Cabletron Systems MMAC-Plus SFCS-1000, Configuration Manual

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8-2
TAXI Configuration
8.2 Configuring TAXI Loopback
To facilitate testing of the TAXI ports, a diagnostic loopback configuration is
available. When a TAXI port is in loopback mode, it will no longer pass nor-
mal traffic.
To change the loopback state on a TAXI port, log in to the ATM Management
Interface (AMI) and open a session. (Please refer to Appendix A of this man-
ual for information about logging into AMI.) Enter the following parameters:
configuration port taxi loopback <port> (diag | none)
The <port> variable indicates the TAXI port that is to be modified and the
(diag|none) variable indicates the type of loopback to be used on the speci-
fied port. The default loopback setting is none , which means that no loop-
back will take place on that port. If there are no TAXI ports on the switch
fabric, then this option is disabled.
After the loopback state is modified on a TAXI port, the switch control proces-
sor (SCP) immediately puts that change into effect on that switch fabric. At
the same time, that information is entered into the configuration database file
on the SCP so that the change will be put into effect every time the switch
control software starts on that particular SCP.