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TA 544 User Manual/61200704L1-1A

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© 2001, ADTRAN, Inc.

TA 544 User Manual

The following selections are possible:

> Ethernet

Use the

E

THERNET

menu (Figure 11) to configure the Ethernet port on the TA 544.

Figure 11. Ethernet Menu

IP

This is used to setup the IP addresses for the LAN on the TA 544.

IP Address

The IP address assigned to the TA 544's Ethernet port is set here. This address must be unique within the
network.

Subnet Mask

This is the IP network mask that is to be applied to the TA 544's Ethernet port.

Default Gateway

The default gateway is used by the TA 544 to send IP packets whose destination address is not found in
the route table.

PAP, CHAP

OR

EAP (

DEF

)

The TA 544 will ask for EAP during the first PPP
LCP negotiation and allow the PPP peer to negotiate
down to CHAP or PAP.

CHAP

OR

EAP

The TA 544 will ask for EAP during the first PPP
LCP negotiation and allow the PPP peer to negotiate
down to CHAP but not PAP.

EAP O

NLY

The TA 544 will only allow EAP to be negotiated. If
the PPP peer is not capable of doing EAP, then the
connection will not succeed.

PAP O

NLY

The TA 544 will only allow PAP to be negotiated. If
the PPP peer is not capable of doing PAP, then the
connection will not succeed.

Summary of Contents for TA 544

Page 1: ...TA 544 User Manual 61200704L1 1A Page 1 of 68 2001 ADTRAN Inc TA 544 User Manual TA 544 User Manual 61200704L1 1A May 2001 1200704L1 TA 544 4200704L3 TA 544 with SDSL Card...

Page 2: ...the Holder of the Manual The contents of this manual are current as of the date of publication ADTRAN reserves the right to change the contents without prior notice In no event will ADTRAN be liable f...

Page 3: ...marked on the product 3 To reduce risk of electric shock do not disassemble this product Opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltages or other risks Save These Important Safety Ins...

Page 4: ...xpress written permission This warranty becomes null and void if Customer modifies or alters the equipment in any way other than as specifically authorized by ADTRAN EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY DE...

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Page 7: ...r local distributor first If your local distributor cannot help please contact ADTRAN Technical Support and have the unit serial number available The Custom Extended Services ACES program offers multi...

Page 8: ...twork EN Technical Training offers training on our most popular products These courses include overviews on product features and functions while covering applications of ADTRAN s product lines ADTRAN...

Page 9: ...e Over DSL Overview 13 Voice Over ATM Overview 14 Voice Over DSL Application 14 Installation 15 Unpack and Inspect the Unit 15 Mount the Unit 15 Configuring the TA 544 16 System Info 16 System Name 16...

Page 10: ...Configuring Voice Support Status 44 Gateway Stats 44 PVC Stats 44 Voice Stats 44 Clear Stats 44 Managing the Modules Modules 45 Modules Table 45 Managing the Modules V 35 Setup 46 ATM FR IWF 46 Append...

Page 11: ...Menu 25 Figure 7 ATM Config Menu 26 Figure 8 ATM Stats Menu 27 Figure 9 Router Configuration Menu 29 Figure 10 Global Menu 29 Figure 11 Ethernet Menu 33 Figure 12 WAN Menu 35 Figure 13 Router Status...

Page 12: ...TA 544 User Manual 2001 ADTRAN Inc TA 544 User Manual 61200704L1 1A Page 12 of 68...

Page 13: ...ll other operations Each terminal menu item has several functions and sub menus that identify and provide access to specific operations and parameters These menu selections are described later in this...

Page 14: ...LP1 LP2 ALM ACT GRN NORM YEL MAN HTU C 1181101L1 PWR DSX TX E Q RX TX M O N RX TST LP1 LP2 ALM ACT GRN NORM YEL MAN HTU C 1181101L1 PWR DSX TX E Q RX TX M O N RX TST LP1 LP2 ALM ACT GRN NORM YEL MAN...

Page 15: ...9 adapter 6 ft RJ 45 to RJ 45 cable 2 wall mount hinges 4 each 6 32 screws AC power cord CD containing User Manual Provided by Customer The following items must be supplied by the customer Cables and...

Page 16: ...harac ters such as an underbar This name will appear on the top line of all screens System Location Provides a user configurable text string for the location of the TA 544 This field is to help you ke...

Page 17: ...ion level of the controller Bootcode Revision Displays the bootcode revision System Uptime Displays the length of time since the TA 544 system reboot Date Time Displays the current date and time inclu...

Page 18: ...The timing options available are listed below Network The clock is recovered from the network WAN interface Internal The clock is generated internally by theTA 544 Telnet Access Sets Telnet access to...

Page 19: ...sed to set up to eight SNMP communities names that the TA 544 will allow Factory default sets the community public with Get privileges Name This is a text string for the community name Privilege The a...

Page 20: ...protecting the maintenance port By default no password is entered If you forget your password type CHALLENGE in all capital letters Call technical support and have the displayed CHALLENGE code ready T...

Page 21: ...server NT Time The TA 544 will receive time from an NT server running SNTP software on its TIME port SNTP The TA 544 will receive time directly from an SNTP server Active This network timing feature...

Page 22: ...and TFTP See Appendix B on page 51 and Appendix C on page 54 for more information TFTP requires a TFTP server running somewhere on the network The TA 544 starts a TFTP client function which gets the u...

Page 23: ...R also lets you save the TA 544 configuration as a backup file so you can use the same configuration with multiple TA 544 units In addition CONFIG TRANSFER can retrieve a configuration file from a TFT...

Page 24: ...fied in TFTP SERVER FILENAME to the server identified in TFTP SERVER IP ADDRESS To start this command enter Y to begin or enter N to cancel Ping Allows you to send pings ICMP requests to hosts The fol...

Page 25: ...rom host read only Configuring WAN Settings DSLAM Type Set this to the type of DSLAM the TA 544 will be connecting to Layer One Interface This is the physical layer protocol used to connect the DSLAM...

Page 26: ...mance at the ATM layer Data Scrambling DATA SCRAMBLING can be ENABLED or DISABLED for cell traffic Configuring this setting incorrectly for a particular circuit will cause poor performance ATM Stats U...

Page 27: ...nd discarded An incrementing count in this field could indicate a con figuration problem with the ATM layer AP Receive Cell Errors This is the number of cells received with an HEC error AP Sync This i...

Page 28: ...L5 errors received AAL5 Receive Discarded Frames This is the number of AAL5 frames discarded AAL5 No ATM Frames This is for internal use only AAL5 No Data Packets This is for internal use only Clear S...

Page 29: ...menu Figure 10 to set up general router functions Figure 10 Global Menu IP This is used for general IP configuration Mode This item controls how the TA 544 handles IP routes When this option is set t...

Page 30: ...RIVATE When set to NO the TA 544 will advertise this static route using RIP Setting to YES means that the route is kept private DHCP MODE When set to ON the TA 544 acts as a DHCP server and will dynam...

Page 31: ...lly maintains a table of MAC addresses detected and associates those addresses with the LAN or WAN port from which they were received RELAY ADDRESS This is the IP address of the server that will re ce...

Page 32: ...umber of times the TA 544 should send a request packet to the RADIUS server without a response before giving up If the number of attempts to communicate with the primary server is equal to the retry c...

Page 33: ...hernet port Default Gateway The default gateway is used by the TA 544 to send IP packets whose destination address is not found in the route table PAP CHAP OR EAP DEF The TA 544 will ask for EAP durin...

Page 34: ...arding port is not on the Ethernet port and the route is not the default route theTA 544 will answer the request with its own hardware address MAC Address This is a read only MAC address programmed at...

Page 35: ...uter Description This is the text description for the PVC VPI ATM virtual port identifier VCI This is the ATM virtual channel identifier PCR Peak Cell Rate Enter the maximum bandwidth in cells per sec...

Page 36: ...re translated into a single public NAPT IP address Incoming packets are translated from the public to private address based on the protocol port numbers Once enabled you must set up NAT for use TX MET...

Page 37: ...all IP addresses on the Ethernet side are translated into the one real IP address negotiated with the PPP peer ISP Mul tiple stations on the Ethernet side can access the Internet simultaneously Setti...

Page 38: ...rface is set to idle This per mits dial on demand to occur using this profile for any IP network that might have been adver tised by the particular PPP peer The idle routes can be flushed or zombied f...

Page 39: ...de WAN TO LAN IN The packets which come into the TA 544 can be filtered in three ways DISABLED DEF Turns off packet input filtering No incoming packets are blocked BLOCK ALL All incoming packets from...

Page 40: ...Table This shows the detected MAC addresses and the interface to which they are associated IP Routes This shows the current routes in theTA 544 and their use LAN TO WAN OUT The packets which come out...

Page 41: ...by way of a log level The levels are divided up as follows level 0 Fatal event causes reset level 1 Critical event level 2 Error event level 3 Warning event level 4 Notify event level 5 Informational...

Page 42: ...YES def new PPP events will overwrite old PPP events when the log is full All logging will stop when the log is full and set to NO Level In order to log events they must be at or below this level Ran...

Page 43: ...tocol for voice signaling control be tween the TA 544 and the configured Gateway The CALL CONTROL setting must be configured correctly before the voice circuits will work correctly The TA 544 supports...

Page 44: ...with the number of active calls in progress PVC Stats The PVC STATS menu shows the current state of the virtual circuit used between the Voice Gateway and the TA 544 IAD for voice signaling and voice...

Page 45: ...the parameters shown in Figure 17 Figure 17 Modules Menu Modules Table The TA 544 contains three fixed modules The WAN Network interface Echo Canceller module and the V 35 inter face The MODULES tabl...

Page 46: ...nu contains the setup and status for the ATM Frame Relay interworking functions Mode The MODE setting configures the V 35 port for FRF5 or FRF8 operation depending upon the application being supported...

Page 47: ...r D will delete one entry NAME To identify your port ATM VPI Specifies the virtual path over which this logical port is running ATM VCI Specifies the virtual circuit over which this logical port is ru...

Page 48: ...92 for signaling protocol typical value 15 No meaning if Maint Protocol is Static FR ATM PVC MAPPING Up to 4 mappings are supported FR DLCI Frame Relay DLCI on V 35 port ATM VPI Specifies the virtual...

Page 49: ...on ATM Support 6 PVCs 1 Voice 5 Data IP over ATM RFC 1483 RFC 1483 Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM PPPoA RFC 2364 Full Traffic Shaping and QoS Support VBR rt and UBR Support F5 OAM Loopback Capab...

Page 50: ...ent SNMP V1 support Full menu driven TELNET access Serial Data Data Rate Nx56 or Nx64 kbps N 1 to 24 Electrical and Mechanical CCITT V 35 Frame Relay FRF 5 and FRF 8 Optional X 21 V 11 Adapter Availab...

Page 51: ...100 terminal emulation communication software package which contains XMO DEM protocol support log in toTA 544 Set the transmit rate of the emulation software to 9600 baud 2 Unplug the unit to remove p...

Page 52: ...curs return to Step 3 and attempt the update again If the same error occurs contact ADTRAN Technical Support 8 After the TRANSFER COMPLETE message has been displayed cycle power on the unit 9 Change t...

Page 53: ...y 7 When the update has successfully completed TRANSFER COMPLETE displays in TRANSFER STATUS The module restarts immediately and resumes operation If an error occurs during the update an error message...

Page 54: ...lt the TA 544 administrator if this password is not known You must obtain the appropriate update file from ADTRAN Technical Support at 888 4ADTRAN 423 8726 or call 256 963 8000 and ask for Technical S...

Page 55: ...ror message will display in the TRANSFER STATUS field If this occurs return to Step 3 and attempt the update again If the same error occurs contact ADTRAN Technical Support During the TFTP upload vari...

Page 56: ...n Indicates the TFTP network server denied TA 544 access to the given update file name and path Please verify appropriate user rights are selected for the speci fied path Error Illegal Operation An un...

Page 57: ...complete control of the TA 544 see Figure 19 Figure 19 Top level Terminal Menu Window Menu Path The first line of the terminal menu window the menu path shows the session s current position path in t...

Page 58: ...clude both submenu items and data fields Some submenus contain additional submenus and some data fields contain additional data fields The following chart explains the notation used to identify these...

Page 59: ...vigating the terminal menu Ctrl Z See also Moving through the Menus below System Time Displays current time See Date Time on page 17 for details on editing the time To do this Press this key Return to...

Page 60: ...you can copy depends on the cursor location when you press C If the cursor is over an editable field only that item is copied If the cursor is over the index number of a list then all of the items in...

Page 61: ...set of configuration items a help message displays when available providing a description of the item When more detailed help is available for a particular item A displays at the bottom of the window...

Page 62: ...th the PSTN TdSoft and Jetstream are popular Gateway types Figure 20 Application Diagram To configure a TA 544 for use with the Voice Gateway you need to know the VPI and VCI to be used on the ATM net...

Page 63: ...rom the CONFIG menu enter the Gateway type under CALL CONTROL and enter the VPI and VCI values for communicating with that Gateway CALL CONTROL should be set to the Gateway type and the VPI and VCI va...

Page 64: ...d the voice turn up procedure from the previous example adding data to the circuit requires some additional setup Figure 21 Application Diagram To configure a TA 544 for IP routing you need to know th...

Page 65: ...om the GLOBAL menu 7 From the ETHERNET menu enter the IP menu to enter your LAN configuration 8 Enter your LAN IP ADDRESS SUBNET MASK and DEFAULT GATEWAY information For this example the IP ADDRESS is...

Page 66: ...NABLED This will enable translation and allow you to enter the NAT options 2 Set PUBLIC IP ADDRESS MODE to SPECIFIED so you can enter your public address During transmission private addresses are tran...

Page 67: ...then select the ROUTER menu 6 Enter the CONFIGURATION menu From this menu you will set up addresses for your LAN and WAN For basic IP routing use all the default values from the GLOBAL menu 7 From the...

Page 68: ...RX PASSWORD are those that the IAD expects to receive when the IAD is authenticating the far side The RX METHOD is specified in another location discussed below 4 Most applications require IP to be ne...

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