Alcatel Omni Switch/Router, User Manual

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Adding a WAN Link
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Administrative Status
Sets the Administrative Status of this WAN Link. The options are “
Enabled,
” which will enabled
this link and “
Disabled,
” which will disable the link but not delete it.
Link Type
Specifies the type of physical connection that will carry the link. The options are “
WSM Port,
”
which means a serial or Fractional T1/E1 connection and “
ISDN,
” which means an ISDN call
will be used to make the connection.
Link Slot
Specifies the switch slot number to be used by this WAN Link.
Link Port
Specifies the switch port number to be used by this WAN Link.
2. To make a change to the values for any of the fields on this screen, enter the field’s line
number followed by the desired value.
3. To add the link for a WSX port, you must specify which switch port and slot is to be
used. To do so, you must make changes to the values for items 4 and 5. For example, if
your WSX port is in slot 5, port 2, you would enter the following three commands:
: 4=5
: 5=2
: save
After entering the
save
command, you will be returned to the system prompt.
Adding ISDN Call Links
1. To create a link over ISDN, you must enter a Peer ID number (associated with a “PPP
Entity”) with the command. See Chapter 30,
Point-to-Point Protocol , for details on creat-
ing Peer IDs.
For example, to create a link for Peer ID 1, you would enter the following command
(where
p1
is the Peer ID number):
linkadd p1
A screen similar to the following displays:
Adding Link for Peer ID 1, Link Index 1:
1)
Description : Link Entry: 2, Peer ID: 1
{Enter text up to 31 characters}
2) Administrative Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = Enabled
{(E)nabled, (D)isabled}
3) Link Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = WSM Port
{(W)SM Port, (I)SDN call}
4) Link Slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = 0
{Slot number or 0 if not tied to a slot}
5) Link Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = 0
{Port number or 0 if not tied to a port}
(save/quit/cancel)
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