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GETTING HELP

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Summary of Contents for 9A656-04

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Page 3: ...entioned in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies FCC NOTICE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation NOTE This equipment has b...

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Page 6: ...5 International Electrotechnical Commission CENELEC EN 60825 European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization When operating within their performance limitations laser transceiver output meets the Class 1 accessible emission limit of all three standards Class 1 levels of laser radiation are not considered hazardous SAFETY INFORMATION CLASS 1 LASER TRANSCEIVERS LASER RADIATION AND CONNECTORS...

Page 7: ...C EN 55022 EN 50082 1 EN 60950 Equipment Type Environment Networking Equipment for use in a Commercial or Light Industrial Environment We the undersigned hereby declare under our sole responsibility that the equipment packaged with this notice conforms to the above directives Manufacturer Legal Representative in Europe Mr Ronald Fotino Mr J Solari ___________________________________ ______________...

Page 8: ...Notice vi 9A656 04 9A686 04 Configuration Guide ...

Page 9: ...fault Settings 1 9 1 6 Configurable Options 1 10 1 6 1 Configurable Options at the System Chassis Level 1 10 1 7 Local Management Screen Elements 1 12 1 7 1 Local Management Keyboard Conventions 1 14 1 8 Getting Help 1 15 1 9 Related Manuals 1 16 CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 2 1 Selecting Local Management Menu Screen Items 2 2 2 2 Exiting Local Management Screens 2 2 2 3 Accessing the Main Menu ...

Page 10: ...g the NSAP Prefix 2 31 2 16 4 Setting the PNNI Level 2 31 2 17 The ILMI Configuration Menu Screen 2 32 2 17 1 ILMI Configuration Menu Screen Fields 2 33 2 17 2 Setting the MIN SVCC VCI Field 2 33 2 17 3 Setting the MAX SVCC VPI Field 2 34 2 17 4 Setting the MAX SVPC VPI Field 2 34 2 18 The ATM Diagnostics Screen 2 35 2 18 1 Enabling Disabling ATM Diagnostics 2 35 2 19 Module Configuration Menu Scr...

Page 11: ...Commands 2 68 2 29 2 Special Commands 2 74 2 30 The Environmental Module Screen 2 75 2 30 1 Setting the Fan Speeds 2 77 2 30 2 Enabling Disabling COM1 and COM2 2 77 2 30 3 Changing the COM2 Application 2 78 2 30 4 Downloading a New Image into Flash Memory 2 78 2 31 Creating a PVC 2 79 2 31 1 Getting the Traffic Descriptor 2 79 2 31 2 Adjusting ILMI Parameters for PVC Creation 2 79 2 31 3 Setting t...

Page 12: ...nalling Version and Type 4 12 4 5 1 2 Step 2 Set the IISP Side 4 14 4 6 Creating and Configuring a Reachable Address Static Route 4 16 4 6 1 Step 1 Create a Row in the pnniRouteAddrTable 4 17 4 6 2 Step 2 Associate the Reachable Address with Its Advertising Node ID 4 19 4 6 3 Step 3 Associate the Reachable Address with a Port ID 4 21 4 6 4 Step 4 Associate the Reachable Address with an Interface 4...

Page 13: ...9A656 04 9A686 04 Configuration Guide xi Contents APPENDIX C SUPPORTED MIBS C 1 MIB SMI MIB Files and Internet MIB Hierarchy C 1 C 2 SmartSwitch 9500 MIB Hierarchy C 3 ...

Page 14: ...Contents xii 9A656 04 9A686 04 Configuration Guide ...

Page 15: ...he 9A686 04 provides an overview of the configurable options of the modules and the entire system SmartSwitch 9500 provides instructions on getting help and concludes with a list of related manuals NOTE This is a draft manual for the 9A686 04 only Additional information regarding PNNI local management screens will be added to the next revision NOTE In this document the Cabletron Systems SmartSwitc...

Page 16: ...e MIBs to force individual interfaces to use specific Signalling stacks and sides how to configure an IISP interface via MIB tools and provides a brief overview of PNNI 1 0 support of the SmartSwitch 9500 Appendix A Acronyms provides a list of acronyms commonly used in this document Appendix B Default Settings provides information on the default settings the SmartSwitch 9500 system has upon first ...

Page 17: ... for high speed switching of data between modules installed in the same chassis that connect to the CTM backplane The CTM provides a dedicated 1 6 Gbps link between each 9A656 04 module 9A686 04 The 9A686 04 is a 5 4 Gbps single slot module for the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis Up to four ATM Network Interface Modules ANIMs of any type can be installed in the 9A686 04 to provide front panel connectivit...

Page 18: ... Traffic Types The 9A686 04 supports the following standard ATM traffic classes Constant Bit Rate CBR ATM traffic class that is guaranteed a fixed amount of bandwidth while the Virtual Circuit VC is active Variable Bit Rate VBR ATM traffic class that varies the amount of bandwidth used on the VC while the VC is active while maintaining a minimum CBR component Available Bit Rate ABR ATM traffic cla...

Page 19: ... required when the 9A686 04 is CONNECTED to the public ATM network In this mode the 9A686 04 derives its transmit clock from the incoming line clock Master Clock Distribution This clocking mode is required when the 9A686 04 is PART of the public ATM network In this mode one 9A686 04 installed in the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis is configured as the master clock for all other modules attached to the CT...

Page 20: ...re generated as follows Slot ANIM Interface Table 1 1 provides an example of how the interface numbering scheme works In this example there is a SmartSwitch 9500 chassis with five 9A686 04 modules installed These modules are installed in slots 1 3 7 11 and 14 Each of these modules are equipped with 4 ANIM 21 3s This provides each 9A686 04 with 12 front panel interfaces Refer to Table 1 1 for a bre...

Page 21: ... the switch that allows the device to begin functioning in the network immediately No setup is required by the user except the assignment of an IP address for management purposes This provides the 9A686 04 with plug and play capabilities 1 5 1 9A686 04 Initialization Steps The 9A686 04 performs the following procedures when they are first inserted into a powered up SmartSwitch 9500 chassis 1 The 9...

Page 22: ...cating with the system Each interface will become a UNI IISP or PNNI connection automatically 3 The 9A686 04 runs the LEC election algorithm If this module is elected it creates a LAN Emulation Client LEC that is used for management purposes This LEC then goes through the following substeps a The 9A686 04 attempts to detect LANE services It will continue to perform this task every ten seconds unti...

Page 23: ... or SVPCs to the settings shown in Table 1 2 With this default setting the SmartSwitch 9500 is an SVC only switch Chapter 3 provides information on how to reserve VPI VCI ranges for PVCs Table 1 3 provides the total available ranges for all VCI and VPIs The 9A686 04 is set to be in Clock Recovery Mode which means that all clocking will be recovered from the received signals Table 1 2 Default Minim...

Page 24: ...vironmental Module via the EPIM installed in the Environmental Module SMB 10 and in band through the LEC created upon module initialization SNMP Traps The SmartSwitch 9500 chassis is SNMP compliant and is capable of being configured to send messages to multiple Network Management Stations to alert users of status changes SNMP Community Names Community names act as passwords to Local Remote Managem...

Page 25: ...kplane Switched Virtual Connections SVCs the maximum value for Virtual Path Identifiers VPIs for SVCs and the maximum value for Virtual Path Identifiers VPIs for Switched Virtual Path Connections SVPCs for the entire system SmartSwitch 9500 chassis PNNI Configuration The PNNI Configuration screen allows the user to set the NSAP prefix and PNNI level of the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis When these setti...

Page 26: ...ure 1 2 shows an example of the fields in a screen A description of each field follows the figure Figure 1 2 Example of a Local Management Screen The following list explains each of the Local Management fields Event Message Field This field briefly displays messages that indicate if a Local Management procedure was executed correctly or incorrectly that changes were saved or not saved to Non Volat...

Page 27: ...ction Toggle Fields Selection Toggle fields provide a series of possible values Only applicable values appear in a selection field In the screens shown in this guide the selection displays within brackets and in bold type In the field description the field is identified as being either selectable when there are more than two possible values or toggle when there are only two possible values Command...

Page 28: ...ys that perform the same Local Management function For example Press ENTER means that you can press either ENTER or RETURN unless this manual specifically instructs you otherwise SPACE Bar and BACKSPACE Key These keys cycle through selections in some Local Management fields Use the SPACE bar to cycle forward through selections and use BACKSPACE to cycle backward through selections Arrow Keys These...

Page 29: ...erasys Systems products in the network A description of your network environment layout cable type etc Network load and frame size at the time of trouble if known The device history i e have you returned the device before is this a recurring problem etc Any previous Return Material Authorization RMA numbers World Wide Web http www cabletron com Phone 603 332 9400 Internet mail support cabletron co...

Page 30: ...Systems SmartSwitch 9000 9C300 1 Environmental Module User s Guide Enterasys Systems SmartSwitch 9000 Local Management User s Guide Enterasys Systems SmartSwitch 9000 6 Module Local Management User s Guide The manuals referenced above can be obtained on the World Wide Web in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format PDF at the following site http www enterasys com NOTE For additional information on A...

Page 31: ...and Out Of Band IP addresses to the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis Assigning SNMP Community Names to the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis Designating IP Address of network management stations to receive SNMP Traps from the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis NOTE This is a draft manual for the 9A686 04 only Additional information regarding PNNI local management screens will be added to the next revision NOTE The SmartSwit...

Page 32: ...of the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis configuring the settings of the COM ports of the EM and instructions on downloading a new firmware image to Flash memory of the EM Creating a PVC via the AToM MIB 2 1 SELECTING LOCAL MANAGEMENT MENU SCREEN ITEMS Select items on a menu screen by performing the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight a menu item 2 Press ENTER The selected Local Management sc...

Page 33: ...isplays and the session ends 2 3 ACCESSING THE MAIN MENU SCREEN To access the Main Menu screen establish a Local Management connection The Password Screen Figure 2 1 displays Figure 2 1 The Password Screen NOTE The user can also exit Local Management screens by pressing ESC twice This exit method does not warn about unsaved changes and all unsaved changes will be lost NOTE Refer to the SmartSwitch...

Page 34: ...u screen fields CHASSIS The Chassis menu item provides access to the Chassis menu screen which is used to configure the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis and to view current chassis power supply status MODULES The Modules menu item provides access to the Module Selection screen that is used to select individual modules in the chassis for management purposes ENVIRONMENTAL MODULE The Environmental Module men...

Page 35: ...u screen Figure 2 3 displays Figure 2 3 The Chassis Menu Screen The following list describes each of the screens accessible from the Chassis Menu screen CHASSIS CONFIGURATION The Chassis Configuration screen allows the user to configure operating parameters for the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis For details refer to the Section 2 6 SNMP COMMUNITY NAMES The SNMP Community Names screen allows the user to ...

Page 36: ...status power supply redundancy status and chassis fan tray status For details refer to Section 2 9 2 6 CHASSIS CONFIGURATION SCREEN The Chassis Configuration screen Figure 2 4 allows the user to set the In Band and Out Of Band IP Addresses SMB 10 IP Address Chassis date and time and to set the Screen Update Time Access the Chassis Configuration screen from the Chassis Menu screen by using the arro...

Page 37: ...e managed via this IP address eliminating the need to assign an IP address to each interface module The SMB 10 IP Address is used for managing the interface modules installed in the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis and the chassis itself via an EPIM installed in the Environmental Module To set the IP address refer to Section 2 6 1 Out Of Band IP Address Modifiable Allows the Out Of Band IP address to be s...

Page 38: ...ntry is not valid the Event Message Line displays INVALID IP ADDRESS OR FORMAT ENTERED Local Management does not alter the current value and refreshes the IP address field with the previous value 4 Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command then press ENTER The SAVED OK message displays indicating that the changes have been saved to memory NOTE The following instructions describe how to set ...

Page 39: ...teps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the Chassis Time field 2 Enter the time in this 24 hour format HHMMSS 3 Press ENTER to set the system clock to the time in the input field 4 Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command at the bottom of the screen and press ENTER If the time entered is a valid format the Event Message Line at the top of the screen displays SAVED OK If the entry is not val...

Page 40: ...R to set the update time to the time entered in the input field 4 Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command at the bottom of the screen and press ENTER If the time entered is within the 3 to 99 seconds range the Event Message Line at the top of the screen displays SAVED OK If the entry is not valid Local Management does not alter the current setting but it does refresh the Screen Update Tim...

Page 41: ...er Access the SNMP Community Names screen from the Chassis Menu screen by using the arrow keys to highlight the SNMP COMMUNITY NAMES field and pressing ENTER The SNMP Community Names screen Figure 2 5 displays Figure 2 5 The SNMP Community Names Screen The following explains each SNMP Community Names screen field Community Name Modifiable Displays the user defined name through which a user accesse...

Page 42: ...ocal Management at the Password Screen must have super user access in order to view and edit the SNMP Community Names screen Using a password with read only or read write access does not allow the user to view or edit the SNMP Community Names screen To establish community names proceed as follows 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the Community Name field adjacent to the selected access level 2 Ent...

Page 43: ...e Chassis SNMP Traps Screen The following explains each field of the SNMP Traps screen Trap Destination Modifiable Indicates the IP address of the workstation to receive trap alarms Up to eight different destinations can be defined Trap Community Name Modifiable Displays the Community Name included in the trap message sent to the Network Management Station with the associated IP address The level ...

Page 44: ... 121 3 Press ENTER If an invalid entry is entered INVALID IP ENTERED is displayed in the Event Message Line 4 Using the arrow keys highlight the Trap Community Name field Enter the community name 5 Press ENTER 6 Using the arrow keys highlight the Enable Traps field Press the SPACE bar to choose either YES send alarms from the chassis to the workstation or NO prevent alarms from being sent 7 Using ...

Page 45: ...only Displays the current redundancy status of the chassis This field will display Available or Not Available Chassis Power Load Read only Displays the percentage of chassis power that is currently being utilized Configured Chassis Power Read only Displays the total amount in watts of the chassis power supplies Available Chassis Power Read only Displays the total amount in watts of chassis power t...

Page 46: ...elation to the Fahrenheit and Centigrade values PS1 Fan Speed Read only Displays the percentage of capacity at which the power supply fans are currently operating PS1 Command This command allows the Power Supply Specific Section of the Chassis Power screen to display the current values for power supply one To use this command use the arrow keys to highlight the PS1 command and press ENTER The Powe...

Page 47: ...dule Selection screen Figure 2 8 displays Figure 2 8 The Module Selection Screen The following explains each of the Module Selection screen fields SLOT The SLOT field displays the slot in which the module is installed The module number enclosed in characters indicates the module to has been elected the chassis agent MODULE Name The Module Name field displays the type of interface module that is in...

Page 48: ...s ENTER The Module Menu screen Figure 2 9 displays Figure 2 9 Module Menu Screen The following list describes each Module Menu screen field MODULE CONFIGURATION The Module Configuration screen provides access to the Local Management screens that are used to configure the 9A686 04 For details about the Module Configuration screen refer to Section 2 12 NETWORK TOOLS The Network Tools function reside...

Page 49: ...ighlight the MODULE CONFIGURATION field and pressing ENTER The Module Configuration screen Figure 2 10 displays Figure 2 10 The Module Configuration Menu Screen The following list briefly explains each screen accessible from the Module Configuration Menu screen GENERAL CONFIGURATION The General Configuration screen allows the user to monitor and configure general operating parameters for the 9A686...

Page 50: ... CONFIGURATION field and pressing ENTER The General Configuration screen Figure 2 11 displays Figure 2 11 The General Configuration Screen The following list briefly describes each of the General Configuration screen fields Module Serial Number Read only Displays the serial number of the 9A686 04 Module Board Revision Read only Displays the hardware revision of the 9A686 04 Module Date Modifiable ...

Page 51: ...ad only Displays the amount of FLASH memory installed in the 9A686 04 Default Gateway Modifiable Displays the default gateway for the 9A686 04 This field is not defined until an appropriate value is entered For details about why and how to set the Default Gateway refer to Section 2 13 4 Default Interface Modifiable Displays the default interface for the 9A686 04 This field is not defined until an ...

Page 52: ...range the Event Message Line at the top of the screen displays SAVED OK If the entry is not valid Local Management does not alter the current setting but it does refresh the Screen Lockout Time field with the previous value 2 13 3 Setting the TFTP Gateway IP Address If the network TFTP server is located on a different IP subnet than the 9A686 04 a Gateway IP address should be specified To set the ...

Page 53: ...and 5 Press ENTER The Event Message Line at the top of the screen displays SAVED OK 2 13 5 Setting the Default Interface The default interface is used in conjunction with the default gateway to forward management information to a network management station The default interface is the specified interface of the default gateway that is used for sending SNMP traps to management stations located on a...

Page 54: ... Configuration Menu screen This screen provides access to additional screens that are used to configure the Private Network Network Interface PNNI feature of the SmartSwitch 9500 the Intergrated Local Management Interface ILMI and to enable disable ATM diagnostics that are performed when power to the SmartSwitch 9500 is cycled Since the SmartSwitch 9500 utilizes the Enterasys Systems Distributed M...

Page 55: ...lso opens the LEC Administration which allows the user to configure the management LEC to fit the needs of the network For details refer to Section 2 26 MODULE REMOVAL This command notifies the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis that this 9A686 04 is about to be removed from the chassis This allows the rest of the 9A686 04s installed in the chassis to continue switching traffic while this module is removed ...

Page 56: ...nnel Connection SVCC Virtual Path Identifier VPI that the 9A686 04 SmartSwitch 9500 may use Set the maximum Switched Virtual Path Connection SVPC Virtual Path Identifier VPI that the 9A686 04 SmartSwitch 9500 may use Enable or disable ATM diagnostics that the 9A686 04 SmartSwitch 9500 performs when power to each module is cycled or the RESET button on the front panel is pressed To access the Syste...

Page 57: ...enable or diable the ATM diagnostics that the SmartSwitch 9500 performs when power is cycled or the front panel RESET button is pressed For details refer to Section 2 18 2 16 THE PNNI CONFIGURATION SCREEN The PNNI Configuration screen is used to configure the SmartSwitch 9500 to operate in a Private Network Network Interface PNNI network This screen allows the user to specify the PNNI Mode that ea...

Page 58: ...ed as follows AUTO USING MAC In this mode the PNNI Level field is defaulted to 72 This mode allows the user to modify up to 9 bytes 72 bits of the NSAP prefix The next 4 bytes are automatically set to the last 4 bytes of each 9A686 04 base MAC Address followed by the entire 6 byte base MAC address of the module and 1 selector byte Refer to Figure 2 15 Figure 2 15 AUTO USING MAC Address Example 47 ...

Page 59: ...bits the last 4 bits of the 13th byte are automatically set to the slot number in which the module resides in the SmartSwitch 9500 chassis followed by the 6 byte base MAC address of the module and 1 selector byte Refer to Figure 2 16 Figure 2 16 AUTO USING BOARD Address Example This mode is useful for flexibility and interoperability A user must configure a unique suffix bits 81 to 100 when the de...

Page 60: ...AP prefix of the SmartSwitch 9500 from the default values as described in Section 2 16 1 Upon saving a new NSAP Prefix all 9A686 04s installed begin using the new NSAP Prefix PNNI Level Allows the user to set the PNNI Level that all 9A686 04s installed in the chassis use Once this value is changed all 9A686 04s begin using the new PNNI level Once the PNNI level value is changed it is reflected in ...

Page 61: ...16 4 Setting the PNNI Level To set the PNNI Level perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the PNNI Level field 2 Enter the desired PNNI Level CAUTION After completing the following steps the entire SmartSwitch 9500 will reset and all current switching being performed by the system will be halted CAUTION After completing the following steps the entire SmartSwitch 9500 will res...

Page 62: ...CI and VPIs for all SVCs and SPVCs that the SmartSwitch 9500 will use while switching traffic By default the SmartSwitch 9500 is a SVC only switch Section 2 17 2 through Section 2 17 4 provide instructions on reserving VPI VCI values for PVC assignment Chapter 3 provides more detailed information on ILMI To access the ILMI Configuration screen perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to hi...

Page 63: ...only switch MAX SVPC VPI Used to set the maximum value that ILMI will use to assign VPIs to SVPCs This field has a range from 0 to 4095 The default setting for this field is 4095 2 17 2 Setting the MIN SVCC VCI Field To set the minimum value that the SmartSwitch 9500 will use for VCIs on SVCs proceed as follows 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the MIN SVCC VCI field 2 Enter a value between 33 and...

Page 64: ... Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command at the bottom of the screen 4 Press ENTER the new maximum VPI value becomes operational 2 17 4 Setting the MAX SVPC VPI Field To set the maximum value that the SmartSwitch 9500 will use for VPIs on SVPCs proceed as follows 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the MAX SVPC VCI field 2 Enter a value between 0 and 4095 and press ENTER 3 Use the arrow key...

Page 65: ... system will perform when power is cycled to the chassis Figure 2 19 Diags Configuration Menu Screen 2 18 1 Enabling Disabling ATM Diagnostics To enable or diable the power up ATM Diagnostics perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the POWER UP DIAGS field 2 Press the SPACE bar to toggle between the options until the desired mode ENABLED or DISABLED displays 3 Any change is a...

Page 66: ...tion Menu screen 2 Press ENTER The Module Configuration Menu screen Figure 2 20 displays Figure 2 20 Module Configuration Menu Screen 2 19 1 Module Configuration Menu Screen Fields The following section describes each of the Module Configuration Menu screen fields PORT STATUS The port status screen is a read only screen that displays current status information for all ATM interfaces Status informa...

Page 67: ...efer to Section 2 22 PNNI PGL Opens the PNNI PGL Configuration Menu screen This revision of the manual does not currently support these screens However each screen in the PNNI PGL hierarchy contains a README menu item that displays a brief description of the use of each screen To view these README screens use the arrow keys to highlight the README command Press ENTER The README screen displays SPV...

Page 68: ...ss ENTER The Port Status screen Figure 2 21 displays Figure 2 21 Port Status Screen 2 20 1 Port Status Screen Fields The following section provides definitions of each Port Status screen field Link Reads either UP or DOWN UP signifies that there is valid physical connectivity on the interface DOWN signifies there is no valid physical connectivity present on the interface NOTE The Port Status scree...

Page 69: ...tly supporting This field can display the following information UNI 3 0 N Indicates that the port is using UNI 3 0 Signaling The N signifies that this is a network side stack UNI 3 0 U Indicates that the port is using UNI 3 0 Signalling The U indicates that this is a user side stack UNI 3 1 N Indicates that the port is using UNI 3 1 Signalling The N signifies that this is a network side stack UNI ...

Page 70: ...tack displayed in the Stack Type field The definitions of the states that may display in this field are described as follows NULL Indicates there has never been a signalling stack present on this interface UP Indicates the Signalling or PNNI stack in the Stack Type field is currently operating on this interface DOWN Indicates that there has been a Signalling or PNNI stack operating on this interfa...

Page 71: ... Displays the total number of times that the interface has lost a valid physical link to another device Stk UPs Displays the total number of times that a protocol stack in the Stack Type field has been in the UP state in the Stack State field Stk DNs Displays the total number of times that a protocol stack in the Stack Type field has been in the DOWN state in the Stack State field NEXT Opens the n...

Page 72: ...R The Port Errors screen Figure 2 22 displays Figure 2 22 Port Errors Screen 2 21 1 Port Errors Screen Fields The following section provides definitions of the Port Errors screen fields INTERFACE Displays all front panel interfaces The last six digits of the Interface field represent the ANIM number and port number of that ANIM respectively For example the first entry of the Interface field in Fig...

Page 73: ...any errors that have been transmitted by the applicable interface Detailed information on these errors may be found by using MIB II commands NEXT Opens the next screen of interfaces To perform the command use the arrow keys to highlight the NEXT command Press ENTER The next screen of interfaces displays PREVIOUS Opens the previous screen of interfaces To perform the command use the arrow keys to h...

Page 74: ... EPD PPD Configuration Menu screen perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the EPD PPD menu item from the Module Configuration Menu screen 2 Press ENTER The EPD PPD screen Figure 2 23 displays Figure 2 23 EPD PPD Configuration Menu Screen 2 22 1 EPD PPD Configuration Menu Screen Fields The following list describes each field of the EPD PPD Configuration Menu screen EPD PPD To...

Page 75: ...iguring EPD PPD To set up this 9A686 04 to use the EPD PPD feature perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the EPD PPD field 2 Press the SPACE bar until ENABLED displays 3 Use the arrow keys to highlight the PERCENTAGE field 4 Enter a value between 0 and 100 Lower values signify that the 9A686 04 will drop packets more often Higher values signify that the 9A686 04 will drop p...

Page 76: ...n Menu screen 2 Press ENTER The SPVC Connection Management Menu screen Figure 2 24 displays Figure 2 24 SPVC Connection Management Menu Screen 2 23 1 SPVC Connection Management Menu Screen Fields The following list describes each field of the SPVC Connection Management Menu screen CREATE SOURCE Opens the SPVC Source Creation Screen This screen is used to configure the source end of a SPVC or SPVP ...

Page 77: ... perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the CREATE SOURCE MENU item from the SPVC Connection Management Menu screen 2 Press ENTER The SPVC Source Creation screen Figure 2 25 displays Figure 2 25 SPVC Source Creation Screen 2 24 1 SPVC Source Creation Screen Fields The following list describes each field of the SPVC Source Creation screen SOURCE INTERFACE Modifiable Used to e...

Page 78: ...stence is Read only Displays the current setting of ATOM Persistence This will display ON or OFF ON signifies that in the event that the 9A686 04 module or SmartSwitch 9500 chassis is reset the SPVC or SPVP will still exist after boot up OFF signifies that if the module or chassis is reset the SPVC or SPVP will be lost upon boot up The default setting for this field is ON NOTE If the ILMI settings...

Page 79: ...wing steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the SOURCE INTERFACE field 2 Enter a valid interface number For example Figure 2 25 displays a screen shot of a 9A686 04 installed in slot 7 of the SmartSwitch 9500 Therefore a valid source interface value would be 70101 port 1 of ANIM 1 3 Use the arrow keys to highlight the SOURCE VPI ENTRY field 4 Enter a valid VPI value 5 Use the arrow keys to highli...

Page 80: ... same VPI value assigned the SPVP will NOT be created If the device that will support the destination end of this SPVP is another 9A686 04 refer to Section 2 25 for instructions on creating the destination end of the SPVP CAUTION The device that will support the destination end of this SPVP MUST have the same ATM address assigned as the one entered in the DESTINATION ATM ADDR field If the destinat...

Page 81: ...11 Use the arrow keys to highlight the DESTINATION VCI field 12 Enter a valid VCI value 13 Use the arrow keys to highlight the DESTINATION ATM ADDR field NOTE In the following step the available range for this field depends on the current ILMI settings and the amount of the VPIs currently being used by SVCs Refer to Section 2 17 and Chapter 3 for more information ILMI NOTE In the following step th...

Page 82: ...will support the destination end of this SPVC MUST have the same ATM address assigned as the one entered in the DESTINATION ATM ADDR field If the destination device does not have a destination ATM address assigned or has a different ATM address assigned the SPVC will NOT be created If the device that will support the destination end of this SPVC is another 9A686 04 refer to Section 2 25 for instru...

Page 83: ... 25 1 SPVC Destination Creation Screen Fields The following list describes each field of the SPVC Source Creation screen INTERFACE Modifiable Used to enter the physical interface that will serve as the destination port for the SPVC or SPVP Table 1 1 in Chapter 1 details the interface numbering scheme of the 9A686 04 Section describes the Port Status screen which displays all interfaces on this 9A6...

Page 84: ...eset this SPVC or SPVP will be lost upon boot up The default setting for this field is ON CREATE VPL Command Creates the destination end of the SPVP using the values entered in the INTERFACE VPI and ATM ADDRESS fields CREATE VCL Command Creates the destination end of the SPVC using the values entered in all of the fields on the screen TOGGLE PERSISTENCE Toggle Sets the Atom Persistence is field to...

Page 85: ...rently being used by SVCs Refer to Section 2 17 and Chapter 3 for more information ILMI CAUTION The device that will support the source end of this SPVP MUST have the same destination VPI value assigned as those entered in step 4 If the source device does not have the same destination VPI value assigned the SPVP will NOT be created If the device that will support the source end of this SPVP is ano...

Page 86: ...rrow keys to highlight the TOGGLE PERSISTENCE command at the bottom of the screen NOTE In steps 3 and 6 the available range for the applicable fields depends on the current ILMI settings and the amount of the VPIs VCIs currently being used by SVCs Refer to Section 2 17 and Chapter 3 for more information ILMI CAUTION The device that will support the source end of this SPVC MUST have the same destin...

Page 87: ... SPVC 2 26 LAN EMULATION MENU SCREEN The LAN Emulation Menu screen provides access to a series of screens used to view the properties of the LAN Emulation Client that is used for In Band management It also opens the LEC Administration screen which allows the user to configure the management LEC to fit the needs of the network To access the LAN Emulation Menu screen perform the following steps 1 Us...

Page 88: ... LAN Emulation Client Menu screen field PROPERTIES The Properties menu item opens the LAN Emulation Client Properties screen This screen provides current information on the management LAN Emulation Client currently active on the SmartSwitch 9500 system ADMIN The Admin menu item opens the LAN Emulation Client Administration screen This screen is used to start stop or modify the management LAN Emula...

Page 89: ...lation Client Menu screen perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the PROPERTIES menu item of the LAN Emulation Client Menu screen 2 Press ENTER The LAN Emulation Client Properties screen Figure 2 29 displays Figure 2 29 LAN Emulation Client Properties Screen 2 27 1 LAN Emulation Client Properties Screen Fields The following list explains each of the LAN Emulation Client Prop...

Page 90: ...he configure phase is where the LEC discovers the LES before going on to the join phase join During the join phase the LEC establishes a Control Direct VCC with the LES After this connection is made the LEC is assigned a LEC ID Identifier is assigned the name of the ELAN it will join is notified of the maximum frame size allowed on the ELAN and the LAN type that is being emulated IEEE 802 3 The in...

Page 91: ...o which the LEC is connected LECS Configuration Direct VCC Read Only Displays the VPI and VCI of the Configuration Direct Virtual Channel Connection VCC that the LEC has with the LECS This connection is used to obtain LAN Emulation configuration parameters and is also used by the LEC to learn the address of the LES LES Control Direct VCC Read Only Displays the VPI and VCI of the Control Direct Vir...

Page 92: ... address resolution This connection is also used for unicast and multicast transmissions when the destination address is unknown If this LEC is participating in an ELAN this connection is mandatory BUS Multicast Forward VCC Read Only Displays the VPI and VCI of the Multicast Forward Virtual Channel Connection VCC that the LEC has with the BUS This connection is used by the LEC to receive data from...

Page 93: ... 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the ADMIN menu item from the LAN Emulation Client Menu screen 2 Press ENTER the LAN Emulation Client Administration screen Figure 2 30 displays Figure 2 30 LAN Emulation Client Administration Screen 2 28 1 LAN Emulation Client Administration Screen Fields The following list explains each of the LAN Emulation Client Administration Screen fields and commands LEC In...

Page 94: ...ld manually LECS ATM Address Modifiable Displays the ATM address of the LAN Emulation Configuration Server LECS It is not necessary to enter the LECS address Some network configurations however may have more than one LECS To specify which LECS to which the LEC will connect the address must be entered in this field If the LEC will be created automatically it will default to the wellknown LECS addre...

Page 95: ...ELAN field 6 Use the SPACE bar to toggle between the options until Automatic displays 7 Use the arrow keys to highlight the ELAN Name field Enter a name for the ELAN that is no more than 32 characters in length This step is optional and does not have to be performed to configure the LEC automatically 8 Use the arrow keys to highlight the LECS ATM Address field Enter the ATM Address of the LECS Thi...

Page 96: ...eys to highlight the ELAN Name field Enter a name for the ELAN that is no more than 32 characters in length 6 Use the arrow keys to highlight the LES ATM Address field 7 Enter the LES ATM Address in the field Ensure that a valid ATM address is used 8 Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command at the bottom of the screen and press ENTER The manually configured LEC will now use the new configu...

Page 97: ...gure 2 31 displays Figure 2 31 The Network Tools Help Screen The Network Tools functions are performed using a series of commands Entering commands in Network Tools involves typing the command to be executed at the Network Tools prompt adding any desired or required extensions and pressing ENTER There are two categories of commands in the command set Built in Commands Allow the user to access and ...

Page 98: ... the ARP Address Resolution Protocol cache enabling you to view cache data delete entries or add a static route Super User access is required to delete an entry or add a static route EachARP cache entry lists the network interface that the device is connected to the device s network address or IP address the device s physical address or MAC address and the media type of connection to the device Me...

Page 99: ...idge management to be enabled or disabled at the user s request either one at a time or all at once Specifying a single interface number will affect the bridging status of that interface while specifying ALL will affect every interface NOTE The bridge command does not apply to the 9A686 04 NetTools arp a Interface SonicInt SonicInt SonicInt SonicInt Network Address 122 144 40 111 122 144 48 109 12...

Page 100: ... interface number IP address Description The defroute command allows the user to view set or delete the default IP route to a managed device through the specified interface Options Not Applicable Example NetTools bridge disable all NetTools bridge enable 1 051468 NetTools bridge disable 1 NetTools defroute 2 147 152 42 32 051469 ...

Page 101: ...ping request to check the status alive not alive of a device at a specified IP address Options Not Applicable Example NetTools netstat i Interface Description 1 ethernet csmacd 2 ethernet csmacd 3 ethernet csmacd 4 ethernet csmacd MTU 1514 1514 1514 1514 MAC Addr 0x00 0x00 0x1d 0x07 0x50 0x0e 0x00 0x00 0x1d 0x07 0x50 0x0f 0x00 0x00 0x1d 0x07 0x50 0x10 0x00 0x00 0x1d 0x07 0x50 0x11 Admin up up up u...

Page 102: ...ABLE Description The show command displays information concerning various components of the device Protocols currently supported are IP IPX DECnet and AppleTalk Components of those protocols that are currently supported are ARP caches route tables FIB tables server tables and interface tables The number of valid entries in the table will be displayed at the end of the table display NOTE The Networ...

Page 103: ...mand restarts the software image which restores the user configuration settings from NVRAM The user will be queried to confirm the reset command to ensure against unwanted resets NetTools show Appletalk interfaces NetTools show IP ARP 174246 Interface 1 2 AdminStatus enabled disabled Framing ethernet ethernet MTU 1500 1500 OperStatus enabled disabled Forwarding enabled disabled Interface 3 4 Media...

Page 104: ... done quit exit Syntax done Description The done command enables the user to exit from Network Tools and return to the Main Menu screen Options Not Applicable Example NOTE The Network Tools connection to the module will be terminated upon execution of this command NetTools soft reset 174266 NetTools done Connection closed 051472 ...

Page 105: ...o access the Environmental Module screen from the Main Menu screen perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the ENVIRONMENTAL MODULE field of the Main Menu screen 2 Press ENTER The Environmental Module screen Figure 2 32 displays Figure 2 32 The Environmental Module Screen The following lists describes each of the Environmental Module screen fields HW Revision Read only Displa...

Page 106: ...lows the environmental module to dynamically alter fan speeds to adjust to changing temperature conditions Test Mode forces the environmental module to perform tests on the individual fans to ensure all four are operating properly After the tests are complete this setting returns to Auto Mode Full Speed forces the environmental module to operate all fans at 100 percent capacity regardless of the t...

Page 107: ...rform this procedure refer to Section 2 30 4 2 30 1 Setting the Fan Speeds To change the setting of the Fan Speeds field perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight the Fan Speeds field 2 Press the SPACE bar to step through the available options until the desired configuration displays 3 Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command at the bottom of the screen and press ENTER ...

Page 108: ...a new Environmental Module image when the Environmental Module is reset To configure the Environmental Module to force download a new Environmental Module image when the Environmental Module is reset perform the following steps 1 Use the arrow keys to highlight NO in the REBOOT EM field 2 Press the SPACE bar to toggle the entry to YES 3 Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command at the botto...

Page 109: ...h the following sections to create the PVC 2 31 1 Getting the Traffic Descriptor The SmartSwitch 9500 has a default traffic descriptor defined in row 10 This will always be present on the system unless it is manually deleted by the user In this example the default traffic descriptor will be used 2 31 2 Adjusting ILMI Parameters for PVC Creation If the SmartSwitch 9500 system has kept the default s...

Page 110: ... also be created with a VCI range of 33 through 16k on VPIs greater than 0 SVCs may only be created on VPI 0 with a VCI of 101 through 16k This will be demonstrated in the following example Once these values are set determine which interfaces will share the PVC and the VPI VCI values that will be assigned to this PVC In this example the PVC will be between interface numbers 70101 Port 1 of ANIM 1 ...

Page 111: ...ions for the callouts are as follows A Displays the name of the MIB command used to perform this procedure atmVclRowStatus and the OID string the SNMP application is using to access this information 1 3 6 1 2 1 37 1 7 1 13 B Displays the instance that has been entered for this PVC 70101 2 50 This indicates that the interface selected is 70101 and it has been assigned a VPI VCI pair of 2 50 This al...

Page 112: ... instructions on setting the traffic descriptors for the receive side of both interfaces Refer to Figure 2 35 Figure 2 35 Setting the Traffic Descriptor Receive Side A Displays the name of the MIB command used to perform this procedure atmVclReceiveTrafficDescrIndex and the OID string the SNMP application is using to access this information 1 3 6 1 2 1 37 1 7 1 6 B Displays the instance that has b...

Page 113: ... line would be snmpset h 134 141 87 75 1 3 6 1 2 1 37 1 7 1 6 70102 2 50 Integer 10 2 31 5 Setting the Traffic Descriptor for the Transmit Side of the Interfaces This section provides instructions on setting the traffic descriptors for the transmit side of both interfaces Refer to Figure 2 36 Figure 2 36 Setting the Traffic Descriptor Transmit Side Figure 2 34 contains 3 callouts that display stat...

Page 114: ...s also displays the traffic descriptor value that has been assigned 10 C Confirmation that the selected interface and VPI VCI pair has been assigned to the traffic descriptor value 10 After these steps have been completed for the transmit side of the first interface the same configuration must be performed for the transmit side of the second interface In this case the SNMP command line would be sn...

Page 115: ...ys the VCL Status has been set to active C Confirmation that the selected interface and VPI VCI pair VCL status has been set to active After these steps have been completed for the first interface the same configuration must be performed for the second interface In this case the SNMP command line would be snmpset h 134 141 87 75 1 3 6 1 2 1 37 1 7 1 13 70102 2 50 Integer 1 2 31 7 Getting the Cross...

Page 116: ...r the callouts are as follows A Displays the name of the MIB command used to perform this procedure atmVcCrossConnectRowStatus and the OID string the SNMP application is using to access this information 1 3 6 1 2 1 37 1 11 1 13 B Displays the instance that has been entered for this PVC 70101 2 50 The order in which the information is entered is mandatory The first interface and it s VPI VCI pair f...

Page 117: ...e PVC is Active Figure 2 40 contains 2 callouts that display the status information necessary to confirm the PVC has been created The definitions for the callouts are as follows A Displays the name of the MIB command used to perform this procedure atmVcCrossConnectRowStatus and the OID string the SNMP application is using to access this information 1 3 6 1 2 1 37 1 11 1 13 B The Instance field dis...

Page 118: ...Chapter 2 System Configuration 2 88 9A656 04 9A686 04 Configuration Guide ...

Page 119: ...ow each 9A686 04 in the SmartSwitch 9500 system can support a variety of different Signalling protocols per front panel and backplane interface Depending on the configuration of the device to which it is attached the 9A686 04 adjusts its Signalling stack to meet the requirements of the other device If the other device is upgraded and requires a new Signalling stack the individual 9A686 04 interfac...

Page 120: ...e ILMI has set port 1 of the ANIM to use this Signalling stack Since the HSIM A6DP is an ATM access device it is running a UNI 3 1 user side Signalling stack and the 9A686 04 is running a UNI 3 1 network side Signalling stack NOTE The In Band Management LEC will respond to management requests from any interface on the system The NMS described in this definition is only an example of how this funct...

Page 121: ...he ATM backbone that the SmartSwitch 9500 is a part of In this example the bridge is a third party shared Ethernet hub with an ATM uplink device The ATM uplink device is capable of only using UNI 3 0 Signalling Port 1 of this ANIM has therefore set this port to use the UNI 3 0 Signalling stack If in the future this product is upgraded to an ATM uplink that is capable of using a higher version of U...

Page 122: ...evices therefore they maintain the User side of the Signalling stack while the 9A686 04 supports the Network side Example 4 In this example the ANIM installed in slot 4 of the 9A686 04 is an ANIM 31 2 This ANIM provides 2 OC 12 622 Mbps switched ports that use multimode fiber optic cabling Port 1 of the ANIM 31 2 is used to connect to a second SmartSwitch 9500 system direct connection to another 9...

Page 123: ...SIC to slot 5 which then will send the data to slot 12 By default all CTM ASICs use PNNI 1 0 for Signalling and all modules attached to the backplane belong to the same peer group 3 2 PORT STATUS SCREEN Local Management of the SmartSwitch 9500 provides access to the Port Status screen This screen is used to identify the physical link status the current state of ILMI on each interface the type of p...

Page 124: ...interfaces The interfaces displayed include both front panel and backplane interfaces This screen provides the user with quick access to important information It displays if there is a physical link present if ILMI has started up correctly the protocol stack type that has been requested for each interface and the current state of that stack In addition it allows the user to see how many times the ...

Page 125: ...nnections Table 3 1 Default Minimum and Maximum VCI and VPI Values for SVCs and SVPCs Table 3 2 Minimum and Maximum VCI and VPI Ranges The main purpose of the ILMI configuration screen is to limit the range of VPI VCI pairs for SVC connections In the default setting there are no VPI VCI pairs reserved for PVCs Refer to Figure 3 3 NOTE Section 2 16 in Chapter 2 describes how to use the ILMI Configu...

Page 126: ...y the ATM Forum as shown in Figure 3 3 By default the 9A686 04 is an SVC only switch This allows SVCs to be created with a VCI value between 33 and 16k In addition the default setting allows SVCs to use the entire VPI range of 0 through 4095 The ILMI Configuration screen allows the user to either decrease or increase the reserved VCI or VPI range that SVCs may use Refer to Figure 3 5 VCI Range 409...

Page 127: ...Switch 9500 from the default settings The settings entered in Figure 3 4 result in the configuration shown in Figure 3 5 CAUTION Changing the values of the ILMI Configuration screen will cause all current connections on the system to be dropped If the SmartSwitch 9500 is in a mixed environment check with the other ATM switch vendors to discover their maximum VCI values before changing any ILMI set...

Page 128: ...his limits the range for SVCCs and SVPCs to the settings displayed in Figure 3 5 VCI Range 4095 0 VPI Range 0 16k VCI 0 32 VPI 0 4095 Reserved by the ATM Forum VCI 33 199 VPI 0 4095 VCI Values 33 199 VPI Values 0 4095 Available for Use by PVCs Only VCI 33 16K VPI 5 4095 VCI Values 33 16K VPI Values 5 4095 Available for Use by PVCs Only 32 200 Min SVCC VCI 200 3 4 Max SVCC VPI Max SVPC VPI VCI 200 ...

Page 129: ...ate permanent configurations for the interface on which they were performed These configurable options are performed on an interface by interface basis via the AToM MIB for UNI and IISP configuration and the PNNI MIB for IISP and PNNI configuration Before performing any of these configurations be aware that the only way to revert these settings to the factory default settings is to clear NVRAM Ins...

Page 130: ...work side of UNI and IISP Signalling stacks These Signalling stacks are autoconfigured by ILMI 4 0 by default as described in Chapter 3 Section 4 2 2 Section 4 2 4 provide details on how these stacks may be statically configured via the AToM MIB 4 2 2 Configuration Configuration of the Signalling stack can be done automatically via ILMI 4 0 or manually by the user via the AToM MIB In autoconfigura...

Page 131: ...nterface will use Once this value is set this interface will not use any other kind of Signalling stack on this interface until the user sets the Signalling type back to autoconfig ILMI 4 0 or the NVRAM of the entire 9A686 04 is cleared Figure 4 1 provides an example of using a NMS to configure an interface to use a specific Signalling stack Figure 4 1 Setting the UNI Version Via the AToM MIB Exam...

Page 132: ...t1 UNI 3 1 atmfUni4Dot0 UNI 4 0 atmfIispUni3Dot0 UNI 3 0 for IISP connections atmfIispUni3Dot1 UNI 3 1 for IISP connections atmfIispUni4Dot0 UNI 4 0 for IISP connections atmfPnni1Dot0 PNNI 1 0 C This section of the screen displays the current configuration of all front panel and backplane interfaces Figure 4 1 shows that all 3 ports on ANIM 1 of the 9A686 04 installed in slot 4 have been staticall...

Page 133: ...upport any other side of UNI Signalling on this port until the user sets the Signalling side back to autoconfig ILMI 4 0 or the NVRAM of the entire 9A686 04 is cleared Figure 4 2 provides an example of using a NMS to configure an interface to use a specific Signalling stack Figure 4 2 Setting the UNI Side Via the AToM MIB Example NOTE The UNI or IISP Signalling stack must first be set before setti...

Page 134: ... network or user side connection PNNI or BICI The other available options for this field are as follows user network C This section of the screen displays the current configuration of all front panel and backplane interfaces Figure 4 2 shows that ports 2 and 3 of ANIM 1 of the 9A686 04 installed in slot 4 have been configured to be on the user and network side respectively Port 1 has kept the defa...

Page 135: ...e generally configured automatically via ILMI If the switch to which an individual interface is attached is using PNNI for its protocol stack and ILMI is operating that interface will automatically use PNNI for its Signalling stack Individual interfaces can also be configured to use PNNI only as described in Section 4 2 3 NOTE For a detailed overview of PNNI refer to Chapters 1 through 4 of the AT...

Page 136: ...By default all 9A686 04s are in the same peer group their IDs match This ensures that all 9A686 04s installed in the SmartSwitch 9500 are able to switch traffic across the CTM effectively using PNNI If two SmartSwitch 9500s are connected and the default settings are kept they will automatically belong to the same peer group This release of the 9A686 04 supports all the requirements of a PNNI 1 0 p...

Page 137: ...nection because it cannot meet the QoS requirements of the CBR connection Switch 1 then re routes the connection through Switches 3 and 4 to establish the connection The SmartSwitch 9500 will attempt to re route a connection request three times In the event that no switch can meet the QoS requirements the connection will be refused PNNI attempts to limit the amount of crankback on the network by u...

Page 138: ...rtise their reachable addresses to the other members of their peer groups Whenever possible these addresses are summarized This is done via advertising one or more common address prefixes that the range of addresses share This restricts the amount of data PNNI switches produce when advertising their addressing information and reduces the size of the address database If there are any addresses that...

Page 139: ...ng the Signalling Stack Type Section 4 5 1 1 Step 2 Setting the Signalling Side Section 4 5 1 2 Step 3 Create and Configure a Reachable Address Section 4 6 NOTE This example describes how to set one side the user side of the IISP interface For the interface to become fully operational the same configuration must be take place on the switch to which this switch will connect the only difference bein...

Page 140: ...e individual front panel interface will use for the connection IISP UNI 3 0 3 1 or 4 0 This is accomplished using the atmIntfConfigType command Refer to Figure 4 4 Figure 4 4 Setting the Signalling Stack Figure 4 4 contains 3 callouts that display status information and the configuration fields necessary to set the Signalling stack The definitions for the callouts are as follows A Displays the nam...

Page 141: ...set to use ILMI 4 0 for auto configuration of the Signalling stack autoConfig To configure IISP this field must be set to one of the following values atmfIispUni3Dot0 UNI 3 0 for IISP connections atmfIispUni3Dot1 UNI 3 1 for IISP connections atmfIispUni4Dot0 UNI 4 0 for IISP connections C Displays that the setting of the Signalling stack for this interface was successful CAUTION The interface on t...

Page 142: ... 4 5 Figure 4 5 Setting the Signalling Side Figure 4 5 contains 3 callouts that display status information and the configuration fields necessary to set the Signalling side The definitions for the callouts are as follows A This section of the screen displays the name of the MIB command used to perform this procedure atmIntfConfigSide and the OID string the SNMP application is using to access this ...

Page 143: ...I 4 0 to autoconfigure the Signalling stack or it is using a Signalling stack that does not require a network or user side connection PNNI To configure IISP this field must be set to one of the following values user network C Displays that the setting of the Signalling side for this interface was successful Once these steps have been completed proceed to Section 4 6 to configure the reachable addr...

Page 144: ...he other interface Reachable routes may be configured that only allow a small range of address requests to be routed across a link this can also apply to even a single address This example assumes this connection will be a high traffic link between two ATM switches The example applies to IISP PNNI and UNI static routes unless otherwise noted Step 1 Create a Row in the pnniRouteAddrTable Section 4 ...

Page 145: ... 4 6 Figure 4 6 Creating an Entry in the pnniRouteAddr Table Figure 4 6 contains 4 callouts that display status information and the configuration fields necessary to create an entry in the pnniRouteAddr table The definitions for the callouts are as follows A Displays the name of the MIB command used to perform this procedure pnniRouteAddrRowStatus and the OID string the SNMP application is using t...

Page 146: ... the 19 byte ATM address The 2 at the end of the address is the user defined index for this address This allows for easy tracking of each entry in the table via sequential numbering The 152 in this address represents the mask significance for this instance This indicates that this address is significant up to 47 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A0 3E 0 0 1 hexadecimal This represents the full 19 bytes 1...

Page 147: ...formation and the configuration fields necessary to configure the advertising Node ID for the address in the pnniRouteAddrTable The definitions for the callouts are as follows A Displays the name of the MIB command used to perform this procedure pnniRouteAddrAdvertisingNodeId and the OID string the SNMP application is using to access this information 1 3 6 1 4 1 353 5 4 1 1 19 4 1 5 B This field i...

Page 148: ...686 04 Configuration Guide C This field displays that the instance has been successfully set and the Node ID screen updates to show that the instance has been created See the highlighted section of the screen in Figure 4 8 Figure 4 8 Updated Node ID screen ...

Page 149: ...creen 1 Figure 4 9 contains two callouts that are defined as follows A This section of the screen displays the name of the MIB command used to perform this procedure pnniRouteAddrAdvertisePortId and the OID string the SNMP application is using to access this information 1 3 6 1 4 1 353 5 4 1 1 19 4 1 6 B This section of the screen displays the instance that is being configured Currently the value ...

Page 150: ...10 contains two callouts that are defined as follows A This field displays the instance that has been created Directly to the right of the instance is the interface that has been assigned to this instance 70101 or port 1 of ANIM 1 of the 9A686 04 installed in slot 7 of the chassis B Displays that the setting of this interface to the instance was successful A B ...

Page 151: ...t can be reached This is accomplished using the pnniRouteAddrIfIndex MIB command Refer to Figure 4 11 Figure 4 11 Setting the IfIndex for the Static Route screen 1 Figure 4 11 contains two callouts that are defined as follows A This section of the screen displays the name of the MIB command used to perform this procedure pnniRouteAddrAdvertisePortId and the OID string the SNMP application is using...

Page 152: ...2 Setting the IfIndex for the Static Route screen 2 Figure 4 12 contains two callouts that are defined as follows A This field displays the instance that has been created Directly to the right of the instance is the interface that has been assigned to this instance 70101 or port 1 of ANIM 1 of the 9A686 04 installed in slot 7 of the chassis B Displays that the setting of this interface to the inst...

Page 153: ...ABR Available Bit Rate AFI Authority and Format Identifier ANIM ATM Network Interface Module ANSI American National Standards Institute API Application Programming Interface ARP Address Resolution Protocol ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode B BE Bridged Ethernet BER Bit Error Ratio Rate B ICI Broadband Inter Carrier Interface B ISDN Broadband In...

Page 154: ...ES Circuit Emulation Service CI Congestion Indicator CLP Cell Loss Priority CLR Cell Loss Ratio CMIP Common Management Information Protocol COM Communication COS Class of Service CPE Customer Premise Equipment CPU Central Processing Unit CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CRS Cell Relay Service CS Convergence Sublayer CTD Cell Transfer Delay CTM Cell Transfer Matrix D DCC Digital Cross Connect generic DA...

Page 155: ...dustry Standard Architecture ELAN Emulated Local Area Network EMI Electro Magnetic Interference ENR Enterprise Network Roundtable EOF End of Frame EPD Early Packet Discard EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory ESD Electro Static Device ESI End System Identifier F FCS Frame Check Sequence FIFO First In First Out FTP File Transfer Protocol G Gbps Gigabits per second GCAC Generic Call Admissio...

Page 156: ...e IP Internet Protocol IP ATM Internet Protocol over ATM IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange protocol ITU TSS International Telecommunications Union Telecommunications Standards Sector ISDN Integrated Service Digital Network L LAN Local Area Network LANE LAN Emulation LE LAN Emulation LE ARP LAN Emulation Address Resolution Protocol LEC LANE Client LECS LAN Emulation Configuration Server LECSELAN LAN...

Page 157: ...fication NETBEUI NetBIOS Extension User Interface NFS Network File System NIC Network Interface Controller Card NLS Natural Language Syntax NMS Network Management System NNI Network Node Interface or Network to Network Interface NRT VBR Non Real Time Variable Bit Rate NRZ Non Return to Zero NSAP Network Services Access Point O OAM Operations and Maintenance OAM P Operations Administration Maintena...

Page 158: ...face PPD Partial Packet Discard PROM Programmable Read Only Memory PTI Payload Type Indicator PTP Point to Point PVC Permanent or Provisioned Virtual Circuit Q QOS Quality of Service QSAAL Q Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer Q represents the Q series of the ITU T International Telecommunications Union R RAM Random Access Memory RCR Raw Cell Received RD Receive Deactivated RFC Request for Comment RQU ...

Page 159: ...e Network Management Protocol SONET Synchronous Optical Network STP Shielded Twisted Pair STS 1 Synchronous Transport Signal 1 STS N Synchronous Transport Signal n where n is an integer STS NC Synchronous Transport Signal n concatenated where n is an integer SVC Switched Virtual Circuit T T 1 Transmission System 1 T 3 Transmission System 3 TAXI Transparent Asynchronous Transmitter Receiver Interfa...

Page 160: ...t and Operations Physical Interface for ATM UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair V VBR RT Variable Bit Rate Real Time VBR NRT Variable Bit Rate Non real Time VC Virtual Circuit VCC Virtual Channel Connection VCI Virtual Channel Identifier VCL Virtual Channel Link VLAN Virtual LAN VP Virtual Path VPC Virtual Path Connection VPI Virtual Path Identifier VPN Virtual Private Network VT Virtual Tributary W WAN W...

Page 161: ...r read write and read only is public Access to Local management screens may also be accessed by pressing ENTER at the password screen Refer to Section 2 6 to set new community names B 1 3 SNMP Traps Upon first initialization the SmartSwitch 9500 is configured to not send any traps to any NMS Refer to Section 2 7 to designate which stations will receive SNMP Traps from the SmartSwitch 9500 B 1 4 Si...

Page 162: ...llow In Band management of the system This LEC will attempt to contact the wellknown LECS and join the default ELAN To change the settings of the LEC to meet the requirements of the network refer to Section 2 23 B 1 7 PNNI Settings All 9A686 04s installed automatically use PNNI 1 0 for backplane connections to other modules The PNNI Level is set to 72 and all modules have a default NSAP prefix of ...

Page 163: ...ernet MIB Hierarchy The MIB structure is logically represented by a tree hierarchy see Figure C 1 The root of the tree is unnamed and splits into three main branches Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone CCITT International Organization for Standardization ISO and joint ISO CCITT These branches and those that fall below each category have short text strings and integers ...

Page 164: ... 2 9A656 04 9A686 04 Configuration Guide Figure C 1 Internet MIB Hierarchy root joint ISO CCITT 2 CCITT 0 ISO 1 org 3 DOD 6 internet 1 mgmt 2 MIB2 1 directory 1 experimental 3 private 4 Label from the root to this point is 1 3 6 1 2 1 ...

Page 165: ... shown in Figure C 2 Entries that are shaded represent Enterasys systems proprietary MIBs Figure C 2 Supported MIBs Hierarchy MIB2 1 AToM MIB 37 AToM MIB objects 1 atmForum 353 ILMI 2 PNNI 5 4 1 1 SPVC 5 5 private 4 enterprise 1 enterasys 52 ctNetwork 4 1 3 ctPIC 4 1 5 9 ctFlash 4 1 5 10 nwRouter 4 2 2 2 ctronMib2 4 3 3 internet 1 AToM MIB2 14 sfcs 4 1 2 11 1 1 Supplemental 1 ...

Page 166: ...Switch 9500 system Tables that are titled Non Distributed provide information on MIB commands that have an affect on an individual 9A686 04 only Some MIBs are both Distributed and Non Distributed Table C 1 Distributed MIB2 OID String 1 3 6 1 2 1 Branch Branch Leaf System Group 1 1 7 Interface Group 2 1 2 2 1 1 22 Transmission Group 10 33 1 10 33 2 1 1 6 Table C 2 Non Distributed MIB2 OID String 1 ...

Page 167: ...VC and PVC 7 1 1 7 7 1 12 15 atmVPCrossConnect Table PVC 9 1 1 11 atmVCCrossCon nectTable PVC 11 1 1 13 Table C 4 Non Distributed AToM MIB OID String 1 3 6 1 2 1 37 1 Branch Branch Leaf atmTrafdesc ParmTable PVC and SVC 5 1 1 9 Table C 5 Distributed Supplemental AToM MIB OID String 1 3 6 1 2 1 37 14 1 Branch Branch Leaf atmSvcVpCrossConnectTable 1 1 1 7 atmSvcVcCrossConnectTable 2 1 1 9 atmSigStat...

Page 168: ...ted PNNI MIB OID String 1 3 6 1 2 1 353 5 4 1 1 Branch Branch Leaf PNNI Branch 1 19 all leaves Table C 8 Distributed Enterasys MIBs OID String 1 3 6 1 4 1 52 Branch Branch Leaf chassisPower 4 1 1 7 1 1 10 boardPowerSlotStatus 4 1 1 7 2 1 1 1 8 boardPowerSlotEntry 4 1 1 7 2 2 1 1 9 termPower 4 1 1 7 5 1 5 chEnv 4 1 1 8 1 1 12 boardEnvSlotEntry 4 1 1 8 2 1 1 1 13 contType 4 1 1 9 1 1 9 contLogical 4...

Page 169: ...2 11 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 23 4 1 2 11 1 1 3 3 1 1 26 27 sfcsInterface 4 1 2 11 1 1 4 1 2 sfcsQueue 4 1 2 11 1 1 5 1 2 sfcsConnection 4 1 2 11 1 1 7 1 3 sfcsConnectionAPI 4 1 2 11 1 1 8 1 sfcsCTM 4 1 2 11 1 1 9 1 4 sfcsProxy 4 1 2 11 1 1 13 1 3 sfcsBwMgmt 4 1 2 12 1 3 Table C 9 Non Distributed Enterasys MIBs Branch Branch Leaf communityEntry 1 52 2 1 1 3 boardPowerSlotStatus 4 1 1 7 2 1 1 1 8 boardPowerSl...

Page 170: ...1 52 4 1 3 Branch Branch Leaf nwRevisionLevel 1 1 1 Table C 11 Distributed and Non Distributed ctPIC MIB OID String 1 3 6 1 4 1 52 4 1 5 9 Branch Branch Leaf pic 1 1 3 1 5 1 8 Table C 12 Non Distributed ctFlash MIB OID String 1 3 6 1 4 1 52 4 1 5 10 Branch Branch Leaf ctFlash 1 3 Table C 13 Non Distributed nwRouter MIB OID String 1 3 6 1 4 1 52 4 2 2 2 Branch Branch Leaf nwRtrMibs 1 1 2 nwRtrHighL...

Page 171: ... 3 6 1 4 1 52 4 3 3 Branch Branch Leaf commonDev 1 1 3 ctIfCp 4 1 1 1 4 Table C 15 Non Distributed ctron Mib2 MIB OID String 1 3 6 1 4 1 52 4 3 3 Branch Branch Leaf ctlf 2 1 1 1 6 ctlfport 3 1 1 1 4 Table C 16 Distributed and Non Distributed ctron Mib2 MIB OID String 1 3 6 1 4 1 52 4 1 5 7 1 1 1 Branch Branch Leaf ctTrap 1 4 instance Table C 13 Non Distributed nwRouter MIB OID String 1 3 6 1 4 1 5...

Page 172: ...Appendix C Supported MIBs Page C 10 9A656 04 9A686 04 Configuration Guide ...

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