select 4 VCM Subchannel A screen similar to the one shown in Figure 134 appears This screen lists the currently configured VCM VCC circuits Figure 134 Selecting a VCM VCC to Use for a VCM Subchannel Circuit 2 Enter the number corresponding to the VCM VCC circuit upon which you want to base the subchannel circuit to open the VCM Subchannel Add Virtual Circuit screen sh...

Page 158: ...or the circuit 16 1023 Messages appear at the bottom of the screen after you enter the DS0 Channels and DLCI parameters indicating that your entries have been accepted If you do not see such a message the system has not accepted your entry SCID Subchannel ID the ID number of the subchannel you want to assign to the DS0s used by the circuit 4 255 After you have entered the subchannel parameters the...

Page 159: ...ou need to build the following VCM VCC and subchannel circuits At PathBuilder S330 A S330 A Add a virtual circuit VC 1 between S330 A and S330 B Add a virtual circuit VC 2 between S330 A and S330 C Add four subchannel circuits to VC 1 setting these VCM circuit parameters DS0 1 4 DLCI 16 SCID 11 14 Add four subchannel circuits to VC 2 setting these VCM circuit parameters DS0 5 8 DLCI 17 SCID 11 14 ...

Page 160: ...er for details Priority The priority level high or low MCPU OC3 STM 1 QSIM HSIM FAM Ethernet CBR VCM high medium low1 or low2 T1 E1 UNI Early Packet Discard Enables yes or disables no early packet discard For every connection where early packet discard is enabled a status is kept when there is a partial packet for that connection in the queue Once the queue cell level exceeds the Congestion On thr...

Page 161: ...ed as a Frame Relay port you must set the following virtual circuit parameters in addition to the common Shaper Number Priority and Early Packet Discard parameters Interworking Mode The Frame Relay ATM interworking mode Network or Service Start End Frame Relay DLCI The starting and ending Frame Relay data link connection identifiers 16 991 These DLCIs are used to identify a Frame Relay local conne...

Page 162: ...rk or device Always 0 Mode 2 mapping with the CLP field mapped to a constant value of 0 Mode 2 is an operational method for indicating data congestion to either the ATM or Frame Relay network Mode 2 allows for translation between NLPID and LLC SNAP encapsulation It is used when connecting a Frame Relay device or network to a non Frame Relay device or network For example if the PathBuilder S330 S31...

Page 163: ...lation between NLPID and LLC SNAP encapsulation It is used when connecting a Frame Relay device or network to a non Frame Relay device or network For example if the PathBuilder S330 switch is connecting a router FRAD over an ATM network public or private and at the other site a router with an ATM OC3 STM 1 UNI is connected to the WAN network typically the router OC3 STM 1 UNI does not support NLPI...

Page 164: ...ce DSX 1 ports this is a read only parameter For structured voice DSX 1 ports select Voice or Data Set the Payload Size Type to Voice to configure a CAS channel associated signaling channel for structured voice For details see Configuring CBR Circuits for DBA earlier in this chapter Set the Payload Size Type to Data to configure a CBR circuit for clear channel signaling For details see Configuring...

Page 165: ... and does not listen to video signals RS366 The circuit is put into an active listener mode it listens for video signals from premises devices DBA The circuit is configured to dynamically reassign the timeslot The Mode parameter appears only when you are configuring a virtual circuit on a DSX 1 E1 CBR port configured for Structured Data Voice Compression Module Virtual Circuit Parameters If you ar...

Page 166: ...ary Screen shows a summary of all virtual circuits with a virtual circuit number VC assigned to each It displays the following information A question mark appears to the left of the card name if the virtual circuit is not operational Card Card type S p Slot and port numbers for side A and side B of the circuit Rx Tx Virtual circuit information specific to the card type For example for UNI cards th...

Page 167: ...he Configuration Management menu select 2 Manage Circuit to open the Virtual Circuit menu shown earlier in Figure 119 2 From the Virtual Circuit menu select 6 Access Virtual Circuits by Port Group to open the Access VCs by Port Group Selection menu shown in Figure 142 This menu lists the ports and groups on the chassis for which virtual circuits have been defined and the number of VC sides associa...

Page 168: ...ts by Port Group detail screen This screen provides the same information as the List Virtual Circuits Detail screen shown earlier in Figure 141 See Viewing Virtual Circuits for the Entire Chassis earlier in this section for details Enter s to view statistics for the selected circuit Enter d to delete the circuit Enter m to modify the circuit Modifying Existing Virtual Circuits To modify an existin...

Page 169: ...te the circuit When you delete a virtual circuit involving the CBR module in structured voice mode the DS0 channels associated with that circuit are trunk conditioned and can no longer be used See DS0 Trunk Conditioning earlier in this chapter for further details about trunk conditioning Managing the Video Dial Feature This section tells you how to manage video dial up sessions and view the call r...

Page 170: ...tching one of the numbers in the call routing table one of the numbers associated with an RS 366 virtual circuit template on a video keypad You create the call routing table by building virtual circuits between PathBuilder S330 310 CBR modules For details about building video virtual circuits see Defining RS 366 Video Virtual Circuit Templates earlier in this chapter For details about viewing the ...

Page 171: ...e Manually Disconnect A Site menu shown in Figure 146 The destination phone number for the current session and the current connection status are displayed at the top of the menu Figure 146 Manually Disconnect A Site Menu Check that a destination phone number and a current connection status of active are listed at the top of the Manually Disconnect A Site menu If there is no active connection your ...

Page 172: ...e corresponds to a video associated virtual circuit call between PathBuilder S330 S310 CBR modules The table provides the following information for each entry Index A unique number identifying this entry in the call routing table Dest Phone The destination phone number associated with this call Tx VPI VCI The trunk transmission VPI VCI associated with this call Rx VPI VCI The trunk receiving VPI V...

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Page 175: ...rformance and ATM Statistics Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics Managing System Alarms The PathBuilder S330 switch detects certain events and reports corresponding alarms and traps to the NMS station s These events are categorized as major alarms minor alarms and information When an alarm occurs an alarm indicator is displayed on the current menu or display as described under Alarm Indicator in Ch...

Page 176: ...current alarms 4 Select 1 Display Current Alarms to return to the Display Current Alarms screen Alarm generating conditions that are still present will regenerate alarms on the Display Current Alarms screen Alarm generating conditions that are no longer present will no longer generate alarms on the Current Alarm screen PathBuilder S330 S310 Alarm Messages This section lists the alarm messages mean...

Page 177: ...al connection Fan 1 failed Fan 1 failed Replace the fan tray Fan 2 failed Fan 2 failed Replace the fan tray History Overflowed Alarm history table has overflowed Alarms will continue to be recorded but will displace oldest alarms Clear the history alarms table through NMS or Telnet Id Prom Checksum Error The internal checksum on the idprom of the indicated card is incorrect Have the idprom replace...

Page 178: ... MCPU MCPU SAR failed initialization Replace the unit System Clock Reverted The system clock has reverted to a higher priority clock Information only This alarm occurs only if the Clock Mode is set to Revertive on the System Clock Configuration menu System power up System is powered up Information only Write Session Taken by Super User A super user has changed a read only session to read write Inf...

Page 179: ...rmational alarm to indicate all alarms on the physical link are cleared Information only Local Card Loopback A loopback is configured on the port Loopbacks are for troubleshooting only and should not be present under normal operating conditions If you are not troubleshooting the port turn off the loopback Loss of Cell Delineation LOCD Loss of cell delineation possibly a framing or timing problem C...

Page 180: ... equipment s output level to make sure it is not overdriving the input Table 11 T1 E1 UNI with IMA Module Alarms Alarm Meaning Troubleshooting Steps AFA Link Removal Automatic Frequency Adjustment Link removed from physical line group due to error rate in CRC check of T1 E1 exceeding user specified rate for a given period of time Check the removed link for the CRC errors Bad IMA ID A link within t...

Page 181: ...tion the content of the ICP cells has changed The far end ICP cell SCCI in this link does not agree with the SCCI of the other links in the group Check the links for proper connection Reconnect if necessary Bad Symmetry The far end group symmetry has changed in an IMA link Remove the link and stop Tx and Rx data Duplicated IMA ID An IMA group has received an IMA ID that has been received by a prev...

Page 182: ...ibility Group n Degraded Service The IMA group is passing data with less than the number of IMA links you configured Continue passing data Correct faulty links or adjust IMA group configuration Group n Dup IMA ID The same group IMA ID has been received on links belonging to different IMA groups in the same card Correct link or group configuration Group n FE Abort Symmetry The far end rejects the s...

Page 183: ...meters with the far end group Group n Multi IMA ID Different group IMA ID received on different links in an IMA group Correct link connections and or IMA group configuration Group n Multi Test ATM Forum R 138 Different test procedure request from different links in an IMA group from the far end Use the test procedure from the lowest logical link and ignore the other test procedures Group n Multipl...

Page 184: ...or evidence of noise Check to be sure that AFA is enabled Port Missing ICP Cells Two consecutive ICP cells missing from the IMA frame See also Loss of IMA Frame LIF This is a specific cause of that alarm and will also be reported RFI IMA ATM Forum R 121 Remote Failure Indication Far end IMA Rx networking link state machines detected LOS OOF AIS LCD LIF or LODS Correct T1 or E1 facilities error Tes...

Page 185: ...istakenly oversubscribed the cell port with CBR connections or more connections than expected are simultaneously active When this condition exists on the HP cell bus lower priority cell busses will not be able to pass traffic out Remove high priority connections until the configured bandwidth is less than or equal to the total bandwidth on the port If you have over subscribed the port and all high...

Page 186: ...work provider and the far end terminal equipment for this connection Check for a defective cable between the far end interface port and your service provider s network interface unit An open transmit line can cause this condition Table 13 SIM Alarms Alarm Meaning Troubleshooting Steps LMI Link Down The Local Management Interface has taken the link down Check the LMI protocol configuration for the ...

Page 187: ...history Figure 150 shows a sample alarm history Figure 150 Sample Alarm History Display If the history file cannot be displayed on one page the Display History Alarm screen will include a prompt to press n for the next page or press p for the previous page 3 Use the print screen or other printing feature of your NMS station to print out each page of the history file 4 Compare the printouts to your...

Page 188: ...der S330 S310 switch 1 From the main menu select 3 Fault Management to open the Fault Management menu shown earlier in Figure 148 2 Select 5 Loopback from the Fault Management menu to open the Loopback menu shown in Figure 151 Figure 151 Loopback Menu 3 Select the card type for which you want to conduct the loopback to open the Loopback menu for the selected port Figure 152 shows the Loopback menu...

Page 189: ...describe the available loopbacks for each of the PathBuilder S330 interfaces T1 E1 UNI with IMA Loopbacks The following loopbacks are available for the T1 E1 UNI with IMA interface Network Line Loops the T1 E1 received data back on the output side after the digital data has been recovered Local Card Loops the transmit T1 E1 output on the receive side the transmitted data will continue to go on the...

Page 190: ...twork LIne Loops the OC3 STM 1 received data back on the output side after the digital data has been recovered Local Card Loops the transmit OC3 STM 1 output on the receive side the transmitted data will continue to go on the output Figure 154 illustrates the loopbacks for OC3 STM 1 Figure 154 OC3 STM 1 Loopbacks Network Card Local Payload Line Network Side T1 E1 Interface Local Card Payload Netwo...

Page 191: ...put Figure 155 illustrates the DS3 loopback options Figure 155 DS3 UNI Loopback Options E3 Loopbacks The E3 module supports the following loopbacks Local Card Loops the transmit E3output on the receive side All cells coming from the E3 port card are looped through the backplane and back to the E3 port card The transmitted data will continue to go on the output Network Line Loops the E3 received da...

Page 192: ...ed payload back toward the line output Figure 157 illustrates the CBR T1 DSX loopbacks Figure 157 CBR Loopback Setting VCM Loopbacks For the voice compression module you can set card line and channel loopbacks and you can set tone injection When you set a VCM loopback the MCPU sends a message to the VCM card to perform a maintenance function and the VCM replies with an acknowledgment When the VCM ...

Page 193: ...s To set VCM port card line loopbacks 1 From the VCM Loopback menu shown earlier in Figure 158 select 1 Set Port Loopback to open the VCM Card Line Loopback menu This menu is similar to the OC3 STM 1 Loopback menu shown earlier in Figure 154 2 Select the option corresponding to the type of loopback you want to perform and set the loopback to On Local Card Loops the transmit VCM output on the recei...

Page 194: ...able types of channel loopback 4 Enter the appropriate number to select one of the following types of channel loopbacks or no loopback PCM Loopback Loops digital receive to transmit toward the T1 port PCM Packet Loopback Loops coder output to coder input toward the T1 port using the DSP channel PCM packet loopback Network Packet Loopback Loops coder input to coder output toward the ATM network usi...

Page 195: ...ormance and ATM Statistics This section tells you how to display the following types of PathBuilder S330 S310 statistics Card Statistics Performance Monitoring screens list statistics that reflect the physical monitoring of the line These screens display one of the following types of data Current The statistics being collected for the current 15 minute interval Interval The statistics collected ov...

Page 196: ... open the Performance Management menu shown in Figure 160 Figure 160 Performance Management Menu 2 Select 1 Card Statistics to open the Card Statistics menu shown in Figure 161 Figure 161 Card Statistics Menu 3 Enter the number corresponding to the card for which you want to view statistics The following sections describe the card statistics provided for each type of card ...

Page 197: ...ce Management to view group statistics 3 Enter the number corresponding to the port or group for which you want to view statistics 4 Select the option corresponding to the type of statistics you want to view Port statistics PHY Physical Performance Monitoring UNI LInk ATM Statistics available only when port is not part of an IMA group IMA Link Performance Monitoring available only when port is par...

Page 198: ...by the T1 E1 interface DM The number of degraded minutes DM encountered by the T1 E1 interface LCV The number of line coding violations LCVs encountered by the T1 E1 interface T1 E1 Port Link IMA LInk Performance Statistics The T1 E1 Link Performance Monitoring screen lists the following statistics IV IMA IMA violations the number of errored invalid or missing ICP cells SES IMA Near end severely e...

Page 199: ... received cell error rate Avg Tx Cell Rate The average received data cells rate calculated over the last 8 seconds Avg Rx Cell Rate The average transmitted data cells rate calculated over the last 8 seconds Avg Rx ICP Cell Error Rate The average received errored ICP cells rate calculated over the last 8 seconds T1 E1 Group Statistics This section describes the T1 E1 group statistics T1 E1 Group Pe...

Page 200: ...ed cell error rate Avg Tx Cell Rate The average transmitted data cells rate calculated over the last 8 seconds Avg Rx Cell Rate The average received data cells rate calculated over the last 8 seconds Avg ICP Cell Error Rate The average received errored ICP cells rate calculated over the last 8 seconds Viewing OC3 STM 1 Card Statistics You can view both performance statistics and ATM statistics for...

Page 201: ... conditions encountered by the OC3 STM 1 section LOF The number of Loss of Frame LOF conditions encountered by the OC3 STM 1 section OC3 STM 1 Line Performance Statistics The OC3 STM 1 Line Performance Monitoring screen displays the following statistics ES The number of errored seconds ESs encountered by the OC3 STM 1 line SES The number of severely errored seconds SESs encountered by the OC3 STM ...

Page 202: ...n RDI condition has been encountered by the OC3 STM 1 path interface Also known as FERF Far End Receive Failure This is the alarm that is generated when a far end AIS or LOP defect is detected UEQ Indicates whether or not an Unequipped UEQ condition has been encountered by the OC3 STM 1 path interface If a path is not provisioned in other words it is idle the SONET equipment will signal this state...

Page 203: ...tistics You can view both performance statistics and ATM statistics for the DS3 UNI module Viewing DS3 UNI Performance Statistics To view DS3 UNI performance statistics 1 From the Card Statistics menu select 9 DS3 UNI to open the DS3 UNI Performance Management menu This menu is similar to the OC3 STM 1 Performance Management menu shown earlier in Figure 162 2 Select 1 DS3 UNI Performance Monitorin...

Page 204: ... DS3 since the last user reset of this counter Cells dropped The number of idle unassigned cells encountered and dropped on the interface Cells with HCS errors The number of header check sequence HCS errored cells encountered on the ATM interface Viewing E3 Card Statistics You can view both performance statistics and ATM statistics for the E3 UNI module Viewing E3 UNI Performance Statistics To vie...

Page 205: ...ewing SIM Card Statistics You can view HDLC Frame Relay ATM VC and LMI statistics for the serial port To view serial port statistics 1 From the Card Statistics menu shown earlier in Figure 161 select 5 SIM to open the SIM Statistics menu 2 Select 1 Port 1 3 Select the option corresponding to the type of statistics you want to view SIM HDLC Statistics SIM HDLC statistics include Received Frames The...

Page 206: ...Received FECN The number of FECN Forward Explicit Congestion Notification frames received at this port Received BECN The number of BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification frames received at this port SIM DXI Statistics The DXI Statistics screen lists the following statistics Received Frames The total number of received frames with good FCS at this port Transmitted Frames The total number of...

Page 207: ...ty Verification LIV timeouts for the User Side Transmit LIV Requests Number of Link Integrity Verification LIV Requests transmitted for the User Side Receive LIV Responses Number of Link Integrity Verification LIV Responses received for the User Side Transmit Full Status Requests Number of Full Status Requests transmitted for the User Side Receive Full Status Responses Number of Full Status Respon...

Page 208: ...The Ethernet Statistics screen for either the standard 10BASE T Ethernet port or the optional 10 100BASE T Ethernet port displays the following statistics Bridge Statistics Port state The state of the Ethernet port connected or not connected Total frames received The total number of frames received at this port Broadcast Frames The number of broadcast frames received on the port Spanning Tree Fram...

Page 209: ...errors detected at this port Deferred transmits The number of frames for which the first transmission attempt at this port was delayed because the port was busy not including frames involved in collisions Single collisions The number of successfully transmitted frames at this port for which transmission is inhibited by exactly one collision Multiple collisions The number of successfully transmitte...

Page 210: ...dge port ID of this port Br Topology Changed The topology change state of Spanning Tree for this port Br Topology Changed Count The number of topology changes of Spanning Tree for this port Total Forward Transitions The total number of times this port has transitioned from the learning state to the forwarding state Total BridgeUp Time The total amount of time that this port has been up as part of ...

Page 211: ... ATM VC statistics for the Ethernet port VC The system assigned virtual circuit number Side A card s p The slot and port number for side A of the circuit Side A rx The receive VCI VPI for side A Side A tx The transmit VCI VPI for side A Side B card s p The slot and port number for side B of the circuit Side B rx The receive VCI VPI for side B Side B tx The transmit VCI VPI for side A Desc The user...

Page 212: ... encountered by the CBR T1 DSX E1 interface LCV The number of line coding violations LCVs encountered by the CBR T1 DSX E1 interface CBR ATM Statistics CBR ATM cell statistics are cell counts since the last counter reset On the CBR ATM Statistics screen you can reset the counter by entering c ATM statistics are displayed as a list rather than a table The CBR T1 DSX and CBR E1 ATM Statistics screen...

Page 213: ...cases the default DBA Bits Mask 127 is appropriate If you are experiencing problems with a CCS circuit however you can set the DBA Bits Mask to monitor different bits Check the Data Bytes To value and set the DBA Bits Mask to that value When you check the data bytes you must first make sure that the circuit is in an idle state phone onhook If you cannot access the equipment to see whether or not t...

Page 214: ...untered by the VCM T1 DSX E1 interface LES The number of line errored seconds LESs encountered by the VCM T1 DSX E1 interface BES The number of bursty errored seconds BESs encountered by the VCM T1 DSX E1 interface DM The number of degraded minutes DMs encountered by the VCM T1 DSX E1 interface LCV The number of line coding violations LCVs encountered by the VCM T1 DSX E1 interface Voice Compressi...

Page 215: ...t by port group by shaper by buffer queue These statistics enable you to look at the cell loss at various points in the data flow and adjust parameters such as shaper values accordingly Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Circuit To display virtual circuit statistics by circuit 1 From the Configuration Management menu select 2 Manage Circuits to open the Virtual Circuit menu 2 From the Virtual C...

Page 216: ...de A receive VCI VPI side A transmit VCI VPI side B card type side B slot and port numbers IP address for the MCPU card side B receive VCI VPI side B transmit VCI VPI virtual circuit description Row 2 left to right cells received on side A cells dropped on side A cells received on side B cells dropped on side B To view additional information about a particular circuit enter the desired virtual cir...

Page 217: ...or The number of cells sent Dropped The number of sent cells dropped To view the number of cells received dropped and sent from and to a particular port group enter the desired port group number You can also display a summary of virtual circuits by port group by selecting 4 Performance Management from the main menu to open the Performance Management menu and then selecting 3 Show Virtual Circuits ...

Page 218: ...t group for the selected shaper enter p from the Virtual Circuit Statistics by Shaper Detail screen The screen that appears displays the same information as the Show Virtual Statistics by Port Group Summary screen except that it lists information by port group only for circuits on the selected shaper rather than for all circuits You can view the number of cells received dropped and sent from and t...

Page 219: ...opped and sent on each side of a particular circuit on the selected buffer by entering the desired virtual circuit number 6 To view virtual circuit statistics by port group for the selected buffer enter p from the Virtual Circuit Statistics by Buffer Detail screen The screen that appears displays the same information as the Show Virtual Statistics by Port Group Summary screen except that it lists ...

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Page 221: ...ns SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS Ethernet 10BASE T 1 2 when Ethernet 10 100 module is installed V 35 RS422 1 OC3 STM 1 1 single mode or multi mode T1 E1 UNI with IMA 4 8 when 4 port IMA expansion module is installed Mechanical Shelf dimensions 19 in rack mountable Rack mount spacing Cooling Unit weight approx Shipping weight approx 8 9 cm H x 43 2 cm x W x 38 7 cm D 3 5 in H x 17 in W x 15 25 in D Yes wit...

Page 222: ... CES 2 0 IMA ATM DXI 1 0 ANSI T1 403 T1 617 Annex D TIA EIA EIA 232 EIA 574 RS 366 422 423 449 AT T Pubs 54016 and 62411 Frame Relay Forum FRF 5 FRF 8 FRF 11 IETF RFCs 1213 1211 1483 1490 1406 1493 bridge MIB 1577 2225 IP over ATM 1643 Ethernet MIB MOTHERBOARD SPECIFICATIONS Main microprocessor RISC Backplane speed 360 MHz Memory usage Flash EPROM 8 MB DRAM 16 MB Front panel LEDs Common Ethernet S...

Page 223: ...NI with IMA with integral CSU and DSX RJ48C or G703 coax with E1 Balun Adapter ESF SF D4 or No Framing for T1 G 703 704 for E1 B8ZS for T1 AMI for special applications HDB3 for E1 HEC ITU T G 804 I 432 T1 E1 UNI with IMA 0 7 5 15 0 22 5dB CSU 0 to 655 ft DSX CSU DSX 0 7 5 15 dB Yes OC3 STM 1 Interface Number of ports Interface type Connector type Line Code Fiber Type Wavelength Receiver input powe...

Page 224: ...TE DB 37 subminiature female for DCE male for DTE DB 25 subminiature female for DCE male for DTE DB 15 subminiature female for DCE male for DTE CBR MODULE SPECIFICATIONS Number of ports Interface type s T1 DSX E1 physical Impedance Framing Line Coding LBO Serial Clock Front panel LEDs 1 3 Data rates ATM support Timing Cell Delay Variation Tolerance Class of Service T1 DSX E1connector type Connecto...

Page 225: ...un Adapter FRF 5 FRF 8 FRF 11 G 165 G 729A G 726 G 711 voice activity detection fax modem detection data will switch to 40 or 60 kbps DTMF relay DS3 E3 EXPANSION MODULE SPECIFICATIONS Number of ports Interface type s Connector type ATM Framing LBO Line Coding Line Framing 1 DS3 E3 Coax BNC HEC PLCP 0 to 250 ft 250 to 450 ft B8ZsS DS3 HDB3 E3 M23 and C BIT DS3 G 751 PLCP G 804 G832 HEC E3 ETHERNET ...

Page 226: ...lb per shelf Input power requirements 90 264 VAC 50 60 Hz 110 220 self sensing standard grounded outlet or 42 to 60 VDC Power consumption 60 watts typical 90 watts max Maximum current 1 5A 110VAC 0 75A 220VAC 3A 48VDC Environmental Operating temperature Storage temperature Humidity Altitude 0 C to 45 C 0 F to 113 F 40 to 70 C 40 F to 158 F 95 40 C 104 F non condensing 14000 ft Regulatory complianc...

Page 227: ...s to 16 6 Mbps RJ45 10BASE T IEEE 802 3 Bridging with filtering spanning tree RFC 1483 LLC_SNAP RFC 1577 2225 IP over ATM AAL5 peak rate Greater than 7000 pps T1 UNI Interface Number of ports Type of interface Connector type Line Framing Line Coding ATM framing ATM support LBO Electrical interface Attenuation Payload scrambling 1 T1 or E1 UNI with integral CSU and DSX RJ48C or G703 coax with E1 Ba...

Page 228: ...or DTE DB 37 subminiature female for DCE male for DTE DB 25 subminiature female for DCE male for DTE DB 15 subminiature female for DCE male for DTE CBR MODULE SPECIFICATIONS Number of ports Interface type s T1 DSX E1 physical Impedance Framing Line Coding LBO Serial Clock Front panel LEDs 1 3 Data rates ATM support Timing Cell Delay Variation Tolerance Class of Service T1 DSX E1connector type Conn...

Page 229: ... 3 4 6 8 12 24 CAS CCS support with dynamic bandwidth allocation AAL1 AAL5 Looped system AAL5 RJ48 or G703 coax with E1 Balun Adapter FRF 5 FRF 8 FRF 11 G 165 G 729A G 726 G 711 voice activity detection fax modem detection data will switch to 40 or 60 kbps DTMF relay ETHERNET 10 100 MODULE SPECIFICATIONS Number of ports Interface type Connector type Data support ATM support Shaping Forwarding rate...

Page 230: ...onnector Pinouts Table 18 lists the connector pinouts for the standard Ethernet 10BASE T port Table 19 lists the connector pinouts for the optional Ethernet 10 100BASE TX module Table 17 Management Interface Pinouts PIN 1 Carrier Detect PIN 2 Rx Data PIN 3 Tx Data PIN 4 DTR PIN 5 Signal Ground PIN 6 DSR PIN 7 RTS PIN 8 CTS Table 18 Ethernet 10BASE T Pinouts PIN 1 Tx PIN 2 Tx PIN 3 Rx PIN 4 NC PIN ...

Page 231: ...tible with Cisco cables except for the DCE EIA530 which Cisco does not manufacture Table 20 T1 E1 UNI with IMA Pinouts PIN 1 Rx ring PIN 2 Rx tip PIN 3 NC PIN 4 Tx ring PIN 5 Tx tip PIN 6 NC PIN 7 NC PIN 8 NC Table 21 Connector Pinouts for V 35 DTE Cable Part 3C63913 Signal Name Pin on 60 pin Connector Pin onV 35 Connector Direction for Serial Port Frame GND 46 A Circuit GND 45 B RTS 42 C Out CTS ...

Page 232: ...in on V 35 Connector Direction for Serial Port Frame GND 46 A Circuit GND 45 B RTS 35 C In CTS 42 D Out DSR 43 E Out DCD 44 F Out DTR 34 H In LL not used 33 K In SD 28 P In SD 27 S In RD 18 R Out RD 17 T Out SCTE 26 U In SCTE 25 W In SCR 22 V Out SCR 21 X Out SCT 20 Y Out SCT 19 AA Out Shorting GR 1 48 49 Shorting GR 2 50 51 Shorting GR 3 53 54 55 56 ...

Page 233: ... Serial Port Frame GND 46 1 Circuit GND 15 16 45 19 20 37 RTS 9 10 7 25 Out CTS 1 2 9 27 In DSR 3 4 11 29 In DCD not used see DCE cable 5 6 13 31 In DTR 7 8 12 30 Out LL not used 44 10 Out SD 11 4 Out SD 12 22 Out RD 28 6 In RD 27 24 In SCTE 13 17 Out SCTE 14 35 Out SCR 26 8 In SCR 25 26 In SCT 24 5 In SCT 23 23 In Shorting GR 1 48 49 Shorting GR 2 51 52 ...

Page 234: ... Pin on DB 37 Connector Direction for Serial Port Frame GND 46 1 Circuit GND 15 16 30 19 20 37 RTS 1 2 7 25 In CTS 9 10 9 27 Out DSR 7 8 11 29 Out DCD 5 6 13 31 Out DTR 3 4 12 30 In LL not used 29 10 In SD 28 4 In SD 27 22 In RD 11 6 Out RD 12 24 Out SCTE 26 17 In SCTE 25 35 In SCR 24 8 Out SCR 23 26 Out SCT 13 5 Out SCT 14 23 Out Shorting GR 1 48 49 ...

Page 235: ...on for Serial Port Frame GND 46 1 Circuit GND 45 7 RTS 9 10 4 19 Out CTS 1 2 5 13 In DSR 3 4 6 22 In DCD not used see DCE cable 5 6 8 10 In DTR 7 8 20 23 Out LL not used 44 18 Out SD 11 2 Out SD 12 14 Out RD 28 3 In RD 27 16 In SCTE 13 24 Out SCTE 14 11 Out SCR 26 17 In SCR 25 9 In SCT 24 15 In SCT 23 12 In Shorting GR 1 47 48 49 Shorting GR 2 51 52 ...

Page 236: ...n DB 25 Connector Direction for Serial Port Frame GND 46 1 Circuit GND 45 7 RTS 1 2 4 19 In CTS 9 10 5 13 Out DSR 7 8 6 22 Out DCD not used see DCE cable 5 6 8 10 Out DTR 3 4 20 23 In LL not used 29 18 In SD 28 2 In SD 27 14 In RD 11 3 Out RD 12 16 Out SCTE 26 24 In SCTE 25 11 In SCR 24 17 Out SCR 23 9 Out SCT 13 15 Out SCT 14 12 Out Shorting GR 1 47 48 49 ...

Page 237: ...nnector Pin on DB 25 Connector Direction for Serial Port Frame GND 46 1 Circuit GND 15 8 RTS 9 10 3 10 Out CTS 1 2 5 12 In DSR In DCD In DTR Out LL Out SD 11 2 Out SD 12 9 Out RD 28 4 In RD 27 11 In SCTE Out SCTE Out SCR 24 26 6 In SCR 23 25 13 In SCT In SCT In Shorting GR 1 48 49 Shorting GR 2 51 52 ...

Page 238: ...me Pin on 60 pin Connector Pin on DB 25 Connector Direction for Serial Port Frame GND 46 1 Circuit GND 15 8 RTS 1 2 3 10 In CTS 9 10 5 12 Out DSR Out DCD Out DTR In LL In SD 28 2 In SD 27 9 In RD 11 4 Out RD 12 11 Out SCTE In SCTE In SCR 24 6 Out SCR 23 13 Out SCT Out SCT Out Shorting GR 1 48 49 Table 29 CBR T1 DSX E1 Pinouts PIN 1 RX ring PIN 2 RX tip PIN 3 NC PIN 4 TX ring PIN 5 TX tip PIN 6 NC ...

Page 239: ...DCD J1 44 J2 F DTR J1 34 J2 H LL J1 33 J2 K SD J1 28 J2 P SD J1 27 J2 S RD J1 18 J2 R RD J1 17 J2 T SCTE J1 26 J2 U SCTE J1 25 J2 W SCR J1 22 J2 V SCR J1 21 J2 X SCT J1 20 J2 Y SCT J1 19 J2 AA 366_RI J1 50 J2 J 366_PWI J1 29 J3 6 366_ACR J1 31 J3 3 366_PND J1 32 J3 5 366_DSC J1 36 J3 13 366_DLO J1 37 J3 22 366_NB1 J1 38 J3 14 366_NB2 J1 39 J3 15 366_NB4 J1 40 J3 16 366_NB8 J1 41 J3 17 366_CRQ J1 4...

Page 240: ...V 35 RS 449 data OC3 STM 1 UNI smf and n x T1 WAN 3C63303A DC NC SuperStack II PathBuilder S330 ATM WAN Access Switch Base System with DC Ethernet V 35 RS 449 data OC3 STM 1 UNI smf and n x T1 WAN 3C63304 NC SuperStack II PathBuilder S330E ATM WAN Access Switch Base System with AC Ethernet V 35 RS 449 data OC3 STM 1 UNI mmf and n x E1 WAN 3C63305 NC SuperStack II PathBuilder S330E ATM WAN Access S...

Page 241: ...e with one T1 DSX port and one V 35 RS 449 port 3C63510 Optional Two Port CBR Module with one E1 port and one V 35 RS 449 port 3C63311 Optional DS1 Voice Compression Module 1 SIMM 3C63314 Optional E1 Voice Compression Module 1 SIMM 3C63313 Voice Compression SIMM 3C63318 Optional Ethernet 10 100 Module Table 34 Ancillary Items Part Number Description 3C16071 SuperStack II Advanced RPS Chassis only ...

Page 242: ... cable HD 60 pin male straight to EIA530 25 pin female 2m 6ft 3C63924 X 21 cable DTE HD 60 pin male to X 21 15 pin male crossover DTE 3C63925 X 21 cable DCE HD 60 pin male straight to X 21 15 pin female 3C63902 T1 E1 cable RJ48 shielded straight to RJ48 8m 25ft 3C63903 T1 E1 cable RJ48 shielded crossover to RJ48 8m 25ft 3C63904 E1 Balun Adapter RJ48 120 ohm to Coax 75 ohm 2M 6Ft AMP 87977 1 Mating...

Page 243: ...et Telnet Programming configurations Generating and filtering alarms and transmitting them to the NMS Gathering performance monitoring data Checking and assigning an appropriate clock source Communicating with other nodes via the management VC channel CTX Switch The CTX switch interfaces to all ATM busses in the system It handles address translation and switching among seven ATM ports Up to four p...

Page 244: ...SAR and expansion slot 7 both are treated as separate ports in the switch The third bus is used by the four T1 E1 UNI with IMA ports this bus can handle up to four separate ports in the switch The output buffer is statically divided on power up into 256 cell blocks Any number of blocks can be allocated to any queue The software sets up a reasonable default configuration as listed on the CTX Buffer...

Page 245: ... of 4 x T1 E1 The other three groups on the trunk are not used In this case all the cells coming from the high speed OC3 STM 1 are going to end up in the T1 E1 buffers You could partition the memory on the trunk side as follows with one block equalling 256 cells and the minimum queue size being 3 blocks The T1 E1 buffer could be configured to 48K 192 blocks cells large The high queue could be 768 ...

Page 246: ...d T1 E1 UNI with IMA Interface The four T1 E1 UNI with IMA interfaces allow you to connect legacy voice video and data traffic to your branch offices using either single T1s E1s or nxT1 nxE1 IMA bundles The IMA bundles connect up to four lines from a single office site eight lines if you have installed the optional four port IMA expansion module The PathBuilder S310 switch has only a single T1 E1 ...

Page 247: ...ng The chip interfaces directly to the CTX which performs address translation and output buffering The data is placed in the corresponding output buffer On the OC3 STM 1 transmit side the data flow is as follows Cells received from the CTX are passed directly to the transmitter Four buffers are supported for the OC3 STM 1 The output of the chip feeds into the fiber interface module An 8 KHz clock ...

Page 248: ...alarms and statistics The PathBuilder S330 S310 switch provides for frame relay service and network interworking FRF 5 and 8 as well as ATM DXI and transparent HDLC operation You can use it for interworking between the ATM network and a variety of different frame based networks or devices such as Frame Relay and ATM DXI The interface can be clocked up to 6 2Mbps and it supports the following modes...

Page 249: ...interworking device with limited ATM capability Through ATM DXI the DCE allows the DTE to participate in an ATM network Figure 171 illustrates a PathBuilder S330 S310 switch in the ATM DXI network Figure 171 DXI Network Connection DXI protocol defines an open interface between the router and the Data Service Unit The Data Service Unit off loads cell encapsulation services from the Brouter This wil...

Page 250: ...efines 3 different modes 1a 1b and 2 of connections This software release supports mode 1a which includes the following features Up to 1023 virtual connections Uses AAL5 Maximum DTE SDU size 9232 bytes Uses 16 bit FCS Through ATM DXI the DCE allows the DTE to participate in an ATM network See Figure 173 DXI Transport ATM SONET DXI Link ATM Cell Path Layer Line Layer Section Layer Photonic Layer AA...

Page 251: ...e and efficient encapsulation of your service data unit and supports AAL5 transit encapsulation See Figure 174 Figure 174 DXI Format Mode 1A DTE DXI DCE UNI DTE SDU AAL 5 CPCS AAL 5 SAR DXI Data Link DXI Physical UNI Physical ATM DTE SDU DXI Data Link DXI Physical DTE SDU DTE Service Data Unit DTE to DSU DXI Frame Flag FCS Data DXI Information Flag 1 2 2 1 0 9232 Octet AAL 5 CPCS PDU DSU to ATM Ne...

Page 252: ...rame to the VPI VCI in the ATM cell header In the DXI frame header the DFA occupies 6 bits bit 3 to bit 8 in the first octet and 4 bits bit 6 to bit 8 in the second octet The ATM DXI Specification defines a method for mapping between DFA and VPI VCI You can configure the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch by assigning the mapping values in certain way See Configuring Virtual Circuits in Chapter 4 for de...

Page 253: ...ing parameters Minimum number of flags between HDLC frames CRC type The PathBuilder S330 S310 switch will SAR AAL5 and map HDLC SDLC frames onto an ATM VCC You could use the HDLC service for router to router and X 25 to X 25 links You could use the SDLC service for IBM FID2 3270 SNA Peripheral or IBM FID4 372X SNA Backbone Figure 176 shows HDLC SDLC applications You should disable NRZI on the FEP ...

Page 254: ...ice Interworking The following sections describe the details of these two interworking functions as well as the features provided by the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch Service Interworking Function Figure 177 shows a PathBuilder S330 S310 switch providing Service Interworking function between Frame Relay and ATM services In this setup a Frame Relay DTE communicates with an ATM DTE regardless of the ...

Page 255: ... performs all the required translation and management functions between these two networks implementing the stacks as indicated in Figure 177 and performing the following key functions Translating from Q 922 Frame to ATM AAL5 PDU and from ATM AAL5 PDU to Q 922 Performing Frame PVC management Managing traffic Handling congestion Network Interworking Function Figure 178 shows a PathBuilder S330 S310...

Page 256: ...CI s for the two end systems should be configured to be the same Providing many to one mapping network interworking only maps multiple DLCIs to one ATM virtual circuit Managing traffic Handling congestion Ethernet Interface 10BASE T or 10 100BASE T The Ethernet 10BASE T port and optional 10 100BASE T PCI Ethernet port on the PathBuilder S330 S310 switch provide multiple connections to Ethernet seg...

Page 257: ...der S330 S310 switch supports ATM permanent virtual circuits PVCs for access to the ATM network All the PVC s configured for a port will form a virtual Bridged Ethernet network to all other ports at the other end of the PVC The bridge operation is equivalent to a multiport bridge It works as follows The bridge learns and builds forwarding tables for every PVC that is tied to the Ethernet port When...

Page 258: ...tervals usually every two seconds If a STAP bridge timer expires before receiving a Hello C BPDU it assumes that the root bridge or a link between itself and the root bridge has gone down It then initiates a reconfiguration of the Spanning Tree When a port goes down for instance when an ATM VC is deleted the port card notifies the STAP module of such a change The STAP module then reinitiates the p...

Page 259: ...er 4 Addressing The next bridging operation is to determine if a packet is addressed to another unit on the LAN in which case it can be rejected or if it is addressed to a unit across the bridge Each Ethernet packet includes a source address and a destination address in its header These are MAC addresses that are unique physical addresses assigned to every Ethernet interface on every Ethernet LAN ...

Page 260: ...33 and VPI VCI 2 35 This information is then stored in forwarding tables in Switch B When workstation 2 responds it includes its MAC address and that of workstation 1 in the packets Switch B looks in the appropriate forwarding table and finds that it can reach workstation 1 on VPI VCI 2 5 When the first response cell on 2 35 is formatted back into packets at Switch A then Switch B learns how to re...

Page 261: ... not be affected by the aging timer These entries might be for LAN units that are relatively permanent and are accessed through the ATM network frequently such as servers In the example shown in Figure 180 there is only one transmission path the T1 n x T1 or E1 n x E1 between the two PathBuilder S330 switches so cells leaving Switch A on VPI VCI 1 33 arrive at Switch B on VPI VCI 1 33 Also if theT...

Page 262: ...the bandwidth and quality of service requirements assigned to the virtual circuit at configuration The FIFO provides elastic storage between the Ethernet and the CTX Reassembly When the CTX receives a cell from the T1 E1 UNI with IMA interface it broadcasts it to the Ethernet port As cells are received by the reassembler their headers are read to determine if they belong to the port If so the head...

Page 263: ...Conn To PVC END1 END2 VPI VCI Conn To 1 LAN1 T1 nxT1 or E1 nxE1 0 150 LAN2 1 LAN2 T1 nxT1 or E1 nxE1 0 100 LAN1 2 LAN1 T1 nxT1 or E1 nxE1 0 200 LAN3 2 LAN2 T1 nxT1 or E1 nxE1 0 200 LAN3 3 CSU1 T1 nxT1 or E1 nxE1 0 250 CSU4 3 PBX2 T1 nxT1 or E1 nxE1 0 250 PBX3 Circuits Set Up By The Carrier Cross Connects Circuits Set Up on the PathBuilder S330 S310 3 PVC END1 VPI VCI1 END2 VPI VCI2 PVC END1 END2 V...

Page 264: ...itch port For example at the 1 location the carrier would provide the PathBuilder S330 switch with four VCCs for the forward and reverse path to connect to LAN2 and LAN3 respectively VCCs are unidirectional and therefore two VCCs are designated on a port of a PathBuilder S330 S310 switch to transmit to and receive from another location The PVCs are provisioned by the carrier for use on each PathBu...

Page 265: ...Cs associated with this port Once packets are received from the WAN on specific PVC logical ports their source addresses will be learned and associated with the logical port Once you and your carrier have set up PVCs to all remote PathBuilder S330 S310 Ethernet ports the bridging code will do the rest Figure 185 LAN Connectivity CBR Module The optional T1 DSX E1 CBR module provides three T1 DSX or...

Page 266: ...a stream The data is fed to the AAL1 SAR device The SAR converts the data into ATM cells and tags the cells with the internal VP VC number The cells are passed through a FIFO to the CTX module On the T1 DSX E1 transmit side the data flow is as follows Cells received from the CTX module are buffered in a 32 cell FIFO to decouple the CTX cells from the SAR The depth of the FIFO is determined by the ...

Page 267: ...ated PathBuilder S330 S310 Application DS0 5 DS0 5 VP0 VC35 Structured CBR traffic DS0 DS1 Channel Bank ATM Network DS0 5 Public Switched Telephone Network PathBuilder S330 S310 A B C A B C Channel bank converts analog to T1 putting channel on DS0 5 ATM network continues to carry CBR traffic on to another ATM network or drops the traffic on DS0 5 to a public switched telephone network PathBuilder ...

Page 268: ...viding a path for DS0 ABCD bits See Figure 189 Channel associated signaling allows telephone supervision to be signaled end to end Note that structured DS1 CBR occupies only the needed bandwidth for the DS0s selected Figure 189 Channel Associated Signaling These frames are then followed by the ABCD bits of each active DS0 Two DS0 s ABCD bits are provided in each byte after the last DS0 group Figur...

Page 269: ... µsec Frame of Multiframe for DS1 Signaling Substructure ABCD for Second Transported Timeslot ABCD for Third Transported Timeslot ABCD for First Transported Timeslot FEC for SN CSI Lost Cell Detection Clock Recovery AAL Layer ATM Layer 47 Bytes 1 Bit 3 Bits 4 Bits CSI SN SNP SAR SDU ATM Header AAL 1 Data 5 Bytes 48 Bytes CSI Convergence Sublayer Indicator FEC Forward Error Correction SNP Sequence ...

Page 270: ...r uses such as VBR traffic When an off hook signal is detected the CBR virtual circuit is activated Use structured voice circuits with DBA for CAS channel associated signaling applications Structured Data DBA When a CBR port is configured as structured data only DS0 payload bytes are carried in AAL1 cells These data cells are stored in buffers provided in the SAR processor The CBR software periodi...

Page 271: ...ation of unstructured DS1 occupies DS1 bandwidth on the VCC and uses AAL 1 SAR Structured versus Unstructured Summary Use Table 36 to determine whether to use structured or unstructured DS1 CBR ATM Network Data Service Unit Data Service Unit Channel Service Unit Channel Service Unit T1 Unstructured DS1 Signal Tunneled Through a PVC Table 36 When to use Structured Versus Unstructured Service Struct...

Page 272: ...etwork The RS 366 based video dial feature allows a dial based video session using the ATM circuit emulation provided by the PathBuilder S330 S310 platforms The PathBuilder S330 S310 supports two modes of video conferencing point to point and multi point Point to Point Video Conferencing In point to point video conferencing two or more PathBuilder S330 S310 CBR modules are connected via their seri...

Page 273: ...3333 V 35 RS 449 RS 530 X 21 Video Audio Codec RS 366 PBS330 1111 ATM Table 37 Point to point Video Conferencing Routing Table Remote Unit 1111 Destination Tx vpi vci Rx vpi vci Speed Status 2222 0 1 0 2 384k active 3333 0 1 0 3 384k idle Table 38 Point to point Video Conferencing Routing Table Remote Unit 2222 Destination Tx vpi vci Rx vpi vci Speed Status 1111 0 2 0 1 384k active 3333 0 2 0 3 38...

Page 274: ...e 195 illustrates multi point video conferencing between three remote PathBuilder S330 switches 1111 2222 and 3333 and one central PathBuilder S600 switch 4444 connected to an MCU Figure 195 Multi point Video Conferencing To set up multi point video conferencing you build virtual circuits defined by transmit and receive vpi vci combinations between the remote units and between the remote units and...

Page 275: ... The packets are then passed to the VCM daughtercard via the PCI interface The packets are unpacked by the daughtercard CPU before they are handed to the DSP which decompressed the voice data and plays out the voice onto the T1 E1 PCM interface Table 40 Multi point Video Conferencing Routing Table Remote Unit 1111 Destination Tx vpi vci Rx vpi vci Speed Status 2222 0 1 0 2 384k idle 3333 0 1 0 3 3...

Page 276: ...ulates the packet into an FRF 11 subframe and forwards it to an output interface From packet network to T1 E1 line FRF 11 packets are decoded demultiplexed and sent to the DSP as soon as they are received on the PCI interface Fax Modem detection Fax and modem signals are detected by the DSPs After a DSP informs the host CPU of the start of a fax or modem signal the host commands the DSP to switch ...

Page 277: ...e Noted 4 1 IMA Sublayer in OSI Layer Reference Model None Noted 4 2 Reference Model of Unit Operation IMA None Noted 4 2 1 Source Interface None Noted 4 2 2 Cell Function None Noted 4 2 3 Inverse Multiplexing None Noted 4 2 4 Link Management None Noted 4 2 5 Unit Management None Noted 4 3 Timing Reference Model None Noted 5 Basic IMA Protocol Definitions None 5 1 IMA Physical Link Characteristics...

Page 278: ... FC 7 Support for Common and Independent Transmit Clock Operations R 45 FC ITC mode not supported R 46 53 O 5 FC O 5 NC O 6 NC Will interoperate with equipment that does support this option 8 IMA Data Cell Rate Implementation None Noted 8 1 Behavior of the Transmit End R 54 FC 8 1 1 Derivation of the Transmit IDCR from the TRL R 55 FC 8 1 2 Selection of the TRL R 56 59 FC 8 1 3 Stuffing on the TRL...

Page 279: ...he Link State Machines None Noted 10 1 5 Link State Transition Tables R 66 67 FC 10 1 6 Processing of the Tx and RX State Fields R 68 71 FC O 8 NC 10 2 IMA Group Operation None Noted 10 2 1 IMA Group State Machine Definition None 10 2 1 1 Overview of the Group State Machine None Noted 10 2 1 2 Detailed Group State Machine Definition R 72 FC R 73 74 FC R 75 77 FC R 78 FC R 79 81 FC 10 2 1 3 Synchro...

Page 280: ...None Noted 12 2 1 Performance Monitoring Objectives None Noted 12 2 2 Performance Monitoring Parameters None 12 2 2 1 IMA Performance Primitives R 106 FC 12 2 2 2 IMA Performance Parameters Link and Group R 107 120 FC O 13 19 CR 7 NC 12 2 3 IMA Failure Alarms R 121 122 127 133 FC Clearing of Fault Failure Alarm R 123 FC Reported in the Test Procedure as a failure R 124 FC Reported as an RDI alarm ...

Page 281: ...d 15 3 2 Defects None Noted 15 3 3 Performance Monitoring Parameters None Noted 15 3 4 Failure Alarm States 15 4 MIB II and RFC 1573 Support None Noted 15 4 1 The ifStack Table None Noted 15 4 2 Interpretations of Interface Tables for IMA Groups None Noted 15 4 3 Interaction with ifAdminStatus None Noted None Noted 15 5 MIB Definition None Noted Table 44 ATM Forum IMA Specification Compliance Tabl...

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Page 283: ... Internet browser http www 3com com This service provides access to online support information such as technical documentation and software library as well as support options that range from technical education to maintenance and professional services 3Com Knowledgebase Web Services This interactive tool contains technical product information compiled by 3Com expert technical engineers around the ...

Page 284: ...nal assistance contact your network supplier Many suppliers are authorized 3Com service partners who are qualified to provide a variety of services including network planning installation hardware maintenance application training and support services When you contact your network supplier for assistance have the following information ready Product model name part number and serial number A list of...

Page 285: ...801 777 0800 446 398 61 2 9937 5085 1235 61 266 2602 P R of China Singapore S Korea From anywhere in S Korea From Seoul Taiwan R O C Thailand 10800 61 00137 or 021 6350 1590 800 6161 463 00798 611 2230 0 2 3455 6455 0080 611 261 001 800 611 2000 Europe From anywhere in Europe call 31 0 30 6029900 phone 31 0 30 6029999 fax Europe South Africa and Middle East From the following countries you may use...

Page 286: ...900 31 30 6029999 Latin America 1 408 326 2927 1 408 326 3355 From the following countries you may call the toll free numbers select option 2 and then option 2 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland U K 0800 297468 0800 71429 800 17309 0800 113153 0800 917959 0800 1821502 00800 12813 1800 ...

Page 287: ...link 189 ATM VC statistics 196 auto logout 44 automatic frequency adjustment AFA 79 avg ICP cell error rate T1 E1 group statistic 190 avg Rx cell rate IMA link ATM statistic 189 T1 E1 group statistic 190 avg Rx ICP cell error rate IMA link ATM statistic 189 avg Tx cell rate IMA link ATM statistic 189 T1 E1 group statistic 190 B BER bit error rate 79 80 BES bursty errored seconds CBR statistic 202 ...

Page 288: ...VCM port activity statistic 206 channel associated signaling CAS 138 139 261 262 multiframe structure for 3x64kbit s DS1 261 channel loopbacks VCM 184 clear channel signaling 139 code image 65 backing up 65 backing up and restoring 64 restoring 66 common channel signaling CCS 138 139 140 203 263 communication parameters setting 45 48 community name setting for Ethernet port 51 compression algorith...

Page 289: ...tory 177 Bridge Static Table 111 Current Alarm 166 IP over ATM Configuration 113 List Forwarding Table 110 List Virtual Circuit Detail 157 158 List Virtual Circuit Summary 157 MCPU Shapers 72 Report Firmware Version 61 title 42 Video Call Routing Table 164 Virtual Circuit Statistics by Shaper Detail 209 Virtual Circuit Statistics by Shaper Summary 208 Virtual Circuit Statistics Summary 207 DM degr...

Page 290: ...t end serial port Frame Relay virtual circuit parameter 153 full system configuration PathBuilder S310 14 PathBuilder S330 13 G gain limit T1 E1 parameter 79 General System Information menu 60 getting started 41 Group menu 81 83 group T1 E1 parameter 80 group card common virtual circuit parameter 150 groups 85 adding 80 adding IMA 82 adding UNI 80 deleting 85 deletion of group 1 when module instal...

Page 291: ...erial port parameter 97 List Card menu 69 70 List Forwarding Table 110 List Virtual Circuit Detail screen 157 158 List Virtual Circuit Summary screen 157 LIV full status timeouts LMI statistic 197 LMI local management interface 98 configuring 98 LMI Configuration menu 100 LMI parameters network PV timer T392 101 procedure 100 user error threshold N392 user ME count N393 101 user FS polling counter...

Page 292: ...e and application overview 235 modules viewing installed 67 multiple collisions Ethernet statistic 199 multi point video conferencing 140 267 N NE number of failures T1 E1 statistic 189 NE Rx failure IMA link parameter 88 NE Rx state IMA link parameter 87 NE state last changed IMA group parameter 91 NE state IMA group parameter 90 NE Tx state IMA link parameter 87 network card loopback 179 CBR 182...

Page 293: ...vd from VC statistic 208 RDI remote defect indication OC3 STM 1 line statistic 191 OC3 STM 1 path statistic 192 read write privileges 43 read write session taking over 56 rebooting system 67 receive full status responses LMI statistic 197 receive timing phase serial port parameter 98 receive unconfigured PVCs LMI statistic 197 receive VCI T1 E1 virtual circuit parameter 151 receive VPI OC3 STM 1 v...

Page 294: ...SCS DLCI start end 153 interworking mode 151 start end Frame Relay DLCI start end 151 serial port parameters admin status 98 data rate 98 FCS size 98 link type 97 min flag bytes 98 receive timing phase 98 terminal timing source 98 service contract enforcing 71 service interworking 246 servicing xi SES severely errored seconds 192 CBR statistic 202 OC3 STM 1 far line statistic 191 OC3 STM 1 line st...

Page 295: ...ice compression parameter 130 TC1 signaling bits CBR parameter 121 voice compression parameter 130 TC2 signaling bits CBR parameter 121 voice compression parameter 130 technical support 3Com Knowledgebase Web Services 277 3Com URL 277 bulletin board service 278 fax service 278 network suppliers 278 product repair 280 terminal timing source serial port parameter 98 test link IMA group parameter 84 ...

Page 296: ...267 point to point 140 265 266 video dial defining virtual circuits for 140 how connection established 140 how feature works 140 video dial feature 265 ending video dial up sessions 162 managing 160 setting up a session 161 starting video dial up sessions 161 viewing call routing table 163 video dial parameters dest phone 163 index 163 Rx vpi vci 163 speed 163 status 163 Tx vpi vci 163 virtual cha...

Page 297: ...28 encoding 128 FAX support 128 framing 130 LBO line build out 130 line code 130 signaling 130 silence compression 128 TC signaling type 130 TC1 signaling bits 130 TC2 signaling bits 130 voice coding 128 VPCs virtual path connections 135 defining 132 VPI virtual path identifier 132 VPI and VCI ranges 238 VT100 configuring via 41 W warning information xi World Wide Web WWW 277 ...

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Page 299: ...eting this standard If it appears that any product that is stated to meet this standard does not perform properly with regard to such date data on and after January 1 2000 and Customer notifies 3Com before the later of April 1 2000 or ninety 90 days after purchase of the product from 3Com or its authorized reseller 3Com shall at its option and expense provide a software update which would effect t...

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