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User Guide

For Release 3.0

09-41-06-150-02

The Com plete Network ing Solution

Summary of Contents for Netlink FRX8000

Page 1: ...User Guide For Release 3 0 09 41 06 150 02 The Complete Networking Solution T M ...

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Page 3: ...bstitutegoods or services loss of use data or profits or business interruption however caused and on any theory of liability whether in contract strict liability or tort including negligence or oth erwise arising in any way out of the use of this software even if advised of the possibility of such damage Gateway Daemon GateD software Release 3 5 5 is maintained and developed by Cornell University ...

Page 4: ...n blue are links to other places in the manual This symbolpoints to an informational note relatingto the text table or figure that immediately precedes or follows it This symbolandtext identifies a cautionary note the content of which ismore critical to heed than an informational note The following references to keyboard keys appear in the manual and or on the screen N is a reference to a key on y...

Page 5: ...ode Records 5 2 Chapter 6 Configuring LPs and LAN Cards FRX8000 RLP 6 1 N7000 RLP 6 6 N7000 RLP Parameters 6 7 N7000 Standard LP 6 8 N7000 T1 LP 6 10 N7000 E1 LP 6 12 Configuring T1 E1 Channel Maps 6 16 Configuring LAN Cards 6 18 Chapter 7 Configuring Inter Nodal Trunks Parallel Trunks 7 1 Required and Optional Configuration 7 2 Configuring Trunk Port Records 7 3 V 25bis Modem Operations 7 10 Conf...

Page 6: ...ration 11 1 Configuration Example 11 2 Configuring a BSC Interactive Port Record 11 3 Configuring Subscriber IDs 11 8 Configuring BSC Interactive Subscribers 11 10 Configuring BSC Interactive Devices 11 12 Chapter 12 Configuring Async Pads Required and Optional Configuration 12 1 Configuring Async PAD Profiles 12 2 Configuring PAD Login Records 12 8 Configuring a PAD Banner 12 10 Configuring Ports...

Page 7: ...ions 17 13 Converting N7000 5 0 Database Records 17 18 Database Concurrency Operations 17 19 File Transfer 17 21 Remote Control 17 22 Message Services 17 23 Chapter 18 Status Displays Menu Level Status Displays 18 1 Displaying IPX RIP and SAP Tables 18 9 Graphics level Status Displays 18 10 Chapter 19 Statistics Displays Menu Level Node LP Frame Port Statistics Displays 19 1 IP Statistics Displays...

Page 8: ...stic Codes Cause Codes D 1 Diagnostic Codes D 3 Appendix E System Files Line Processor Type E 2 Network Defaults E 4 Alarm Severity Level E 6 Appendix F INM NMP Unix Operations Changing the Time Zone Date or Time F 1 Displaying Various Data F 1 Analyzing Routing Updates F 2 Changing the Cumulative Statistics File Size F 3 Configuring UNIX for Multiple Users F 4 Using the UNIX vi Editor F 5 Enablin...

Page 9: ...rd 6 10 6 6 E1 LP Configuration Record 6 13 6 7 T1 E1 Channel Map Record 6 16 7 1 Examples of Multiple Trunks 7 2 7 2 Physical Trunk Port Record for V 25bis Port 7 3 7 3 Physical Trunk Port Record for Non V 25bis Port 7 4 7 4 Logical Trunk Port Record 7 4 7 5 Physical PDN Port Record 7 12 7 6 Logical PDN Port Record 7 12 7 7 SVC Subscriber Record 7 18 7 8 X 25 Trunk PVC Record Example 7 20 7 9 Tel...

Page 10: ...rd 11 11 12 5 BSC Interactive Devices Record 11 13 13 1 Async PAD Profile Record 12 3 13 2 Async PAD Login Parameters Record 12 9 13 3 Async PAD Port Screen 12 11 13 4 SVC Subscriber Record 12 17 13 5 Async to X 25 PVC Record Example 12 20 14 1 IP Interface Record Example 13 4 14 2 IP Route Record 13 8 14 3 IP over X 25 PVC Record Example 13 10 15 1 Typical IPX Interface Record 14 3 15 2 IPX SAP F...

Page 11: ... level Statistics Display 19 6 20 5 Port Statistics Configuration Menu 19 8 20 6 Cumulative Statistics Menu 19 9 20 7 Cumulative Statistics Report 19 11 20 8 IP Statistics Display 19 12 20 9 ICMP Statistics Display 19 14 20 10 IP Interface Statistics Display 19 16 20 11 IPX Statistics Display 19 17 20 12 Ethernet Card Statistics Display 19 23 20 13 Token Ring Card Statistics Display 19 23 20 14 Tr...

Page 12: ...roup Parameters 8 3 8 2 Frame Relay Port Parameters 8 5 8 3 Frame Relay to Frame Relay PVC Parameter 8 9 8 4 Frame Relay DLCI Parameters 8 11 9 1 X 25 Port Parameters 9 4 9 2 X 25 CUG Parameter 9 12 9 3 Modem Initialization Parameters 9 13 9 4 Subscriber Parameters 9 17 9 5 X 25 to X 25 PVC Parameters 9 19 9 6 Translation Template Parameters 9 23 9 7 Telephone Number Parameters 9 28 10 1 SNA Port ...

Page 13: ... 13 14 6 IPX SAP Filter Parameters 14 14 14 7 IPX Packet Filter Parameters 14 15 14 8 IPX RIP Router Filter Parameters 14 16 14 9 IPX Filter Applications Parameters 14 17 14 10 IPX Route Parameters 14 19 15 1 SNMP System Defaults Parameters 15 3 15 2 Community Table Parameter 15 4 15 3 Trap Routing Parameters 15 5 18 1 Color Codes for Subnet Display Event Log 18 11 18 2 Color Codes for LP LAN Card...

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Page 17: ...ering high performance regardless of the demands of the access protocols being used Some typical applications of the FRX8000 SDLC to LLC2 and LLC2 to QLLC conversion over frame relay SNA and TCP IP LAN WAN integration with or without routers Banking applications LAN SNA TCP IP async Feeder networks to public frame relay services Front end network to larger frame relay switches Public and private a...

Page 18: ...9 bytes Configurable link addresses DLC point to point and multi point with poll spoofing NRZ NRZI support SDLC to LLC2 and LLC2 to SDLC conversion QLLC NPSI compatibility Four modes HPAD TPAD PU 1 0 2 0 NPAD Host to host XPAD transparent SNA LLC2 Supports both ends of PU2 to PU2 PU2 1 to PU2 1 and PU4 to PU4 connections End to end compatibility with SNA APPN devices over LANs Compatibility over f...

Page 19: ...control and access security Support of RIP and SAP Dynamic and static routing Async Local login passwords Autocall Autobaud automatic line speed configuration Automatic disconnect on inactivity X 29 support Abbreviated addressing RTS CTS hardware flow control Configurable banner message sent to async terminal BSC Interconnection of IBM 3270 interactive devices over X 25 or frame relay X 25 or FRX8...

Page 20: ...ansition of existing N7000 net works to FRX8000 Intuitive menu based system that provides complete local management via local VGA monitor or remote ASCII terminal of network nodes File transfer between INMs NMPs and from an INM or NMP to an ICP ICP is an FRX8000 Switch with all the functionality of the INM except the user interface Remote software updates to FRX8000 Switches Self learning route co...

Page 21: ...8000Switch an MS DOS based node performs switching and routing Each Switch supports frame relay X 25 SNA SDLC LLC2 BSC asynchronous IP including RIP ARP ICMP IPX and SNMP protocols The base model of an FRX8000 Switch contains one RLP with one Line Interface Card providing four WAN ports and supporting up to 512 simultaneous logical ter minations Each logical interface into or out of an RLP port is...

Page 22: ...tain one or two LAN cards in any combination Each LAN card supports one LAN interface The ICP and INM support one Ethernet interface for FTP and telnet access Chassis There are two chassis usedin the FRX8000 product line differing insize and capacity see Table 1 1 Operator Interfaces Although the FRX8000 Switch and ICP do not require anoperator interface for normal operation an optional locally at...

Page 23: ...System level is where UNIX operating system functions as well as some FRX8000 non menu operations are performed The software enters this level during start up of an ICP INM NMP and can be accessed later by exiting the menu level Menulevel is where most software configurationis performed byusingmenu selections onan INM NMP screen to open andchange database files described in Chapter 3 Most monitori...

Page 24: ...anges and exit an operation press Esc Menu Level Prompts Within the menu operations there are two kinds of prompts displayed words that require responses Information prompts respond by typing the requested information then pressing Enter Yes no prompts respond by pressing Y or N Throughout this manual are tables of valid and default values To specify a default if one exists press Enter in response...

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Page 27: ... A Configure Network A Configure Network Defaults Chapter 4 Node and X 25 level 3 parameters the network needs for proper operation of FRX8000s Required B Configure Network Representation Chapter 4 Graphic map of the network which will display icons representing nodes or parts of the network plus color coded operational status Will alsodisplay outstanding alarms and port status C Configure Async P...

Page 28: ...me relay DLCI C CUG Management A Configure X 25Port CUG Chapter 9 Allows creation of closed user groups to regulate which subscriber devices can receive and or transmit from to other devices B Configure International CUG is not currently supported D Configure X25 Address Translation Template Chapter 9 Templates that are applied to incoming and outgoing call packets for the purpose of translating s...

Page 29: ...s Required for all traffic being transported over a logical X 25 port B Configure Abbreviated Address Chapter 13 Creates a short name or mnemonic that can be substituted for an async PAD subscriber address C Configure PVC Connection Chapter 7 trunk Chapter 8 frame relay Chapter 9 X 25 Chapter 13 async Chapter 14 IP Creation of permanent connections between FRX8000 ports Identifies location protoco...

Page 30: ...o other nodes For continued operation in case of a trunk failure you should have at least two trunks per node Will each port be direct connect leased line or dial in line The modem con nected to a dial in line must be configured so DSR Data Set Ready is not forced high DSR should follow CD Carrier Detect Are there any LAN Ethernet or Token Ring cards in the node If so which is card 0 and which is ...

Page 31: ...te chapters re IPL the node described on page 18 4 Configuration Operations Selecting most Configuration items from the menus will display another menu con sisting of four operations that can be performed as shown in this example Figure 3 1 Operations Menu Example The operations are used as follows Initialize File deletes an entire file so you can replace it with a previously saved one or create a...

Page 32: ... Select Initialize File 4 When prompted enter your database maintenance or high level operations password or press Enter to return to the Operations Menu 5 You will be asked Initialize File To delete the existing file press Y if you are going to append a saved file to the existing one press N 6 You are asked Initial File Load To load a previouslysaved file see step2 press Y and proceed with step 7...

Page 33: ...he Output Device Menu to print the information Press F3 at any time to truncate the report Press F3 again to return to the Operations Menu When the message File List Terminated signals the end of the report press F3 to return to the Operations Menu The format of the report is similar to the display in Figure 3 2 Output to Disk File 1 At the Output Device Menu press B 2 When asked Formatted Output ...

Page 34: ...onymous Password Your e mail address Press F3 once to return to the previous menu or repeatedly to return to the Main Menu Inquiry This operationlets youlook at each record in a file however no changes can be made Therefore the operation can be performed without first acquiring master status At the Operations Menu Figure 3 1 press B Different prompts and or displays will appear depending on the fi...

Page 35: ... ID LP ID etc Ifthe software finds a record that matches the entered information it will be displayed similar to Figure 3 4 If no record is found you will be asked to enter values for the remaining parameters to create a new record Pressing Enter in response to a prompt selects the default value if there is one Default values can be found in tables throughout this manual If a value is entered inco...

Page 36: ...ime is when the change was made xxxx x is the transaction and node number yyy is the type of change ADD UPD or DEL and Filename is the name of the file changed e To copy the record to another record in the same file port to port LP to LP etc press F5 and enter the requested information The record will be copied and a Database change message like that in option d will be printed You cannot copy a p...

Page 37: ...s must be identical Toassure this database changes can be made onlyat the INM NMP that currently has master status Any change will then immediately and automatically be distributed to all other operational INMs NMPs on the network unless the network has become par titioned see Partitioned Network on page 3 12 How to Get Master Status Any FRX8000 INM or NMP on the network can request master status ...

Page 38: ... any or all FRX8000s on the network For each node the report contains Node LP and port parameters and their configured values Any error messages related to configuration e g Illegal LP ID A summary list of LP and port types showing the total number of each The number of SVC and PVC subscribers assigned to the node s A current printout of the Configuration Report should always be available for ref ...

Page 39: ...for later use To do so 1 Press B at the Reports Menu or G B from the Main Menu 2 When prompted enter the ID of the node whose subscribers you want in the report Note that pressing Enter selects the default of All Nodes 3 You will be prompted Display Opt P F V To print the report type p Enter To save the report to a file type f Enter When prompted for a file specification enter a file name for the ...

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Page 41: ...ted to async PAD ports in FRX8000s IPX Filter Definitions described in Chapter 15 used to maximize efficiency on a WAN network connected via an FRX8000 to a Novell Netware network Filters are applied to IPX traffic as defined by IPX Applications records Frame Relay Bandwidth Allocation described on page 8 2 optimizes frame relay bandwidth use ensuring that response time sensitive traffic gets acce...

Page 42: ...twork Defaults File Display A A A C from Main Menu Pressing 1 2 or 3 displays more parameters listed in Table 4 1 X 25 defaults are used tomaintain compatibilityamong nodes somevalues will be overridden by values in the Port file Although item 1 is X 25 X 75 Parameters FRX8000 does not currently support X 75 Network Defaults Maintenance Current Node Number 10 ABCNode Database Master Node 10 ABCNod...

Page 43: ...e press Y 3 You will be asked Update alarm severity tables Alarms also called events and described in Chapter 21 have associated severity levels which can be changed as described under Alarm Severity Levels on page 1 If the severity level file has been changed press Y at the prompt tosend the update toall nodes Otherwise press N 4 Press Enter to return to the Operations Menu Perform an on line upd...

Page 44: ...Actg Seg Size 1 4096 128 DNIC 0 9999 0000 Line Disconnect Timeout sec 0 254 1 Modem Disconnect Timeout sec 0 255 0 disabled IP Network Address valid IP address 192 0 0 01 IPX WAN Network Address 1 fffffffe 000000011 X 25 X 75 Parameters DCE Restart Timeout sec 5 360 60 2 DCE Incoming Call TO sec 5 360 180 2 DCE Reset Timeout sec 5 360 60 2 DCE Clear Timeout sec 5 360 60 2 DTE Restart Timeout sec 5...

Page 45: ...yte totals DNIC is a Data Network Identification Code which conforms to CCITT Recommendation X 121 The DNIC occupies digits 2 5 of an X 121 address If you enter fewer than four digits in the Network Defaults record leading zeroes will be added If your network is a PDN enter your assigned DNIC If not a PDN this parameter has no meaning Line Disconnect Timeout is a timer that is started on receipt b...

Page 46: ...eset when a Clear Con firmation or Clear Request is received If the timer expires the DCE will issue another Clear Indication and reset the timer If the timer expires a second time the DCE may issue a diagnostic packet DTE Restart Timeout is X 25 timer T20 whichis startedwhen the logical DTE issues a Restart Request and is stopped and reset when a Restart Confirmation or Restart Indication is rece...

Page 47: ...ced by the type of subscriber device Default Packet Size determines the default value for the Default Packet Size parameter in the Port Config uration file Modulus is a number for values used in X 25 level 2 sequenced packets The actual frame num bering is 0 7 for modulo 8 and 0 127 for modulo 128 Default Window Size determines the default value for the Default Window Sizeparameter in the Port Con...

Page 48: ...be queued before transmission Be sure you fully understand the needs of network users before assigning bandwidth allocation groups this feature can show adverse effects if configured incorrectly Updating Network Defaults On Line After you modify any Network Defaults parameter you must use this operation to send the change to all the nodes in the network 1 Press B then G from the Main Menu 2 When a...

Page 49: ...twork A sub network can contain nodes or other subnetworks You can have as many as 99 network subnet displays for a network and as many as 250 objects in any one display Each node however can exist only once in the network record so the same node cannot be in two subnets unless one is within the other To configure a Network Representation record press B then C at the Network Selection Menu Figure ...

Page 50: ...d selected within the network by moving the cursor to the desired locations then pressing Enter Cursor movement is controlled as listed below If the numeric keypad at the right side of the keyboard is used Num Lock must be Off appropriate direction Home up and left End down and left PgUp up and right PgDn down and right 5 on the numeric keypad controls movement by the cursor when the above keys ar...

Page 51: ...re enter a new ID Copy Rec copies the current record to a new ID Cancel leaves this menu and returns you to the choices at the top of the screen F2 Operations Add Node default allows youto add anynode inyour database to your network rep resentation When prompted enter a node ID the node will be displayed at the cursor location Add Subnet allows you to add any subnetwork in your database to the Net...

Page 52: ...ame allows you to change the name of the current subnetwork Cancel leaves this menu and returns you to the choices at the top of the screen F3 Environs Help is not valid here Return default exits Graphics level and returns you tothe NetworkRepresentations Operations Menu Exit works the same as Return Cancel leaves this menu and returns you to the choices at the top of the screen ...

Page 53: ...node in the network Figure 5 1 Nodes Selection Menu A B from Main Menu Node wide SNMP parameters alsoaccessedfrom this menu are described in Chapter 16 Be careful pressing Enter when it is not required may cause the next prompt to automatically select the default choice NodesSelection Menu A Configure Node B Configure SNMP Parameters R Returnto Previous Menu Select ...

Page 54: ...r the node is an FRX8000 Figure 5 2 or N7000 74 7500 Figure 5 3 Figure 5 2 FRX8000 Node Record A B A C from Main Menu Item E is displayed only if Node Type is 1 The text following each node s ID at items B and E M is the Description in that node s Node record The parameters displayed by pressing 1 are listed inTable 5 1 Node Maintenance Node ID 100 A Description ABC B Alternate NMP Node 10 DEF C 7...

Page 55: ...evel n Primary Secondary Node described under Changing Alarm Routing On Line on page 4 A change to any other parameter will take effect after the next IPL of the configured node with the exception of Node Type which must be implemented assuming the necessary changes have been made at the node to add remove system board memory and UNIX and FRX8000 software by performinga Configuration Updatein Boot...

Page 56: ...FRX8000 Switch or N74 7500 without a locally attached NMP the alternate NMP Node will provide the local node with network defaults and other network data If the local FRX8000 or N74 7500 node has a locally attached NMP or is an ICP or INM the alternate NMP Node will take over the local node s man agementfunctions receiving alarms updatingparameters etc if the local node loses contact with the netw...

Page 57: ...ort record in the N7000 but in two records Logical Trunk Port and under lying physical X 25 Port in the FRX8000 Be sure to change the necessary records or the affected LPs and ports will not operate correctly Node Type depends on the setting for 7000 Node 7000 Node Y 7000 Node N 0 N7400 with attached NMP 0 FRX8000 Switch with attached NMP 1 N7400 with no NMP 1 FRX8000 Switch 2 N7500 with attached ...

Page 58: ... the maximum number of simultaneous logical connections supported on this node 0 256 1 512 2 1024 3 2048 The valid connection limits depend on the platform on which the node resides and or which connection upgrade option has been purchased for this node A Model 2 can support 512 or 1024 connections with a purchased upgrade A Rackmount node can support 512 connections by specifying that value then ...

Page 59: ...to re enable the parameter the Node record must be deleted and a new one created or the record can be copied to another record then copied again from that record to the first one If a Node record with DOS Extended mode enabled is copied to another record using the F5 key DOS Extended mode will be disabled in the new record Moving the record using F6 will leave DOS Extended mode enabled ...

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Page 61: ... present in the node LPs are numbered 0 7 based on switch settings Each LP regardless of type in a node must have a unique number within its node This chapter describes configuration of LPs and LAN cards as well as channel map records for T1 E1 LPs FRX8000 RLP The FRX8000 RLP is a mother card with one or two attached four port Line Interface Cards LICs The RLP supports all FRX8000 port types Port ...

Page 62: ...v 02 Figure 6 1 FRX8000 RLP LP Switch 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 On On Off On Off On On On 1 On On Off 2 On Off On 3 On Off Off 4 Off On On 5 Off On Off 6 Off Off On 7 Off Off Off LIC 1 RLP On Off 1 8 LIC 2 RLP Cable I O Box 0 1 6 4 5 7 3 2 ...

Page 63: ...ct When you add a new LP record the change will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify an existing record the change will be written to the database immediately The change will become effective at the RLP in one of the following ways A change to an RLP in an ICP or INM is immediately effective when the database record is changed A change to an RLP...

Page 64: ... one of a different type any related port records willhavesome invalid values Be sureto change port records as needed Line Interface Card 2 containthe physical ports 4 7of the LP The choices are the same as for Line Interface Card 1 RLP Available Memory is the amount of on board memory Table 6 1 FRX8000 RLP Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value LP Type 7 7 Line Interface Card 2 0 5 4 HS ...

Page 65: ...rry clock signals Framing is the frame format G 704 is a CEPT standard with a set value Line Service specifies as configured that the RLP will use all of the DS0 channels on the E1 line Line Build Out is the distance from the LP to the external T1 E1 device G 703 is a CEPT standard with a set value Clocking is the clocking mode in which the LP runs 0 Master 1 Slave CRC 4 Disabled disables as confi...

Page 66: ...ss C at the Line Processor Configuration Menu or A C C from the Main Menu When prompted enter Node ID the node containing the LP 1 250 Default is the local node LP ID 0 7 default is 0 as determinedby switches 1 3 onthe RLP s dipswitch See Table 5 1 Any other requested information noting the values in Table 5 2 Press Enter at a prompt to specify the default Figure 6 3 N7400 7500 RLP Configuration R...

Page 67: ...taining the LP Be sure to perform the update to a DPPM node before the node undergoes a re IPL A change to LP 4 7 in a DPPM node will take effect at the next IPL of the node containing the LP N7000 RLP Parameters LP Type Although pressing for help displays a range of 1 6 these are the supported types 3 AST Card 4 T1 E1 6 RLP 7000 Node Line Interface Card 1 contains physical ports 0 3 for the RLP 0...

Page 68: ...ndard LP press C at the Line Processor Configuration Menu or A C C from the Main Menu When prompted enter Node ID the node containing the LP 1 250 Default is the local node LP ID 0 7 default is 0 as determined by jumper andswitchsettings onthe card See N7000 user documentation if necessary Any other requested information noting the values in Table 5 3 Press Enter at a prompt to specify the default...

Page 69: ...pdate B B D A from the Main Menu to the node con taining the LP Be sure to perform the update to a DPPM node before the node undergoes a re IPL A change to LP 4 7 in a DPPM node will take effect at the next IPL of the node containing the LP Standard LP Parameters LP Type Although pressing for help displays a range of 1 6 these are the supported types 3 AST Card 4 T1 E1 6 RLP 7000 Node Big Packet S...

Page 70: ...determined by switch settings on the card See N7000 user documentation Any other requested information noting the values in Table 5 4 Press Enter at a prompt to specify the default Figure 6 5 T1 DSX 1 LP Configuration Record A C C from Main Menu Item F is not displayed for a DSU LP Line Processor Maintenance Node ID 10nsn10 LP ID 1 A LP Type 4 N7400 7500 T1 E1 LP B Model Type 1 Dsx 1 C Coding 2 D ...

Page 71: ...ate B B D A from the Main Menu to the node con taining the LP Be sure to perform the update to a DPPM node before the node undergoes a re IPL A change to LP 4 7 in a DPPM node will take effect at the next IPL of the node containing the LP T1 LP Parameters LP Type Although pressing for help displays a range of 1 6 the supported types are 3 AST Card 4 T1 E1 6 RLP 7000 Node Model Type Although pressi...

Page 72: ...m the LP to the external T1 device 1 0 133 ft 2 134 266 ft 3 267 399 ft 4 400 533 ft 5 534 655 ft Unit Type 0 Primary 1 Secondary Clocking is the clocking mode in which the LP runs 0 Master 1 Slave N7000 E1 LP The E1 LP is supported only in N7400 and N7500 286 and 386 based nodes The 486 does not support these LP types Press C at the Line Processor Configuration Menu or A C C from the Main Menu Wh...

Page 73: ...me effective at the LP in one of the following ways A change to anLP in an ICP INM or NMP node is immediatelyeffective when the database record is changed A change to LP 0 3 in a DPPM node can be implemented by performing a Configuration Update B B D A from the Main Menu to the node con taining the LP Be sure to perform the update to a DPPM node before the node undergoes a re IPL A change to LP 4 ...

Page 74: ... Full or some Fractional of the DS0 channels on a T1 E1 line 0 Full 1 Fractional Line Build Out is the distance from the LP to the external T1 E1 device G 703 is a CEPT standard with a set value Unit Type 0 Primary 1 Secondary Table 6 5 E1 LP Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value LP Type 4 not valid here Model Type 2 not valid here Coding 3 3 HDB3 Framing 2 2 G 704 Line Service 0 1 0 Lin...

Page 75: ...vides added protection against simulation of the frame alignment signal International Use Bit 0 is the setting of bit 0 which is transmitted as the most significant bit of the frame alignment signal when CRC 4 is disabled International Use Bit n 1 is the setting of bit 1 which is transmitted as the most significant bit of the non frame alignment signal when CRC 4 is disabled Channel Signalling is ...

Page 76: ...er and instead of item G there is an item H Start DS0 Number When Changes Take Effect When you add a new Channel Map record the change is written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify an existing record the change is written to the database instantly To make the change effective at the LP press F7 while still in Maintenance opera tions on the record This wi...

Page 77: ...umber Port Number are the destination LP and port of a T1 E1 line Expansion LP Number is an Expansion LP destination for a T1 E1 line Line Conditioning is the pattern to be put on the data path in the event a Carrier Failure alarm occurs when line synchronization is lost 1 TC ijkl mnop IDEL 2 TC ijkl mnop IWpq 3 TRSPZ 4 TRSP_MUX 5 TRSP TRB 6 TRSP IWpq Table 6 6 T1 E1 Channel Map Parameters Paramet...

Page 78: ...el card Any other request information notingTable 5 7 When Changes Take Effect When you add a new LAN card record the change will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify an existing record the change will be written to the database immediately The change can be implemented on the card by performing a Configuration Update B B D A from the Main Menu ...

Page 79: ...ed printed or saved to a file for later use The file CONFIG SYSalso contains defining information on LAN cards The contents of this file can be found in the optional Netlink FRX8000 Maintenance Guide To create a PROTOCOL INI report 1 Press E at the Reports Menu or G E from the Main Menu 2 When prompted enter the ID of the desired node or press Enter to specify the default of All Nodes 3 You will b...

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Page 81: ...lel trunks proportional to the speeds of the individual trunks The node software examines each packet s the queue length on each parallel trunk and using the configured line speed and propagation delay computes the delivery time over each trunk The trunk with the shortest delivery time is used This process is called load balancing Parallel trunks can increase reliability over a single trunk howeve...

Page 82: ...rocessor described in Chapter 6 A record must exist for every LP in every node on the network Port described on page 7 3 A record must exist for every port on every LP in every node Each trunk port s record will identify the trunk port and define its operating parameters Modem Initialization record described on page 7 11 if the RS 232 physical interface only port will be connected to a V 25bis mod...

Page 83: ...r requested information noting the values in Table 7 1 Press Enter at a prompt to specify the default value The display depends on whether you are configuring a trunk on a physical port witha V 25bis modem connected Figure 7 2 a physical port with no V 25bis modem Figure 7 3 or a logical port Figure 7 4 Figure 7 2 Physical Trunk Port Record for V 25bis Port A D A C from Main Menu Port Maintenance ...

Page 84: ... 35 C Blocked Port Flag N D Line Speed Code 10 9600 bps E Modulus 8 F Outstanding Frames 2 G N2 Maximum Retransmissions 5 H T1 Retransmiss Period ms 2000 I T2 Acknowledg Delay ms 1000 J T3 Link Assurance Period s 10 K Propagation Delay ms 0 L Logical DCE Y M Generate Clock Y N Rcv Clock TT from DTE N O Extra CRC N 1 Backup Trunk Parameters Select Port Maintenance Node ID 10 node10 LP ID 0 RLP Port...

Page 85: ... a record depends one or more of these factors Trunk type and underlying port type if a logical trunk Whether or not the port is configured for connection to a V 25bis modem Whether or not the port is configured as a backup trunk Table 7 1 Trunk Port Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Port Type 3 Trunk not valid here Physical Interface see explanation 3 Blocked Port Flag Y N N Line Sp...

Page 86: ... 449 RS 422 7 RS 530 RS 422 8 X 21 RS 422 9 E1 E1 Blocked Port Flag causes the port to be enabled N or disabled Y at node IPL The port will remain in that state until this parameter is changed and sent to the node or an on line enable disable is performed See Disabling and Enabling Ports on page 18 1 Line Speed Code specifies the data transmission rate in bits per second and the clock speed when t...

Page 87: ...9 2K and lower Modulus is a number for values used in X 25 level 2 sequenced packets The actual frame num bering is 0 7 for modulus 8 and 0 127 for modulus 128 Outstanding Frames is X 25 value K the maximum number of sequentially numbered I frames that can be waiting for acknowledgment If this number is exceeded no more frames will be transmitted until an acknowledgment is received N2 Maximum Retr...

Page 88: ...ical DCE determined by LP jumpers and or cable converter interface specify Y since DCE generates clock If the port is DTE specify N Rcv Clock TT from DTE allows the clock to be looped back from the DTE using the TT Terminal Timing signal which can be helpful on high speed ports Extra CRC provides a second cyclical redundancy check CRC in addition to the two byte CRC included in the frame check seq...

Page 89: ... is one end of a PVC to the underlying physical X 25 port If Y a PVC Connection record see page 7 20 must be created for each circuit determined by Number of Circuits onthis logical trunk Configure each PVC type as X 25 Trunk Mapped DLCI Number is the Data Link Connection Identifier a routing ID that assigns a frame toa particular logical connection This ID is used only locally and the DLCI can be...

Page 90: ...mary trunks have come back up This Trunk Backed Up specifies whether the current trunk has a backup trunk Backup LP ID Port No Logical Trunk identifies the port that will be the local end of the backup trunk V 25bis Modem Operations Creating a Modem Initialization Record A record can be createdthat specifies a string of data to be sent out verbatim from a V 25bis dial port to the modem each time t...

Page 91: ... procedure up to the number of times specified for Line Setup Retries in the Port record See page 7 8 If the modem still does respond it will be put into Failed state Configuring N74 7500 PDN Ports N74 7500 ports configured as PDN support logical trunk connections over a public data network to other N74 7500s and to FRX8000 Switches via logical X 25 trunk ports on FRX8000 To configure an N74 7500 ...

Page 92: ...000 Node Port 1 A Port Type 12 PDN X 25 B Physical Interface 5 V 35 C Blocked Port Flag N D Line Speed Code 10 9600 bps E Outstanding Frames 2 F N2 Maximum Retransmissions 5 G T1 Retransmiss Period ms 2000 H T2 Acknowledg Delay ms 1000 I T3 Link Assurance Period s 10 J Maximum Packet Size 128 K Logical DCE Y L Generate Clock Y M Rcv Clock TT from DTE N N MaskLink Alarms Y O Propagation Delay ms 0 ...

Page 93: ...mes 1 127 7 N2 Maximum Retransmissions 1 99 5 T1 Retransmission Period 40 64000 2000 T2 Acknowledgment Delay 0 32000 1000 T3 Link Assurance Period 1 250 10 Maximum Packet Size bytes 128 1024 1 2 Logical DCE Y N Y Generate Clock Y N N Rcv Clock TT from DTE Y N N Mask Link Alarms Y N Y Propagation Delay ms 0 9999 0 Level 3 Parameters Lowest Highest Incoming Channel see explanation 0 not used Lowest ...

Page 94: ...corre spondingcodes because theyare defined in different parts of the software Either code can be specified 3 75 4 150 5 300 6 600 7 1200 8 2400 9 4800 10 9600 11 19 2K 12 48K 13 56K 14 64K 15 72K 16 112K 17 128K 18 224K 19 256K 20 14 4K 21 24K 22 28 8K 23 38 4K 24 56K 25 112K 26 168K 27 224K 28 280K 29 336K 30 392K 31 448K 32 504K 33 560K 34 616K 35 672K 36 728K 37 784K 38 840K 39 896K 40 952K 41...

Page 95: ...CE s T1 timer Retransmission Period to assure that the link is not operational before a poll is sent Maximum Packet Size is the maximum data packet size that will be allowed to pass through this port A packet size includedin a call setup packet will be used as long as it is smaller than the maximum specified here Logical DCE Selecting N defines the port as logical DTE The other end of the connecti...

Page 96: ...al X 25 facility that permits negotiation of the flow control parameters packet and window sizes for either direction of data transmission on a per call basis If N is selected the default packet and window sizes will be used If Y is selected a packet and or window size included in a call packet up to the Maximum Packet Size and or Maximum Window Sizeconfigured in this Port record will be used If e...

Page 97: ...the logical trunk This address does not need to be con figured in the Subscriberfile but it must be unique amongaddresses configuredinthe database Configuring Subscriber IDs This operation creates records for the called and calling addresses that will be used in call setup on logical trunks To complete the connection the software must recognize where the call is coming from calling address and whe...

Page 98: ...not affect a call in progress Subscriber Parameters Table 7 4 Subscriber Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Subscriber Name 0 24 characters none Dialup Subscriber n a not yet supported N Routing Algorithm 0 2 0 Systematic Redirection Y N N Redirect on Busy Y N N Redirect on Out of Order Y N N Bandw Alloc Group 1 3 1 1st 2nd etc Routing Path valid node LP port Not used 1st 2nd etc Redi...

Page 99: ...g path Systematic Redirection redirects all calls to the alternate subscribers specified by the Redirection Addresses Consecutive attempts at call redirection are made toeach alternate subscriber in order of the index numbers until the call is completed Redirect on Busy redirects calls according tothe RedirectionAddresses ifthe primary subscriber device is busy Redirect on Out of Order redirects c...

Page 100: ...VC press C then C again from the Connections and Routing Paths Selection Menu or A F C C from the Main Menu When prompted enter Connection ID 0 9999 which is simply a number unique to this connection Any other requested information referring toTable 7 5 Figure 7 8 X 25 Trunk PVC Record Example A F C C from Main Menu When Changes Take Effect When you add a new PVC record the change will be written ...

Page 101: ...greater than the Maximum Window Size specified in the Port record Logical Channel Number is a logical link between the logical circuit and the physical line All logical channel numbers LCNs assigned to PVCs must be lower than the lowest LCN specified for any SVC subscriber IDs on the physical port Description identifies this end of the logical connection to the console operator The FRX8000 softwar...

Page 102: ...ction If the operation is successful PVC Created Removed will be displayed Ifa create fails youwill see Can t use same channel orCreate rejected reason n where If n 1 or11 the request from the logical 1 or physical 11 end was bad Either the channel requested was0 or the LP port was not operational If n 2 or12 the PVC already exists at the logical 2 or physical 12 end If a delete fails you will see...

Page 103: ... Number Record A F H from Main Menu When Changes Take Effect When you add a new Telephone Number record the change is written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a parameter in an existing record the change is written to the database instantly The database change becomes effective at the port as soon as the next call is placed The change will not affect a...

Page 104: ...s successfully placed the database record is automatically changedto replace the existing Node ID with theID ofthe node through which the call was connected For an incoming call if the primary node is not available the subscriber calls another node and that node becomes the new primary node in the Telephone Number record It is recommended that when a Telephone Number recordis created Alternate Nod...

Page 105: ... requirement that a user allow outgoing access from all or none but not some of its CUGs Local Charging Prevention if Y is selected for this parameter no calls can be charged to this port Incoming calls fromthe network withReverse Charging specifiedwill be rejected outgoing calls will have Reverse Charging inserted if it is not already in the call packet Reverse Charge Acceptance authorizes transm...

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Page 107: ... end to end connectioncan use a different DLCI Each node supports up to 984 user configurable DLCIs Eight more are supported but are reserved for internal use Required and Optional Configuration To run frame relay make sure the following are correctly configured in the database Network Defaults described in Chapter 4 This file must be configured for a new network After that no further changes are ...

Page 108: ... network users before assigning bandwidth allocation groups this feature can show adverse effects if configured incorrectly To configure one or more bandwidth allocation groups press G C at the Network Configuration Menu Figure 8 1 Bandwidth Allocation Group Menu A A G C from Main Menu Frame Relay Bandwidth Alloc Maintenance A Bandwidth Alloc Grp 1 Weight 25 Priority 1 Use Excess Y B Bandwidth All...

Page 109: ... the percentages assigned to the affected groups treated as relative per centages For example assume that Group 1 is assigned 60 and Group 2 70 and both groups are assigned to IP interfaces Under a full traffic load Group 1 will be allocated 60 130 46 of the available bandwidth and Group 2 will be allocated 70 130 54 Priority prioritizes traffic within each group the higher the number the higher t...

Page 110: ...ble 8 1 The following figure is an example of an existing record Figure 8 2 Frame Relay Port Record A D A C from Main Menu Item H will be displayed only if Physical Interface is RS 530 RS 422 or V 35 and Generate Clock is Y Items K O will be displayed onlyif LinkManagement is1 LMI or 2 Annex D Port Maintenance Node ID 10 node10 LP ID 0 RLP Port 1 A Port Type 7 FRL B Physical Interface 5 V 35 C Blo...

Page 111: ...celarger frames will simply be split then re assembled at the destination Physical Interface is the hardware interface determined bythe associated Line Interface Card LIC and the cable attached to the port s I O box connector The LP record identifies the LIC and only the valid interfaces will be displayed as choices in the Port record LICs are shown in parentheses 3 RS 232 RS 232 4 V 25Bis_Dial RS...

Page 112: ... 1 512M 51 1 568M 52 1 624M 53 1 68M 54 64K 55 128K 56 192K 57 256K 58 320K 59 384K 60 448K 61 512K 62 576K 63 640K 64 704K 65 768K 66 832K 67 896K 68 960K 69 1 024M 70 1 088M 71 1 152M 72 1 216M 73 1 28M 74 1 344M 75 1 408M 76 1 472M 77 1 536M 78 1 6M 79 1 664M 80 1 792M 81 1 728M 82 1 856M 83 1 92M 84 1 984M 85 2 048M The maximum for anRS 232interface on an N7400 or 7500is 19 2K The maximum for ...

Page 113: ...rs that can occur during the period defined by the Monitored Events Count see next entry before a channel or frame relay device is declared inactive Monitored Events Count is used to determine whether a channel or user device is active After the channel device is declared inactive N2 Error Threshold the network will wait the number of successful polling cycles specified by the Monitored Events Cou...

Page 114: ...ange will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a parameter in an existing record the change will be written to the database instantly The virtual connection will be established when the nodes at both ends undergo re IPL If youwant to establish a connectionwithout disrupting node operation create an identical PVC on line Press D at the Operations...

Page 115: ...onnection The DLCI is a routing ID that assigns a frame to a particular logical connection The ID is used only locally and can be different at each end of the PVC Creating Deleting a PVC On Line You can create a temporary PVC then delete it later Deleting a PVC will break the connection but the DLCIs will remain dedicated to the PVC until the next IPL of the nodes at both ends 1 Press D at the Ope...

Page 116: ...hese operations press any key to return to the Subscriber ID prompt then press F3 to return to the Operations Menu Configuring Frame Relay DLCIs Frame Relay DLCI records specify the rates at which data will betransmitted on frame relay DLCIs under normal and bursty conditions To configure a DLCI press B then C fromthe Ports Selection Menu or A D B C from the Main Menu When prompted enter Node ID o...

Page 117: ...eed CIR minus 1 Committed Information Rate CIR is the data throughput rate that the network agrees to support under normal con ditions Committed Burst Size BC is the maximum amount of data that the network agrees to transfer under normal conditions within the time period defined by BC CIR Any data exceeding this value Table 8 4 Frame Relay DLCI Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Commi...

Page 118: ... Burst Size BE is the maximum amount of data in excess of the Committed Burst Sizethat the network will attempt to transfer during the time period defined by BC CIR Any data exceeding this value will be buffered in the FRX8000 node Enable DE if Appropriate will cause if Y the DiscardEligibility DE bit to be turned on if theCommitted Burst Size described earlier is exceeded ...

Page 119: ... relay Chapter 8 port s that will connect to the network and or PVC s X 25 Port described on page 9 2 A record must exist for every port on every LP in every node Each X 25 port s record will identify the port and define its operating parameters Closed User Groups CUG described on page 9 11 if the feature will be used Modem Initialization record described on page 9 12 if the RS 232 physical interf...

Page 120: ...ysical port Figure 9 1 or a logical port Figure 9 2 Figure 9 1 Physical X 25 Port Record A D A C from Main Menu Item M will be displayed only if the LP is an RLP and Physical Interfaceis RS 530 RS 422 or V 35 and Generate Clock is Y If the port is in an N7000 node Item E will not be displayed Item 2 will be X 25 7000 params Item 3 will be X 25 CUG Mngmt Group Send Pressing 1 2 or 3 will display mo...

Page 121: ... in one of the following ways Press F7 while still in Maintenance operations on the record This will tempo rarily disable the port then write the change to the software running in the node Re IPL the node containing the changed port Port Maintenance Node ID 10 node10 LP ID 0 RLP Port 8 A Underlying Phys Port 2 B Port Type 2 X 25 C Blocked port flag N D Modulus 8 E Outstanding Frames 2 F N2 Maximum...

Page 122: ... Lowest Highest Incoming Channel see explanation 0 not used Lowest Highest Two way Channel see explanation see note 1 Lowest Highest Outgoing Channel see explanation 0 not used Flow Control Negotiation Y N N Thruput Class Negotiation Y N N Local Charging Prevention Y N N Reverse Charge Acceptance Y N N Fast Select Acceptance Y N N Incoming Calls Barred Y N N Outgoing Calls Barred Y N N Maximum Pac...

Page 123: ...e interface On anAST LP port this is always RS 232 On an RLP port the interface is determined by the associated Line Interface Card LIC and the cable attached to the port s I O box connector The LP record identifies the LIC and only the valid interfaces will be displayed as choices in the Port record LICs are shown in parentheses 3 RS 232 RS 232 4 V 25Bis_Dial RS 232 5 V 35 V 35 6 RS 449 RS 422 7 ...

Page 124: ... The maximum for an RS 232 interface on an FRX8000 is 64K if the port is directly connected to the user device via the 5 foot Cabletron RS 232 cable If modems or longer cabling are used the recommended maximum speed is 19 2K The EIA RS 232 standardapplies to line speeds of 19 2K and lower Modulus is a number for values usedinX 25level 2 sequenced packets The actual frame num bering is 0 7 for modu...

Page 125: ...alarm see Chapter 21 will be generated if the link goes up or down If Mask Link Alarms is Y these alarms will not be generated Level 3 7000 Parameters Lowest HighestIncoming Two Way Outgoing Channel are the ranges of logical channel numbers that subscribers can use for calls through this port The valid values for each parameter that is used are determined as follows Channel Valid Values Lowest Inc...

Page 126: ...rred is an X 25 facility that prevents transmission of incoming calls to the local DTE Outgoing Calls Barred is an X 25 facility that prevents transmission of outgoing calls from the local DTE Maximum Packet Size is the maximum data packet size that will be allowed to pass through this port A packet size included in a call setuppacket will be used as long as it is smaller than the maximum specifie...

Page 127: ...smitted The DTE will stop issuing the request on receipt of a Restart Confirmation or Restart Indication If the Restart Retransmit Count expires restart and recovery procedures should be initiated DTE Reset Retry Count is the number of times a Reset Request from the logical DTE will be transmitted The DTE will stop issuing the request on receipt of a Reset Confirmation or Reset Indi cation If the ...

Page 128: ...d DLCI Number is the Data Link ConnectionIdentifier a routingID that assigns a frame to a particular logical connection This ID is used only on the local link Make sureno more than one of any interface type logical port or frame relay IP IPX LLC2 interface is assigned the same DLCI Connection Priority allows setting a priority for this logical connection relative to others on the physical link the...

Page 129: ...local node Non dialup CUG only LP ID of the LP containing the port 0 7 Default is 0 Non dialup CUG only Port number 0 7 for a physical port on an RLP 0 3 for a port on an AST LP N7400 7500 only 8 63 for a logical port on an RLP If you specify a logical port enter the number of the associated physical frame relay port when asked DialupDTE CUG only Telephone number 1 12 digits A Telephone Number rec...

Page 130: ...ic CUG Outgoing Calls Barred is an X 25 facility that prevents if Y transmission of outgoing calls within a specific CUG V 25bis Modem Operations Creating a Modem Initialization Record A record can be createdthat specifies a string of data to be sent out verbatim from a V 25bis dial port to the modem each time the port is enabled by node IPL or port disable enable Press E at the Port Configuration...

Page 131: ...ill be asserted on the port 2 If the modem is powered on and in AT mode it will return CTS 3 The node will send the modem initialization string 4 The modem should return an OK or an error 5 If the node receives an OK it will send the string AT V3 which will put the modem into V 25bis synchronous mode If the node does not receive an OK it will assume the modem is already in V 25 mode The node will ...

Page 132: ... similar to Figure 9 4 will be displayed If this is a new record enter the remaining requested information noting the values in Table 9 1 Figure 9 4 SVC Subscriber Record A F A C from Main Menu The parameters displayed by pressing 1 or 2 are listed in Table 9 1 When Changes Take Effect When you add a new Subscriber record the change will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final pa...

Page 133: ...eated in the FRX8000 database with the Remote Control ID of the remote device configured as an FRX8000 Subscriber ID Wildcards in Subscriber Addresses Eachsubscriber is assigned toan FRX8000 port and more than one subscriber can be assigned to one port To eliminate the need to specify the complete ID of every subscriber on the port the question mark and the asterisk also called star can be used as...

Page 134: ... Subscriber Addresses A subscriber address that includes a wildcard potentially matches more addresses than one with no wildcards For example the address matches all other addresses Without some kind of check an address with no wildcards which is specifically assigned could be read as a match for an address with a wildcard and sent to the wrong place To avoid this a search order has been establish...

Page 135: ...mply accept the default and specify only one routing path Systematic Redirection redirects all calls to the alternate subscribers specified by the Redirection Addresses Consecutive attempts at call redirection are made toeach alternate subscriber in order of the index numbers until the call is completed Redirect on Busy redirects calls according tothe RedirectionAddresses ifthe primary subscriber ...

Page 136: ...o first make a call to establish a connection FRX8000 Switch and N7400 7500 support X 25 to X 25 PVCs FRX8000 also supports IP over X 25 PVCs described in Chapter 14 and async to X 25 PVCs described in Chapter 13 To add or change a PVC press C then C again from the Connections and Routing Paths Selection Menu or A F C C from the Main Menu When prompted enter Connection ID 0 9999 which is simply a ...

Page 137: ...reater than the smaller Maximum Packet Size specified in the Port records for both ends of the connection 3 Cannot be greater than the smaller Maximum Window Size specified in the Port records for both ends of the connection Bandw Alloc Group is a method of prioritizing outgoing traffic over the trunk Each IP and IPX network interface SVC Subscriber and PVC is assignedtoa trunkallocation group def...

Page 138: ...ed enter PVC Type 0 Any other requested information noting the values in Table 10 5 3 When prompted press C to create a connection or D to delete a connection If the operation is successful PVC Created Removed will be displayed If a create fails you will see Can t use same channel or Create rejected reason n where If n 1 or 11 the request from the local 1 or remote 11 end was bad Either the DLCI r...

Page 139: ...rmula to replace parts of it with characters specified by the formula and or with parts of the template ID Each port has two sets of translation templates associated with it one for incoming packets and one for outgoing packets When an incoming packet enters the node it is immediately checked against any incoming template defined for that port If the packet matches the template a translation is ca...

Page 140: ...anslates these into the FRX8000 compatible calling address for Node 2 The backup routing is transparent To configure a translation template press D then C from the Ports Selection Menu or A D D C from the Main Menu When prompted enter Node ID of the node containing the X 25 port 1 250 Default is the local node LP ID of the LP containing the port 0 7 Default is 0 Port 0 7 for an RLP port 0 3 for an...

Page 141: ...cluding the G and U separators described below in the format aaaaaaaaaaaaaaGbbbbbbbbbbbbbbUddddddddddddddd where aaaaaaaaaaaaaa is up to 15 digits of called address G is the letter G which precedes any calling address Table 10 6 Translation Template Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Template ID 0 31 characters none Calling Address p r or0 31 characters none Called Address p r or0 31 ...

Page 142: ...daddress part of the template ID The matching procedure is described in the following example Assume The called address of the packet is 31101234567800 The Template ID is 3110 U123 The Translation Formula isL1234X567 The translation inserts literal digits 1234 then takes the characters from the original called address that match the fifth sixth and seventh characters of the Template ID matches the...

Page 143: ...anslation occurs as follows U1234 of U1234X5 indicates that positions 1 2 3 and 4 of the user data of the received packet 5678 will replace the first four digits of the called address 3110 X5 of U1234X5 takes the fifth position of the template and searches for a match in the part of the original called address not yet translated 1234567890 The match is found in the entire string 1234567890 The tra...

Page 144: ...s the associated group name and subscriber name When Changes Take Effect When you add a new Group Name or Group Send record the change is written to the database when you enter the final parameter value When you modify a parameter in an existing record the change is written to the database instantly The change will become effective the next time Group Send is used in a call The change will not aff...

Page 145: ...return to the Main Menu Configuring Telephone Numbers The Telephone Number file contains telephone numbers for any dial up subscribers on the network if the network is equipped with supported auto dial hardware Tele phone numbers are used to place calls to other subscribers Press H at the Connections and Routing Paths Configuration Menu or A F H from the Main Menu When prompted enter Telephone num...

Page 146: ...r will call the node Line speed codes are 3 75 4 150 5 300 6 600 8 2400 9 4800 10 9600 11 19 2K 12 48K 13 56K 14 64K 15 72K 16 112K 17 128K 18 224K 19 256K Alternate Node 1 6 Alternate nodes handle call routing if the primary node is inoperative For anoutgoing call if the primary node is not available the list is searched and the call is routed to the first available node When the call is successf...

Page 147: ...ement that a user allow incoming access to all or none but not some of its CUGs Outgoing Access Allowed determines whether this port will be allowed to make calls outside its CUGs It is a CCITT requirement that a user allow outgoing access from all or none but not some of its CUGs Local Charging Prevention if Y is selected for this parameter no calls can be charged to this port Incoming calls from...

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Page 149: ...ce Each SNA host and terminal accessing the FRX8000 via SDLC LLC2 frame relay or X 25 will appear to a local LLC2 attached terminal or host as if it is directly connected to the local LAN LLC2 defined by IEEE 802 2 provides exchange of control frames between anSNA device and its network access node ratherthan passing them across the network This allows more efficient use of available bandwidth and...

Page 150: ...A Port described on page 11 4 A record must exist for every port on every LP in every node Each SNA port s record will identify the port and define its operating parameters SubscriberID s describedonpage 11 9 ifSNA traffic will be transported over the frame relay link via a logical X 25 port This file assigns called and calling addresses to ports and defines alternate routing paths SDLC PUs descri...

Page 151: ...nd Remote Subscriber ID as 2002 Port 0 on LP 0 in Node 2 Configure Port Type as SNA SNA PAD Type as TPAD Calling Address as 2002 and Remote Subscriber ID as 1001 Port 1 on LP 0 in Node 2 Configure Port Type as Trunk Port 3 on LP 0 in Node 2 Configure Port Type as SNA SNA PAD Type as TPAD Calling Address as 3003 and Remote Subscriber ID as 1001 Subscriber record for Subscriber ID 1001 assigned to N...

Page 152: ...t a prompt to specify the default value Figure 11 3 SNA Port Record A C A from Main Menu Item J will be displayed only if the LP is an RLP and Physical Interface is RS 530 RS 422 or V 35 and Generate Clock is Y A display for anN7000 port alsocontains item L Default Window Size and item M Default Packet Size Port Maintenance Node ID 10 node10 LP ID 0 RLP Port 1 A Port Type 9 SNA B Physical Interfac...

Page 153: ...ecord described on page 11 12 If you are configuring a multi dropTPAD the second screen identifies the first PU The remaining PUs are defined in the 7000 TPAD PU record described on page 11 12 When Changes Take Effect at the Port Whenyou add a new Port record it will be writtento the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a parameter in an existing record the chang...

Page 154: ... Card LIC and the cable attached to the port s I O box connector The LP record identifies the LIC and only the valid interfaces will be displayed as choices in the Port record Table 11 1 SNA Port Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Port Type 9 SNA not valid here Physical Interface see explanation 3 RS 232 Blocked Port Flag Y N N Line Speed Code 3 19 21 AST LP 3 85 RLP 10 9600 bps 10 96...

Page 155: ...2 1 064M 43 1 12M 44 1 176M 45 1 232M 46 1 288M 47 1 344M 48 1 4M 49 1 456M 50 1 512M 51 1 568M 52 1 624M 53 1 68M 54 64K 55 128K 56 192K 57 256K 58 320K 59 384K 60 448K 61 512K 62 576K 63 640K 64 704K 65 768K 66 832K 67 896K 68 960K 69 1 024M 70 1 088M 71 1 152M 72 1 216M 73 1 28M 74 1 344M 75 1 408M 76 1 472M 77 1 536M 78 1 6M 79 1 664M 80 1 792M 81 1 728M 82 1 856M 83 1 92M 84 1 984M 85 2 048M ...

Page 156: ...pter 21 will be generated if the link goes up or down Default Window Size is the window that will be enforced if a window size is not included in an incoming call setup packet Default Packet Size is the window that will be enforced if a window size is not included in an incoming call setup packet SNA Port Information Parameters SNA PAD Type 0 XPAD Transparent 1 TPAD Terminal 2 HPAD Host 3 NPAD Hos...

Page 157: ...ddress and where it is going called address To configure an SVC Subscriber record press A then C at the Subscriber Config uration Menu or A F A C from the Main Menu When prompted enter a Sub scriber ID up to 15 digits as described on page 9 15 The default is an asterisk which is a universal wildcard If this is an existing record a screen similar to Figure 11 4 will be displayed If this is a new re...

Page 158: ...ain it is included in its assigned position 1 Route if Line Failed selects the first port that is not in a failed state If the selected port does not make a connection the call is cleared even if other ports are available 2 Route if Line Busy selects the first port that has LCNs available is not busy If the port has failed the next available port is selected If use ofa routing algorithm is not des...

Page 159: ...etwork interface SVC Subscriber and PVC is assigned to a bandwidth allocation group defined by a Percent of Bandwidth value 1 100 and a Priority 0 9 specified in the Network Defaults file See Bandwidth Allocation Groups for Trunks on page 4 8 When configuring priorities be careful to consider the types of traffic being routed on other connections in the node 1st 2nd etc Routing Path assigns ports ...

Page 160: ...fore attempting to initiate HPAD TPAD communi cation Press F at the Ports Selection Menu or A D F from the Main Menu to display the SNA PAD Management Menu From there To configure an N7000 HPAD PU press A then C To configure an N7000 TPAD PU press B then C To configure an FRX8000 HPAD or TPAD PU press C twice When prompted enter Node ID of the node containing the SNA port 1 250 Default is the loca...

Page 161: ...D PU Record A D F B C from Main Menu SNA HPAD PU Maintenance Node ID 10 LP ID 2 HPAD Port 1 PU_NO 1 A Remote Subscriber ID 2000020000 B SDLC Station Address 11 C Autocall Y D Autocall Timer sec 60 E Maximum Retry Autocall 2 Select SNA TPAD PUMaintenance Node ID 10 LP ID 2 TPADPort 1 PU_NO 1 A Remote Subscriber ID 2000020000 B Local Subscriber ID 1000010000 Select ...

Page 162: ...nges Take Effect Changes to this file will take effect when the associated port is updated by one of the methods described under When Changes Take Effect at the Port on page 11 5 SNA 8000 PU Maintenance Node ID 10 LP ID 2 Port 1 SDLC Station Address c1 A PU Name name B Local Subscriber ID 110001010100 C Remote Subscriber ID 100001000001 D Maximum Bytes per Frame 265 E Autocall Y F Autocall Retry T...

Page 163: ... A Subscriber record must also be configured for this ID Table 11 3 SNA HPAD PU Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value PU Name up to 10 characters none Local Subscriber ID 0 15 digits none Remote Subscriber ID 0 15 digits none Maximum Bytes per Frame 29 4109 269 SDLC Station Address 0 255 00 ff hex 0 Autocall Y N N Autocall Timer seconds 15 255 60 Maximum Retry Autocall 0 255 0 indefinite...

Page 164: ...ither locally or at a remote node via an X 25 logical or physical port If SDLC LLC2 conversion will be done this parameter must be configured as Y otherwise the PU will not re activate properly after the session unless an on line update F7 is performed in the logical port record LLC2 Parameters Local SAP Address is the remote service access point SAP address used to connect the PU to the host This...

Page 165: ...e set fromthe remotelink station after the local stationhas reset T1 the timer will be restarted ifacknowledgments ofor responses to those LPDUs are outstanding If no acknowledgments responses are outstanding the link station will start the inactivity timer See Reply Timer T1 If T1 expires and acknowledgments responses are still outstanding the link station will send one of the following then rest...

Page 166: ...ntial InformationLPDU is received When the counterreaches zero an acknowl edgment is sent N3 is reset whenever anInformation or Supervisoryacknowledgment LPDU is sent by the local station Outstanding LPDUs Tw is the maximum number of sequentially numbered Information LPDUs that the link station can have outstanding LPDUs if T1 Expires N2 is the maximum number of times that an LPDU including Inform...

Page 167: ... when prompted enter the value in the range 0 fff hex LAN IDs canalso be configured in LAN Card records described in Chapter 6 and LLC2 Interface records page 11 25 Each LAN ID must be unique within the network on which this node will operate Configuring LLC2 Hosts EachSNA LLC2 host device that will connect toan FRX8000 running LLC2 must be configured inthedatabase Toconfigure a host press A then ...

Page 168: ...ostsMaintenance Node 12 8000 INM Host Number 1 Type 1 Host Info A Host MAC Address 0C005A123402 B Session Type 1 Originated C Reply Timer T1 100 ms 10 D Rcv Ack Timer T2 ms 100 E Inactivity Timer Ti sec 30 F LPDUs before Ack N3 1 G Outstanding LPDUs Tw 1 H LPDUs if T1 Expires N2 8 I Priority 0 J BandwidthAlloc Group 1 K Routing Subscriber ID 1121000000 L Source MAC Address Mask 40000470 Select SNA...

Page 169: ...its This value must not conflict with the Local MAC Address described on page 6 18 6 Each Local Subscriber ID must begin with all of the actual Routing Subscriber ID A Local or Remote Subscriber ID can contain an asterisk as the final digit if so the asterisk will not be a universal wildcard but instead will include the range 000 511 or 00 99 if 13 digits precede the wildcard or 0 9 if 14 digits p...

Page 170: ...nter the bit swapped value e g 020008000811 as the Host MAC Address This value will arrive at the host as the proper address e g 400010001088 after being translated Session Type if Originated means the FRX8000 will initiate LLC2 sessions from the configured Host MAC Address If Terminated the FRX8000 will accept LLC2 sessions destined for the host address In the examples shownin Figure 11 1 onpage ...

Page 171: ...fied for T1 should allow for any delays introduced by the MAC sub layer e g queuing Rcv Ack Timer T2 is used by the link station to delay sending an acknowledgment of a received Infor mation LPDU The timer is started when the LPDU is received and reset when the acknowledgment is sent If the timer expires before the acknowledgment is sent it must be sent as soon as possible Inactivity Timer Ti is u...

Page 172: ...ddress Mask is used to identify the FRX8000 to inboundframes from a local LAN in an Originated LLC2 session Source address masks and host MAC addresses are placed in a for warding list that is checked by the software when a frame is received If the MAC address in an incoming frame matches a configured Source MAC Address Mask the frame will be passed through the node for transmission out the frame ...

Page 173: ... IDNUM is used in conjunction with IDBLK in generating the Node field in an XID frame format 0 or 3 to establish a link station connection to the host If 0 is specified for both IDBLK and IDNUM the Node field of the XID will be provided by the attached SDLC device The node will send an XID command to the remote node to indicate that the SDLC device should be polled for an XID Configuring LLC2 Inte...

Page 174: ...ault value of Native LLC2 If item E is 802 5srb source route bridge item F is LAN ID and there are no itemsG I If item E is 802 3tb transparent bridge there are no items F I SNA LLC 2 Interface Maintenance Node 21 Interface Number 0 A Interface Type 0 Ethernet B LAN Card 0 Select SNA LLC 2 Interface Maintenance Node 21 Interface Number 0 A Interface Type 2 FR 1490 B RLP 0 C Port 1 D DLCI 31 E 1490...

Page 175: ...so specified in Node Defaults See Configuring a Virtual LAN ID on page 11 19 and LAN Card records described in Chapter 6 Each LAN ID must be unique within the network on which this node will operate RLP Port identifies the LP and physical port containing the interface DLCI matches the connection with an interface at the remote end of the link 1490 Encapsulation is the RFC1490 encapsulation method ...

Page 176: ...ion Group assigns the host to one of sixteen groups whose parameters regulate bandwidthusage See Configuring Bandwidth Allocation Groups on page 8 2 Host MAC Address is the MAC address of the host or workstation to which the remote device needs to connect Session Type if Originated means that LLC2 connections from the configured Host MAC Address can use this interface If Terminated connections to ...

Page 177: ...twork After that no further changes are generally necessary Node parameters described in Chapter 5 A record must exist for every FRX8000 N7400 and N7500 on the network Line Processor described in Chapter 6 A record must exist for every LP in every node Port described on page 12 3 A record must exist for every port on every LP in every node Each BSC port s record will identify the port and define i...

Page 178: ...unk BSC Interactive Subscribers record for Node ID 1 LP ID 0 BSC Port 1 Con nection ID any unused number 0 255 Configure Local Subscriber ID as100 and Remote Subscriber ID as200 BSC Interactive Subscribers record forNode ID 2 LP ID 0 BSC Port 0 Con nection ID the same as that specified for the above subscriber Configure Local Subscriber ID as 200 and Remote Subscriber ID as 100 BSC Interactive Dev...

Page 179: ...hanges Take Effect at the Port Whenyou add a new Port record it will be writtento the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a parameter in an existing record the change will be written to the database immediately The change will become effective at the port in one of the following ways Press F7 while still in Maintenance operations on the record This will tempo ra...

Page 180: ...xplanation 3 Blocked Port Flag Y N N Line Speed Code 3 85 10 Retransmission Period ms 0 9999 2000 Maximum Retransmissions 1 99 5 Maximum Bytes per Frame 25 4105 4105 Generate Clock Y N Y Rcv Clock TT from DTE Y N N Mask Link Alarms Y N N Additional BSC Parameters Extra Sync Char Count 2 10 2 Trailing Pad Char Count 1 10 1 Poll Interval Timer ms 100 1000 500 No Response Timer sec 2 10 2 No Response...

Page 181: ... 41 1 008M 42 1 064M 43 1 12M 44 1 176M 45 1 232M 46 1 288M 47 1 344M 48 1 4M 49 1 456M 50 1 512M 51 1 568M 52 1 624M 53 1 68M 54 64K 55 128K 56 192K 57 256K 58 320K 59 384K 60 448K 61 512K 62 576K 63 640K 64 704K 65 768K 66 832K 67 896K 68 960K 69 1 024M 70 1 088M 71 1 152M 72 1 216M 73 1 28M 74 1 344M 75 1 408M 76 1 472M 77 1 536M 78 1 6M 79 1 664M 80 1 792M 81 1 728M 82 1 856M 83 1 92M 84 1 984...

Page 182: ...t before the data transmitter switches off Poll Interval Timer specifies the time between passes through the polling list No Response Timer is activated after transmission of a general poll or a data frame On expiry a NAK EOT General Poll sequence is transmitted and the No Response Retry Count is incre mented The timer will be deactivated on reception of any valid frame from the line during Link D...

Page 183: ... during transparent mode must be preceded by character 1 0 DLE in order to be recognized as control characters End to End Acknowledgment allows management of acknowledgments end to end across the network rather than locally at each end Local acknowledgment provides better performance while end to endacknowledgment provides greater reliability Currently this parameter must be configured as N Full D...

Page 184: ...layed If this is a new record enter the remainingrequested information noting the values in Table 12 2 Figure 12 3 SVC Subscriber Record A F A C from Main Menu The parameters displayed by pressing 1 or 2 are listed in Table 12 2 When Changes Take Effect When you add a new Subscriber record the change will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a p...

Page 185: ...rt has failed the next available port is selected If use of a routing algorithm is not desired simply accept the default and specify only one routing path Systematic Redirection redirects all calls to the alternate subscribers specified by the Redirection Addresses Consecutive attempts at call redirection are made toeach alternate subscriber in order of the index numbers until the call is complete...

Page 186: ... the subscriber s routing paths group 1st 2nd etc Redirected Sub No is a subscriber that will be called according to the specified redirection option Configuring BSC Interactive Subscribers The BSCI Subscriber file identifies each BSC HPAD and TPAD Press G then A then C from the Ports Selection Menu or A D G A C from the Main Menu When prompted enter Node ID 1 250 Default is the local node LP ID 0...

Page 187: ...e BSC connection Remote Subscriber ID is an address for the remote end of the BSC connection Table 12 3 BSC Interactive Subscriber Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Local Subscriber ID valid ID none Remote Subscriber ID valid ID none PVC n a not yet supported Autocall used only on TPAD port Y N N Autocall Timer seconds 15 255 60 Maximum Retry Autocall 0 255 0 indefinite retries BSCIn...

Page 188: ...evices This file contains identifyinginformationforeach BSC HPAD and TPAD cluster con trollers Press G then B then C from the Ports Selection Menu or A D G B C from the Main Menu When prompted enter Node ID 1 250 Default is the local node LP ID 0 7 Default is 0 BSC Port 0 7 Default is 0 Connection ID 0 255 This is an internal identifier that must match a Connection ID in the BSC Interactive Subscr...

Page 189: ... d1 4a 2 c2 42 18 d2 4b 3 c3 43 19 d3 4c 4 c4 44 20 d4 4d 5 c5 45 21 d5 4e 6 c6 46 22 d6 4f 7 c7 47 23 d7 50 8 c8 48 24 d8 51 9 c9 49 25 d9 52 10 4a 5b 26 5a 5d 11 4b 2e 27 5b 24 12 4c 3c 28 5c 2a 13 4d 28 29 5d 29 14 4e 2b 30 5e 3b 15 4f 21 31 5f 5e BSC Interactive Devices Maintenance Node ID 10 LP ID 1 BSC Port 0 Connection ID 00 CU Number 10 Device Number 10 A Single User Virtual Cir N B Transp...

Page 190: ...pe pair Currently this must be configured as N Transparent Text Support causes if Y all characters transmitted including control character sequences to be treated as data This is useful for transmitting binary data machine language computer programs etc without special coding Data link control character sequences transmitted during transparent mode must be preceded by character 1 0 DLE in order to...

Page 191: ...might not be necessary to create a new one Login parameters describedonpage 13 9 This record necessary if loginbythe async device operator will be required defines a password to be used when logging into the FRX8000 Async PAD Banner described on page 13 10 This record specifies text that will be displayed at the top of any async terminals connected to FRX8000s on the network Port described on page...

Page 192: ...pplication you can create a new one STD90 CCITT simple profile used for connectingterminals tothe PAD This is the default profile in the FRX8000 software STD91 CCITT transparent profile used for connecting hosts to the PAD Changing a value in a profile in effect creates a new profile Unless you want to affect every device assigned that profile create a new profile instead of changing an existing o...

Page 193: ...ritten to the database immediately The change will become effective to an async subscriber with the profile in its Port and or Subscriber record in one of the following ways Exit the profile record open the Port record and press F7 This will disable the port writes the change to the LP software in the node then re enable the port Perform an on line update of the profile B A J from the Main Menu de...

Page 194: ...s Parameter Valid Values STD90 STD91 Usage 1 30 uppercase characters STD90 STD91 01 PAD Recall Character 0 126 1 0 02 Echo Y N Y N 03 Forwarding Characters 0 127 126 0 04 Idle Delay 1 20 sec 0 255 0 20 05 Device Control 0 2 1 0 06 PAD Service Signals 0 5 1 0 07 Break Signal Operation 0 31 2 2 08 Discard Output Y N N N 09 Pad after cr 0 255 characters 0 0 10 Line Folding 0 255 0 0 11 Speed n a dete...

Page 195: ... The contents of columns 0 1 are equivalent to ASCII characters NUL through US in the table in Appendix H 127 all characters 4 Idle Delay allows selection of an interval between successive characters received from the user s device which when exceeded will cause the PAD to terminate assembly of a packet and forward it as defined in Recommendation X 25 If expiration of the timer occurs before the f...

Page 196: ...es for automatic insertion of appropriate format effectors in the character stream transmittedtotheuser s device The number indicates maximum characters per line 11 Speed is either the X 3 Line Speed specified in Port configuration or if autobaud was spec ified the speed of the async device connected to the port The speed cannot be changed in the PAD Profile record 12 Flow Control allows XON XOFF ...

Page 197: ... PAD Service Signal is set to 0 this parameter does not apply 20 Echo Mask allows selectedsets of characters receivedfrom the user s device to avoidtransmission back to the start stop mode DTE Values can be added are 0 no echo mask all characters echoed 1 no echo of CR 2 no echo of LF 4 no echo of VT HT FF 8 no echo of BEL BS 16 no echo of ESC ENQ 32 no echo of ACK NAK STX SOH EOT ETB ETX 64 no ec...

Page 198: ... Profile parameters After entering any parameter changes To select another record without saving the new value s press F2 to return to the Node prompt To ignore the new value s and keep the old one s press F3 to return to the menu To save the new value s press F1 you will be returned to the Node prompt and the change s will be in effect until the next on line change occurs or the connection is bro...

Page 199: ...rinthe Port record If loginis required the usermust log into the PAD inorder tomake a call through it See Appendix Aformore information on logging into the PAD Profile Name is a name given to the async PAD s profile described on page 13 2 Table 13 2 Async PAD Login Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Login Password 0 6 characters QWERTY Profile Name 0 10 characters 90 Async PADLogin Ma...

Page 200: ...he type of async device a bell e escape n line feed r return t tab any octal number special use When Changes Take Effect Changes to this file will take effect the next time the async device is powered on Configuring Ports as Async PADs Async PAD ports connect asynchronous devices to FRX8000s Toconfigure a record for an async PAD port press A then C from the Ports Selection Menu or A D A C from the...

Page 201: ... IPL the node containing the changed port Async PAD Port Parameters Table 13 3 Async PAD Port Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Port Type 8 Async PAD not valid here Physical Interface see explanation 3 Blocked Port Flag Y N N X 3 Line Speed Code 0 16 1 255 Autobaud Profile Name 0 10 characters none Login Required Y N Y Banner Name up to 10 characters none continued on next page Port ...

Page 202: ...N Disable X 121 User Calls Y N N PVC Y N N X 25 Parameters Default Window Size 1 7 see note 2 Default Packet Size 16 256 see note 3 Local Charging Prevention Y N N Generate M bit Packets Y N N Default Calling Address 0 15 digits none Autocall Options Autocall Y N N Autocall Delay sec 0 255 0 Called Address valid subscriber ID none Retry Count 0 10 5 Retry Interval sec 0 255 60 User Data ASCII 0 12...

Page 203: ...Do not enter 255 it will not be accepted Also autobaudwill not work if the actual linespeedofthe async device is 38 4K bps If this is the speed select value 16 Profile Name is an async PAD profile described on page 13 2 that will bein effect on this port until the async subscriber logs into the PAD described on page A 1 at which time the profile in the Async PAD Login record described on page 13 8...

Page 204: ...if the packet does not include a window size the number of unacknowledged data packets allowed per connection Default Packet Size will be assigned to an incoming call setup packet if the packet does not include a packet size Local Charging Prevention if Y is selected for this parameter no calls can be charged to this port Incoming calls fromthenetworkwith Reverse Chargingspecified will be rejected...

Page 205: ... with different throughput capabilities RTS CTS flow control works only on a physical DTE port as physical DCE ports have RTS looped back internally to CTS The other common method of flow control is XON XOFF parameters 5 and 12 of the async PAD profile however when the data itself is likely tocontain these characters for example in a binary file XON XOFF may become inadequate DTR RTS Active When V...

Page 206: ...as soon as the user logs in or a virtual circuit is cleared and the PAD is ready to receive commands from the user The timer is reset every time the port receives or transmits a call This parameter is automatically disabled on a PVC connection Timeout if No Data ifset toY starts the disconnect timeras soonas a virtual circuit is connected The timer is reset every time the port receives or transmit...

Page 207: ... will be displayed If this is a new record enter the remaining requested information noting the values in Table 13 4 Figure 13 4 SVC Subscriber Record A F A C from Main Menu The parameters displayed by pressing 1 or 2 are listed inTable 13 4 When Changes Take Effect When you add a new Subscriber record the change will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When y...

Page 208: ...the port has failed the next available port is selected If use ofa routing algorithm is not desired simply accept the default and specify only one routing path Systematic Redirection redirects all calls to the alternate subscribers specified by the Redirection Addresses Consecutive attempts at call redirection are made to eachalternate subscriber in order of the index numbers until the call is com...

Page 209: ...alls from a terminal con nected to an async PAD port The format for sending a Call Request packet using anabbreviated address is described on page A 2 To add or change an abbreviated address press B then C at the Connections and Routing Paths Configuration Menu or A F B C from the Main Menu When prompted enter the address you want to use up to 10 alphanumeric characters an existing subscriber ID o...

Page 210: ...onnection Any other requested information referring toTable 13 5 Figure 13 5 Async to X 25 PVC Record Example A F C C from Main Menu The parameters for an async to async PVC are the same as shown above with the exception of PVC Type When Changes Take Effect When you add a new PVC record the change will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a para...

Page 211: ... records for both ends of the connection Bandw Alloc Group is a method of prioritizing outgoing traffic over trunks Each IP and IPX network interface SVC Subscriber and PVC is assigned to a bandwidth allocation group defined by a Percent of Bandwidth value 1 100 and a Priority 0 9 specified in the Network Defaults file See Bandwidth Allocation Groups for Trunks on page 4 8 Primary Secondary Logica...

Page 212: ...equested information noting the values in Table 13 5 3 When prompted press C to create a connection or D to delete a connection If the operation is successful PVC Created Removed will be displayed If a create fails you will see Can t use same channel or Create rejected reason n where If n 1 or 11 the request fromthe local 1 or remote 11 end was bad Either the channel requested was 0 or the LP port...

Page 213: ...with this addressing scheme For Class A networks bit 0 is 0 bits 1 7 are the network identifier and bits 8 31 are the host identifier For Class B networks bits 0 1 are 10 bits 2 15 are the network identifier and bits 16 31 are the host identifier For Class C networks bits 0 2 are 110 bits 3 23 are the networkidentifier and bits 24 31 are the host identifier If the host identifier is all zeroes the...

Page 214: ...pter 6 A record must exist for every LP in every node IP must be installedonto one RLP in eachnode that will support the protocol It does not matter which RLP contains IP since althoughthe software will reside on one RLP it will be available to other interfaces in the node Frame relay Chapter 8 or X 25 Chapter 9 port that will connect to the network Subscriber ID described in Chapter 9 for any X 2...

Page 215: ...IP interface will be appendedto the IP Network Address to identify the interface Node Parameters Press A B A C from the Main Menu When prompted enter the node number 1 250 of a node that will run IP On the Node Maintenance screen press 1 to display information specific to an FRX8000 Switch On the second screen the parameter IP Gateway specifies whether Y or not N the node will act as a gateway and...

Page 216: ...te a report that contains configurationparameters for any or all FRX8000 IP Interfaces in the inter network See Producing an IP Report on page 14 7 When Changes Take Effect When you adda new IP Interface record the change will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a parameter in an existing record the change will be written to the database instan...

Page 217: ...s of the data field that can be used to encapsulate an IP datagram for transmission over the interface Any IP datagrams larger than the Maximum Transmission Unit MTU will be fragmented resulting in additional pro cessing on anyintermediate routers or gateways as well as the destination host If the Table 14 1 IP Interface Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Maximum Transmission Unit 1 5...

Page 218: ...e routing table that occurred since the last full update see next entry RIP Full Updates is the frequency with which updates of the entire routing table will be sent to every neighbor node via one or more RIP messages Interface Type 0 X 25 1 Ethernet 2 FRL frame relay 3 Network 4 802 3 5 802 5 Token Ring A network interface ties the local node to all other FRX8000 nodes in the network with IP inte...

Page 219: ...X frame relay interface can be assigned to a bandwidth allocation group as described on page 8 2 Source Card Port DLCI identifies the location of this end of the frame relay IP interface Producing an IP Report An IP Report shows current configuration parameters foranyor all FRX8000IP Inter faces To produce a report 1 Press G then D from the Main Menu 2 When prompted enter a node ID or press Enter ...

Page 220: ...2 IP Route Record A F D C from Main Menu When Changes Take Effect When you add a new IP Route record the change will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a parameter in an existing record the change will be written to the database instantly To make the change effective press F7 while the record is displayed If this is not done the change will be...

Page 221: ... It is used only during routing to determine the portion of the address associated with the destination When anIP datagram is received the software searches for a match to the destination address in the node s IP routing table If there is no match then destination masks are checked If nomatch is found here either the default route ifconfigured will be used If the default route is not configured th...

Page 222: ...itten to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a parameter in an existing record the change will be written to the database instantly The virtual connection will be established when the nodes at both ends undergo re IPL If youwant toestablish a connection without disruptingnode operation create an identical PVC on line Press D at the Operations Menu or B D fro...

Page 223: ...Defaults file Primary Secondary Subscriber Name identifies the subscribers to the console operator The FRX8000software does not use this information IP Interface ID is the IP interface at the primary end of the PVC Primary Secondary Packet Size is the maximum packet size that can be transmitted across the interface at either end of the PVC Primary Secondary Window Size is the maximum window size a...

Page 224: ...connection If the operation is successful PVC Created Removed will be displayed If a create fails you will see Can t use same channel or Create rejected reason n where If n 1 or 11 the request from the local 1 or remote 11 end was bad Either the channel requested was 0 or the LP port was not operational If n 2 or 12 the PVC already exists at the local 2 or remote 12 end If a delete fails you will ...

Page 225: ... on page 15 2 Line Processor described in Chapter 6 A record must exist for every RLP in every node IP and IPX must each be installed onto one RLP in each node that will support IPX Both protocols do not have to be but can be on the same RLP Also it does not matter which RLP s contain IP and IPX since although the software for each will reside on one RLP it will be available to other inter faces i...

Page 226: ...node number 1 250 of a node that will run IPX On the Node Maintenance screen press 1 to display information specific to an FRX8000 Switch Onthe second screen change the following parameters if necessary by pressinga cor responding letter and when prompted entering the desired value IPX Router Name 1 48 characters The default is OL8000_ node ID This is an identifier for the IPX network It must be u...

Page 227: ... containing the interface 1 250 Default is the local node Interface number 0 63 Default is 0 This identifies the virtual interface Any other requested information referring to Table 15 6 Press Enter at a prompt to accept the default value if there is one Figure 15 1 Typical IPX Interface Record A E B A C from Main Menu IPX Interface Maintenance Node 10 Interface Number 2 A Blocked Port Flag N B In...

Page 228: ...2 3 0 TYPE_II 2 LLC Maximum Transmission Unit Ethernet 45 1518 802 5 48 4096 1518 4096 Port Diagnostics Enabled Y N Y NetBIOS Enabled Y N N NetBIOS Hops 0 255 8 RIP Enabled Y N Y SAP Enabled Y N Y Periodic RIP Enabled Y N Y Periodic RIP Timer seconds 1 65535 60 Periodic SAP Enabled Y N Y Periodic SAP Timer seconds 1 65535 60 RIP Age Timer seconds 0 65535 1 180 RIP Maximum Size bytes 54 446 446 SAP...

Page 229: ...ics Enabled Y N Y NetBIOS Enabled Y N N NetBIOS Hops 0 255 8 RIP Enabled Y N Y SAP Enabled Y N Y Periodic RIP Enabled Y N Y Periodic RIP Timer seconds 1 65535 60 Periodic SAP Enabled Y N Y Periodic SAP Timer seconds 1 65535 60 RIP Age Timer seconds 0 65535 1 180 RIP Maximum Size bytes 54 446 446 SAP Age Timer seconds 0 65535 1 180 Transport Time 55ms ticks 0 255 1 Serialization Enabled Y N Y Watch...

Page 230: ...lue Blocked Port Flag Y N N Interface Type 0 5 1 Ethernet Frame Type 0 0 TYPE_II Maximum Transmission Unit 31 4096 4096 Port Diagnostics Enabled Y N Y NetBIOS Enabled Y N N NetBIOS Hops 0 255 8 RIP Enabled Y N Y SAP Enabled Y N Y Periodic RIP Enabled Y N Y Periodic RIP Timer seconds 1 65535 60 Periodic SAP Enabled Y N Y Periodic SAP Timer seconds 1 65535 60 RIP Age Timer seconds 0 65535 1 180 RIP ...

Page 231: ... type 2 LLC matches Novell s Ethernet_802 2 or Token Ring frame type 3 SNAP matches Novell s Ethernet_SNAP or Token Ring_SNAP frame type Table 15 4 IPX Network Interface Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Blocked Port Flag Y N N Interface Type 0 5 1 Ethernet Frame Type 0 0 TYPE_II Maximum Transmission Unit 31 576 576 Port Diagnostics Enabled Y N Y NetBIOS Enabled Y N N NetBIOS Hops 0 ...

Page 232: ...ether this interface will support RIP processing SAP Enabled determines whether this interface will support SAP processing Periodic RIP Enabled determines whether the node will originate periodic IPX Routing Information Pro tocol RIP messages from this interface assuming RIP is enabled to inform the network that the route through this interface is viable Periodic RIP Timer is the interval between ...

Page 233: ...ting If IPXWAN Enabled is Y Transport Time will be overridden by the value calculated by IPXWAN Serialization Enabled determines whether Novell NetWare file server serialization security frames will be forwarded on the interface These broadcast frames are used by Novell to hold infor mation regarding the licensing of the file server executables Disabling serialization allows filtering ofthese broa...

Page 234: ...port that will be used for the IPX interface See the footnote following Table 15 2 SVC Retry Timer is the frequency with which calls will be placed to try to establish a connection SVC Idle Timer is a period that an IPX connection can remain active with no traffic before the con nection is cleared Max VCs to Establish specifies a number of virtual circuits over which IPX traffic will be transmitte...

Page 235: ...IPX Filter Applications record described on page 15 16 which will Identify the node that contains the interface to be affected Identify the interface to be affected by specifying an ID that matches one in the IPX Interface file described on page 15 16 Specify the filter category RIP SAP packet or RIP router Specify a direction inbound or outbound Specify whether the filter s to be applied will per...

Page 236: ...except Filter Nameand Server Name is assigned aValue and an associated Mask The mask determines by the process described below whether the filter will be applied to the packet The binary bits of the mask will be ANDed 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 to the Value as in this example Assume the Value hex is 1234 and theMask is 5678 The binary ANDing is as follows Value 001001000110100 Mask 101011001111000 AND Resu...

Page 237: ...1001000110111 Mask 101011001111000 Mask 101011001111000 AND Result 001001000110000 AND Result 001001000110000 Filter Parameters The following fourtables list the IPX filter parameters Explanations follow the tables Explanations of individual masks are not included below because they were described in general on page 15 12 RIP Filter Parameters Filter Name helps the user identify the filter The nam...

Page 238: ...to which the filter will be applied Socket Address Value is an IPX socket number that identifies a process or protocol Some Novell socket numbers are 0451 NCP Process 0452 SAP Process 0453 RIP Process 0455 NetBIOS Process 0456 Diagnostics Process Table 15 6 IPX SAP Filter Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Filter Name 1 31 characters none Service Type Value 0 ffff 2 bytes ffff Service...

Page 239: ...ddress of the packet s destination process Source Network Value is the network number of the source node s network Table 15 7 IPX Packet Filter Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Filter Name 1 32 characters none Packet Type Value 0 ff 1 byte ff Packet Type Mask 0 ff 1 byte ff Destination Network Value 0 ffffffff 4 bytes ffffffff Destination Network Mask 0 ffffffff 4 bytes ffffffff Des...

Page 240: ...press Enter to select all nodes Configuring IPX Filter Applications Filter Applications determine how IPX filters will be used at the interface To con figure an application press B B C from the LAN Interfaces Configuration Menu or A E B B C from the Main Menu When prompted enter Node ID node containing the interface 1 250 Default is the local node Interface number of the IPX interface 0 65535 Defa...

Page 241: ...e IPX Filter Definitions file Table 15 9 IPX Filter Applications Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Permit Y N N Filter Application n 0 65535 0 IPXFilter Applications Maintenance Node 10 Interface Number 2 Filter Category 0 RIP Direction I Inbound A Permit Y B Filter Application 1 0 C Filter Application 2 0 D Filter Application 3 0 E Filter Application 4 0 F Filter Application 5 0 G F...

Page 242: ... be similar to the RIP example in the followingfigure A SAP record will display different parameters Figure 15 4 IPX RIP Route Record A F E C from Main Menu When Changes Take Effect When you add a new IPX Route record the change will be written to the database as soon as you enter the final parameter value When you modify a parameter in an existing record the change will be written to the database...

Page 243: ... units that it will normally take a packet to reach the destination network if this route is used Table 15 10 IPX Route Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Node Number 1 250 local node RIP Route Parameters Route Number 0 65535 0 Network Address 1 fffffffe 4 bytes 00000001 Hops 0 65535 0 Transport Time 0 65535 0 Router 0 fffffffffffe 6 bytes 000000000001 Interface 0 highest interface 1 ...

Page 244: ...rver 0024 remote bridge server Server Name identifies a specific server in the IPX internetwork Server Network Address is an IPX network number assigned to the network containing the server identified by Server Name Server Node Address identifies the IPX node attached to the server network Server Socket Number is an IPX socket number that identifies the process For example the SAP process is 0452 ...

Page 245: ...t SNMP in an FRX8000 Switch the following files must be configured in the database Network Defaults described in Chapter 4 This file must be configured when a new network is set up After that no further changes are generally necessary Node parameters described in Chapter 5 A record must exist for every FRX8000 N7400 and N7500 on the network Line Processor described in Chapter 6 A record must exist...

Page 246: ...e entries that will be included in IPL messages to the SNMP agent and will be stored for access via the MIB Changes to these parameters can be made either in this record or through the SNMP agent If 1 was selected for Parameter Type enter when prompted an index number 1 if you want to specify a System Name 2 if you want to specify a System Contact 3 if you want to specify a System Location Figure ...

Page 247: ...ve access to agents configured to recognize those communities Assignment of managers to communities is done at the management end Up to sixteen communities can be configured in the FRX8000 Each SNMP request that comes into a node will include a community name The request will be acceptedonlyif the name is in the Community Table in the FRX8000 If 2 was specifiedforParameter Type after selecting Con...

Page 248: ...ess determines what kind of access community members will have to SNMP messages 0 Read only 1 Read write Table 16 2 Community Table Parameter Parameter Valid Values Default Value Name 0 24 characters none Access 0 1 0 SNMP Parameters Maintenance Node ID 100 SNMP Parameter Type2 Community Parameters Index1 A Community Namename1 B Access1 Read_write Select ...

Page 249: ...nu A A D C from Main Menu Address is an IP address towhichall traps meeting the enabled andseverityclass criteria will be sent Enabled determines whether or not traps meeting the severity class criterion will be sent to the specified address Table 16 3 Trap Routing Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Address valid IP address 0 0 0 0 Enabled Y N N Severity 1 4 4 SNMP Parameters Maintena...

Page 250: ...t the first suitable occasion Level 4 Configuration error informational event Depending on the event no action may be necessary and if so correcting the configuration of certain database parameters may be adequate Alarm messages and their severity levels are listed in Chapter 21 Model Identification of the hardware chassis is necessary if a network manager device with graphics capabilities will be...

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Page 253: ... for any reason Re IPL restart remote nodes also useful for maintenance or updates Monitor status of the nodes ports connections or traffic Display alarm messages Display statistics for LPs ports and IP interfaces Produce reports on configuration and boot messages For reference the following figure shows the Main Menu Figure 17 1 FRX8000 Switch Main Menu Item H will be displayed only on a local VG...

Page 254: ... Change Alternate Node overrides the Alternate NMP Node specified in a Node record without necessitating a re IPL of the node Chapter 5 B Re IPL Remote Node reboots a specified node to cause parameter changes to take effect or to clear some problem Chapter 17 C Boot Disk Local Operations creates an installation diskset that is used to install the necessary software into an FRX8000 Switch N7400 or ...

Page 255: ...specified node severity level and or time interval B Change Alarm Level to be Printed controls which severity levels of alarms will be printed C Display Alarms on Console causes alarm messages to be sent to the INM NMP video device instead of the printer D Change Default Routing allows temporarily changing the node s specified in the Node record Chapter 5 that receive alarms from a particular node...

Page 256: ...base H Load Configured Statistics Thresholds overwrites any on line changes that were made and restores the database values I LAN Card Statistics displays statistics for a specified LAN card G Reports Lists of configured values for all parameters found in database records for one or all nodes in the network A Configuration Report Contents of the Node Line Processor and Port files Chapter 3 B SVC S...

Page 257: ... Menu B A from Main Menu Select item A or C from the On Line Port Operations Menu Whenprompted enter the LP and port numbers Items B and D I are not supported in the current FRX8000 release On Line Port Operations Menu A Disable a Port B Disable a Range of Ports C Enable a Port D Enable a Range of Ports E Quiesce a Port F Quiesce a Range of Ports G Unquiesce a Port H Unquiesce a Range of Ports I E...

Page 258: ... When prompted entera node number Figure 18 2 V 25bis Dial Port Status Screen B A K from Main Menu The above screen will display up to 16 ports If the node has more than 16 V 25bis ports Page 1 will be displayed in the upper right corner Pressing F2 will display page 2 At the page 2 display pressing F2 will display page 1 The various modem status messages are self explanatory To perform modem oper...

Page 259: ...nd data to the modem press B If there is a call in progress you will be promptedto disconnect the call Do this in Disconnect Calls You will be prompted for a command Enterthe data it will be sent tothe modem From here youcan check such things as the performance of the modem or a new INI string If a modem in interactive mode receives a call it will automatically exit interactive mode To clear the s...

Page 260: ...etwork Warning When you initiate this operation you bring the software in the specified remote node to a halt disconnecting all subscribers Press B at the Node Operations Menu or B B B from the Main Menu When prompted enter Your low level operations password described in Appendix C The ID of the node to undergo re IPL The re IPL will now be initiated Press F3 to return to the Node Operations Menu ...

Page 261: ...d Eachdiskwill take 6 8 minutes to copy the necessary files 9 When the operation is finished press any key when prompted to return to the Node Operations Menu 10 Remove the diskette from the drive and label each disk with identifying infor mation such as the node number and software release number 11 Take send the diskette s to the node site 12 The next step depends on the node and disk types Node...

Page 262: ...e Operations Menu or B B D from the Main Menu to display the Boot Disk Download Operations Menu 2 Press the letter next to your choice 3 When prompted enter the node ID or press Enter to select all nodes 4 If you are downloading a single file enter when prompted source and desti nation file names 5 When a message informs you that the operation is complete press any key to return to the Boot Disk D...

Page 263: ...lete will be displayed 2 Press Enter to return to the Boot Disk Download Operations Menu then press R B to re IPL the remote node which will load the new software Remote FRX8000 N7400 and Attached NMP Updating a node with an attached NMP involves performing the All Software Update then performing a remote IPL of the node Updating the node s NMP involves per forming an All Software Update copying t...

Page 264: ...in Menu 2 At the NETLINK prompt type stop Enter 3 At the next NETLINK prompt type rc once Enter Ignore the warnings that say can t access 4 At the next NETLINK prompt type su Enter 5 When prompted enter your root password 6 At the prompt type cp pia o etc conf pack d pia Driver o Enter 7 At the next prompt type cd etc conf Enter 8 At the next prompt type etc conf bin idbuild Enter 9 When asked aft...

Page 265: ...Disk DownloadOperations Menu then press R B tore IPL the remote node which will load the new software If the remote node has an attachedmonitor its performance display screen will not be accessible until the node has been rebootedlocally This should be done at the earliest convenience following these steps 1 While the node is operational press Alt F3 2 At the UNIX login prompt enter your login nam...

Page 266: ...file name upia o 8 When the last download is complete press Enter to return to the Boot Disk Download Operations Menu then press R R F to perform Transfer File 9 When prompted enter the source node ID If you are transferring the file from an NMP this is the ID of the attached node 10 When prompted for a source file name type NMP pia o Enter 11 When prompted enter the destination node ID 12 When pr...

Page 267: ... 22 At the next prompt type etc conf bin idbuild Enter 23 When asked after 5 10 minutes Do you want this kernel to boot by default type y Enter 24 When asked Do you want the kernel environment rebuilt type y Enter 25 At the prompt type shutdown g0 Enter 0 is zero 26 When asked Do you want to continue type y Enter 27 When prompted Press any key to Reboot press any key 28 At the UNIX boot prompt pre...

Page 268: ...olves performing an All Software Update downloading three single files then performing a remote re IPL of the node If the node has an attached monitor a local re IPL must also be performed at the node at some convenient time to enable access to the performance display An All Software Update to the local INM will automatically send only the node software 1 After selecting All Software Update enter ...

Page 269: ...ecordcontains thecall identification timestamp reason for termination and counts of packets segments and bytes since the last interim report or connection setup In the case of a failed Call Request the packet segment and byte counts are 0 If the call was clearedbefore reachingthe remote node the remote LCN will be 0 If the call was cleared by the destination DTE the cause and diagnostic codes sent...

Page 270: ...t an Auxiliary Console to return to the Main Menu 8 Perform an On LineUpdate of Network Defaults B G from Main Menu to send the information to the nodes Accounting File Rollover Operations Checking Available Disk Space It is recommended that available disk space be checked every eight hours until the proper frequency of maintenance can be determined To check disk space type df v Enter at the NETLI...

Page 271: ... formatted display Figure 18 5 describes the data in an unformatted display Figure 18 4 Call Accounting File Display A display of a PVC connection will not showLSub or RSub local and remote subscribers since these are not used in PVCs To return to the INM menu level type gcon Enter if at a VGA monitor or consol Enter if at an Auxiliary Console Call Accounting File Analysis Date Time 1 09 98 11 15 ...

Page 272: ...bscriber sent illegal Restart Confirm 59 Remote subscriber issued Reset 67 Subscriber did not respond to Reset SP 79 Line down per operator request or IPL 99 Periodic activity report Remote LP 8 special process LP 8 Remote Port 2 Test Services LP 8 Remote Port 3 Message Services Reason Code 02 only 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 0 65 2 2 Local Local Local Remote Remote Remote Call Reverse Thruput Window Packet Thr...

Page 273: ...ee characters after the period and these might be identical in more than one file To rename and copy a file 1 At the NETLINK prompt type cd acnt Enter 2 Type mv oldname newname Enter For example mv CAF 9310151132 CAF BK1 Enter 3 Insert the diskette into the drive and type doscp CAF nnn x Enter or y Enter x and y are equivalent to drives A and B 4 Type cd Enter to return to the home directory Delet...

Page 274: ...e following parameters will be deleted or changed File Parameter Change Node 7000 Node Y to N Node Type 7000 to 8000 although the number displayed in a record will be the same Async Terminal Control Deleted DOS Extended Mode Deleted 8000 only parameters Added see Chapter 5 LP LP Type 6 RLP 7000 Node to 7 RLP RLP Memory Added Protocol 1 5 Added Physical Port Type 12 PDN to 2 X 25 PDN Port Modulus C...

Page 275: ...ons If a message has instructed you to perform concurrency opera tions do them in this order 1 Clear Remote Master 2 Enable Backouts if requested 3 Database Recovery only if needed These operations are accessed from the Database Concurrency Operations Menu B then C from the Main Menu Clearing a Remote Master Whena partitioned network is reconnected eachmaster reports that there is a multiple maste...

Page 276: ...turn to the Main Menu Database Recovery This operation brings an ICP INM or NMP with an inconsistent database into syn chronization with the rest of the network if other concurrency operations do not suffice Perform database recovery only if a printer message informs you that it is required Any INM or NMP can request database recovery however thecurrent master actually executes the recovery since ...

Page 277: ...file name Pressing Enter specifies the source file name If this file is to replace a file at the destination you shouldgive it a dif ferent name until a successful transfer has been verified The old file can then be deleted and the new one renamed File transfer can take several minutes however you do not have to wait for the oper ation to end If you want to perform other operations press F3 to ret...

Page 278: ...e aborted when the node comes under control of an INM NMP These restrictions apply to the Remote Control operation A node cannot be controlled by more than one remote device at a time While remotelycontrolling one node youcannot take remote control ofanother one While a node is under remote control its keyboard is blocked to prevent local operation with one exception if you take remote control of ...

Page 279: ...er remote control Keyboard blocked by id n The Main Menu at the controlling node will now act as the Main Menu of the controlled node To return control to the remote node press F9 Message Services Placing a Call 1 To place a call to a subscriber press A at the Message Services Menu or B H A from the Main Menu and enter the subscriber ID To place a call toanotherINM NMP press B at the Message Servi...

Page 280: ...call at any time 1 When you receive the Call Waiting message press C at the Message Services Menu or B F C from the Main Menu to answer the call 2 Once the call is connected the subscriber or nodenumber and name are displayed at the top of the screen 3 Enter your message The maximum length for a single line is 70 printable char acters including blanks no control characters At the end of each line ...

Page 281: ... and operational status of a node press A at the Status Displays Menu The display will take 4 5 seconds to appear Figure 19 1 Node Status Display C A from Main Menu Quiesced refers to a function not currently supported FRX8000 Node 10 Status Display Pkt Sec 0 128 256 384 512 640 768 896 1024 Performance Summary Total Packets Sec 1024 Total Connections 28 Boot Time 2 15 98 13 26 32 LinkState Summar...

Page 282: ...d status Displaying Port Status You can display the status of all lines on a node or only the trunks For either start at the Status Displays Menu C at the Main Menu Press B to display the status of all lines shown in Figure 19 2 or E to display all trunks shown in Figure 19 4 When prompted enter a node number All Ports Figure 19 2 Port Status Display C B from Main Menu If the node has more than 32...

Page 283: ... connection or transfer data Disabled The link has been broken by the Disable Port operation Disconnect For X 25 level 1is upbut level 2cannot be established For SNA HPAD no XID or SNRM command frame has beenreceived for any link address configured for the HPAD subscriber Configured The port is configured in the database but the LP is not installed Failed Some modem controls are not present and th...

Page 284: ...xists State Data_trans means that call processing was successful and the connection is in the data transmission state Call_setup means that the attached device is waiting for Call Accept Clearing means that the attached device is in Call Clear state waiting for Clear Confirmation FRX8000 Connection Status Display Menu Page 1 Node 10 LP 0 Port 0 From To Seq DLCI State Trans Recd Disc N LP P DLCI St...

Page 285: ...ber 0 7 are physical ports 8 63 are logical ports unlessLP is 253 in which case the port number is 2 Figure 19 5 Virtual Connections Display Non Frame Relay Port C C from Main Menu Information in this Display Seq is a sequence number used to identify the connection I is the logical interface P PVC S SVC D is the direction of the connection related to the port I Incoming O Outgoing State is describ...

Page 286: ...display from scrolling or restarts if stopped H Toggles the data format of the displayed information between ASCII and hexadecimal L on an X 25 line monitors a specific LCN when prompted enter the LCN If packets are currently being exchanged on that channel the display will begin scrolling them M Monitors a different line when prompted enter the LP and port numbers S Updates and re displays the Di...

Page 287: ...equence number PS is the packet send sequence number LNG is the length of the data in bytes The field to the right of the colon contains the data in a data packet Data exceeding the screen width is displayed on the next line Pendingdisplayof data packets the line monitor stores them in a buffer If the display cannot keep up with the line s data traffic the buffer will overflow and some packets wil...

Page 288: ...tes that the Routing Update packet contains serial number information The next column contains the node number and the number of neighbors A neighbor is the next node in a path The next column contains a sequence number Each remaining column contains a node number and data transfer time in 400ths second To exit the Line Monitor press F to stop the display from scrolling assuming it is scrolling th...

Page 289: ...the RIP Age Timer will also be TRUE All others will be FALSE Intf Interface is the time in 55 millisecond units that it will normally take a packet to reach the destination network if this route is used SAP Table To display the contents of the SAP Table press H at the Status Display Menu Each entry will contain the following Name is the name assigned to the server Router Addr is the address of the...

Page 290: ...There must be an existing record in the database with this ID Figure 19 8 Network Subnet Status Display H from Main Menu Events shows the number of unacknowledged events for all nodes that report to the local node NMP See F2 Events on page 19 13 If Call Waiting also appears in the upper right a call has been placed to the local node NMP but has not yet been accepted A status display screen is auto...

Page 291: ...ally in reverse order of that described for Tab 5 controls the distance moved by the cursor when the above keys are struck while moving an object Pressing 5 causes the cursor to move a greater or lesser distance depending on the current setting when other keys are pressed Depending on the level of the display the cursor can be positioned on an icon see Figure 19 9 or on or above a designation subn...

Page 292: ...ressed to display the menu a second time Each pull down menu has an entry Cancel Selecting Cancel exits the current menu and allows youto make another F n selection pressing Esc will do the same thing F1 View Zoom In default except at port level where it is not valid allows you to look at the next lower level of the network Position the cursor on a component and select Zoom In Zoom Out default at ...

Page 293: ...etwork or node ID the default is the local node then displays a list of events for that subnetwork node as shown in Figure 19 10 Entering 0 for an ID displays a list for the entire network Figure 19 10 Event Log Display Events are color coded per their severity levels as described in Table 19 1 When you list a node s events you are acknowledging any events on that node and the Events total at the ...

Page 294: ...e cursor location and or the current network level i e network subnet node LP port All options on this pull down menu are listed below Clear Max Stats all except async PAD ports default for LP At port level performs the operation at LP and node levels displays the choices Nodes LPs Ports LPs Ports and LPs Making a selection sets the appropriate maximum statistic values to 0 See Clearing Maximum St...

Page 295: ... is in database and node Port Status White Operational Yellow Level 2 Up Trunks or Restart Disconnect Green Trunk up Red Failed Down Black Disabled Blocked F1 View F2 Events F3 Environs F4 Operations Events 24 Tue Jan 9 09 54 23 1998 Packets per Second 374 Outstanding Memory Requests 70 Total Connections 94 Memory in Use 39882 Idle Time 0 Connection Limit 256 Boot Time 14 25 35 Node 23 Philadelphi...

Page 296: ...ames for those pins that are used and color coded status for each pin Black not used Green active Red inactive Yellow unknown state F1 View F2 Events F3 Environs F4 Operations F5 Next Events 24 Node 23 Philadelphia Node LP 1 Trunk X 25 Port 1 Port 3 Link State LinkUp LinkUp Port Type X 25 Subscriber X 25 Subscriber Thruput Class 9600 bps 9600 bps Link Assur Per s 20 10 Ack Delay Per ms 1000 1000 R...

Page 297: ...port statistics showing current values as well as maximum values since a node was last booted or since maximum values were cleared See Clearing Maximum Statistics Values on page 20 8 Press B at the Statistics Menu When prompted enter Level N node L LP P port or F frame Default is N Node number 1 250 Default is the local node LP number if requested 0 7 Default is 0 Port if requested 0 7 for physica...

Page 298: ...cket processing is occurring Boot Time is the time of the last IPL of the node Outstanding Memory is the number of memory allocations in use Requests Memory in Use is the amount of memory in megabytes currently in use Connection Limit is the maximum number of virtual connections that can exist simultaneously This limit can be changed in the Node record if a connection upgrade has been purchased or...

Page 299: ...00 Conn s Allocated is the number of X 25 Call Accept packets received per per Second 100 second multiplied by 100 Connections Deleted is the number of X 25 Clear Request packets received per per Second 100 second multiplied by 100 of Queue Elements is the level of usage of queue elements internal system in Use resources that serve such functions as providing buffers for process to process communi...

Page 300: ...terval multiplied by 10 Rejected frames is the number of frames rejected by the RLP per second over per sec 10 the five second reporting interval multiplied by 10 Retransmitted frames is the number of frames retransmitted by the RLP per second per sec 10 over the five second reporting interval multiplied by 10 If the value is consistently greater than zero and there are no other problems you shoul...

Page 301: ...nd reporting interval multiplied by 10 A value consistently greater than zero indicates line problems Logical rejects sec 10 is the sum of Rejects and Frame Rejects received on the port per second over the five second reporting interval multiplied by 10 A value consistently greater than zero indicates line problems Transmit error ratio is the ratio of retransmitted frames per second to successfull...

Page 302: ...tiplied by 10 of these standard LAPB commands and responses SABM set asynchronous balanced mode un numbered command UA un numbered acknowledgment un numbered response DISC disconnect un numbered command DM disconnect mode un numbered response FRMR frame reject un numbered response REJ reject supervisory command or response RR receive ready supervisory command or response RNR receive not ready supe...

Page 303: ...F sec 10 is the number of outgoing incoming discarded frames per second over the five second reporting interval multiplied by 10 Configuring Statistics Thresholds For each node N74 7500 only RLP and port statistic you can specify a threshold that when crossed in either direction causes an alarm to be generated Thresholds are configured in the database and can also be changed temporarily on line Ma...

Page 304: ...stics displays show the current value for each statistic as well as the maximum value it has reached since the last time the node was rebooted or this operation was performed This operationallows you toset the maximumvalues fora particularnode LP or port back to zero This is helpful if a threshold reached anunusuallyhigh value that is not reflective of normal operation Press E at the Statistics Me...

Page 305: ...nu F F A C from Main Menu Ina new record the displayedvalues for items A and B will both be 0 Pressing Enter for either will specify the default value shown in Table 20 1 F4 will say Start if Cum Stats On Off is 0 or Stop if 1 Pressing F4 starts or stops whichever is dis played statistics gathering as soon as the change is sent tothe node This is the same as changing the value for Cum Stats On Off...

Page 306: ... DAT can be changed as described under Changing the Cumulative Statistics File Size on page F 3 Producing a Cumulative Statistics Report As described in the previous section cumulative statistics are sent to the INM NMP ICP every n minutes To produce a report listing each set of values of cumulative statistics that have been sent over a specified period press B at the Cumulative Sta tistics Menu o...

Page 307: ...nter displays the next older set of values Figure 20 7 Cumulative Statistics Report F F B from Main Menu Cumulative Statistics Report Node 10 nmp10 LP ID 0 RLP Port 2 Display Opt D P F D From YY MM DD HH MM 97 09 17 15 35 To YY MM DD HH MM 97 09 19 15 35 Date 6 19 95 Time 18 20 23 Time Interval min 1 Rcvd Frms 25733 Xmit Frms 19268 Rexmt Frms 0 FCS Errors 0 Log Reject 0 Xmit Error Ratio 0 Recv Err...

Page 308: ...he IP header Pkt Forwd Sent is the number of datagrams forwarded through this node Pkt Too Short is the number of datagrams received with a length shorter than that specified in the header IP Statistics Display Node 10 Report Interval sec 5 Current Time 1 17 1998 14 23 45 STATISTIC CURR CUMULATIVE STATISTIC CURR CUMULATIVE Total Pkts 90 1000000000 Can t Forward 90 1000000000 Bad Checksum 90 100000...

Page 309: ... datagram fragments received Total Reasmbled is the number of complete datagrams properly reassembledat this node Frag Time Out is the number of datagram fragments discarded because of timeouts Pkts Fragmented is the number of outgoing datagrams properly fragmented Frag Dropped is the number of datagram fragments dropped because of duplication or lack of space Frag Created is the number of outgoin...

Page 310: ...n response to echo requests see Out Echo from this node Out In Dest Unrech is the number of outgoing datagrams that could not be delivered because the destination device network was not reachable a nec essary protocol was not running or fragmentation was necessary but disallowed due to the don t frag flag being set The ICMP Statistics Display Node 10 Report Interval sec 5 Current Time 1 17 1998 14...

Page 311: ...oint in the path of the datagram and Incoming if the datagram originated at this node Out In Bad IP Hdr is the number of transmitted datagrams that subsequently were discarded due to a header size less than was specified The message text says Outgoing ifthis node is a point in the path of the datagram and Incoming if the datagram originated at this node Out Time Req is the number of requests to ot...

Page 312: ... 10 with IP LAN or IP WAN at the upper left identifying the interface type Figure 20 10 IP Interface Statistics Display F C C from Main Menu Information in this Display Packets In Out is the number of packets received transmitted over the interface Bytes In Out is the number of bytes received transmitted over the interface Multi Cast In Out is the number of packets received transmitted via a multi...

Page 313: ...Pressing F7 will display the next one if there is one and pressing F6 will display the previous one if there is one All IPX statistics are listed below IPX Statistics Display Page 1 of 3 Node 10 Interface 0 Report Interval sec 5 Current Time 01 15 98 10 32 45 STATISTIC CURR CUMULATIVE STATISTIC CURR CUMULATIVE Pkts to Route 10 10000 HopsToo Large 10 10000 NetB Hops_2_Lrg 10 10000 RIP No Net Addr 1...

Page 314: ...smitted on the interface RIP N_Resp Tx is the number of RIP Nearest Responses responses to Nearest Queries transmitted on the interface RIP Pkts Rcv is the number of RIP packets received on the interface RIP G_Query Rcv is the number of RIP General Queries received on the interface RIP N_Query Rcv is the number of RIP Nearest Queries received on the interface RIP G_Resp Rcv is the number of RIP Ge...

Page 315: ...ies transmitted on the interface SAP Pkts Rcv is the number of SAP packets received on the interface SAP G_Query Rcv is the number of SAP General Queries received on the interface SAP N_Query Rcv is the number of SAP Nearest Queries received on the interface SAP G_Resp Rcv is the number of SAP General Responses responses to General Queries received on the interface SAP N_Resp Rcv is the number of ...

Page 316: ...lly to all clients to determine whether each client is still available WD Resp Pkts Rcv is the number of received responses to keep alive messages issued by the local server Serial Pkts Rcv is the number of NetWare file server serialization security frames received These broadcast frames are used by Novell to hold information regarding the licensing of the file server executables Pkts Tx is the to...

Page 317: ... BSys Discard through R_Decomp Errorsare not monitored by the FRX8000 but are included inthe statistics list because it is part of the IPX MIB The statistics in the list between the above two are Bad Checksum Rcv Local Rcv Pkts Path_Not_Found Local Tx Pkts Bad_Local_Tx_Pkts Tx BSys Discard Open Socket Fail State Changes Init Fail Ms to Tx 1 Byte R RIP Ent Filter is the number of received RIP entri...

Page 318: ...Problem Not Operational due to Hardware Fault Operating Marginally due to Soft Faults Fully Operational MAC Status can be either both neither of these Bound the MAC and protocol drivers are linked to enable enable communication between them Open the OpenAdapter function which activates the adapter s network connection is enabled Packet Filter set in commands from the protocol specifies the types o...

Page 319: ...Overrun Errors 0 0 Xmit w mul Coll 0 0 Xmt Deferral 0 0 Xmt CD Heartbeat 0 0 Not Xmt Coll 0 0 Frm w Lost CS 0 0 Late Collision 0 0 Underruns 0 0 F4 Clear Cumulative Statistics Others Exit LANCard Statistics Display Card Number 1 Type TokenRing MTU 1500 Report Interval sec 5 Current Time 1 05 98 10 32 45 Hardware Status Fully Operational MAC Status Bound Open Packet Filters Directed Multicast or Gr...

Page 320: ...es with FCS frame check sequence errors due to non integral lengths Xmt w 1 Coll is the number of frames that were transmitted after one collision with a frame transmitted from another node Overrun Errors is the number of frames that were not accepted due to DMA direct memory access overrun errors Xmt w mul Coll is the number of frames that were transmitted after multiple collisions Xmt Deferral i...

Page 321: ...received with signal frequency problems Frm with Aborts is the number of frames that were aborted in mid transmission Act Mon Regen is the number of times the active monitor is lost and regenerated No Return Frms is the number of frames that fail to return from around the ring due to a timeout or reception of another frame Underruns is the number of frames that were not accepted due to DMA direct ...

Page 322: ...tion at the LP and node levels the screen displays the choices Nodes LPs Ports LPs Ports and LPs Making a selection sets the appropriate maximum statistic values to zero F1 View F2 Events F3 Environs F4 Operations F5 Next Events 24 Node 23 Philadelphia Node LP 1 Trunk X 25 Port 1 Port 3 Link State LinkUp LinkUp Port Type X 25 Subscriber X 25 Subscriber Thruput Class 9600 bps 9600 bps Link Assur Pe...

Page 323: ...ce Clear the fault at the first suitable occasion Level 4 Informational Alarm No action is necessary Changing Levels to be Printed If you want to control the quantity of printed information you can specify which severity level s of alarms will be printed For example you may want to print only those alarms that require action Turning off any levels here prevents printing only all alarms are still r...

Page 324: ...e times of the earliest and latest alarms you want in the report in the format YY MM DD HH mm where YY year 00 99 MM month 01 12 DD day 01 31 HH hour 00 23 mm minute 00 59 Display Option D displays all alarms that meet the selected criteria Press Scroll Lock to stop the report from scrolling once more to restart Press F3 to stop the report before it is finished and once more to return to the Node ...

Page 325: ... in the same format as the report see Figure 21 1 except that the header information and node number are not shown As long as the redirection is in effect your screen is dedicated to real time reporting of alarm messages Then press F3 to return the screen to normal mode and resume sending alarm messages to the printer Press any key to return to the Alarms Menu Alarms Report from Node 8 Time 96 5 1...

Page 326: ...annot send its alarms to an N7000 device but an N74 7500 can send its alarms to an FRX8000 device When a change e g node becomes operational occurs an alarm message is generated and sent to the attached printer if present and any NMPs specified as Primary Node and Secondary Node for the appropriate alarm severity level Changing Alarm Routing On Line With this operation you can verifythe alarm rout...

Page 327: ...estore the default alarm routing parameters defined in the Node record see Chapter 5 without waiting to re IPL a node You do not need master status to perform this operation Press E at the Alarms Menu or D E from the Main Menu Enter the ID of the node whose default routing you want to restore You see the message Routing Param eters Loaded Press F3 to return to the Alarms Menu On Line Parameter Cha...

Page 328: ...s will include a DLCI If the message originated over an IP interface the interface will be identified here instead of a port Backouts enabled from Node 10 is the text of the message S and C Some messages appear with the letter S or C following the message number These stand for Set and Clear and indicate that the state describedin the message has been entered or exited Set and Clear are used with ...

Page 329: ...Meaning The IPL Initial Program Load task received a message from the packet processing system requesting IPL at node n 4 Loading type n LPs Severity 4 Meaning The executable program for LP type n has been loadedto memory during node IPL n 3 N74 7500 AST card 4 N74 7500 T1 E1 LP 6 N74 7500 RLP 7 FRX8000 RLP 5 Loading type 1 PPMs Severity 4 Meaning The executable program for PPM type 1 the only typ...

Page 330: ... Severity 4 Meaning The Load Image file has been loaded into the processor during node IPL 11 Bad Load Image File Error n Severity 3 Meaning The Load task has discovered format errors in the Load Image file Possible error numbers are 1 The colon at the beginning of the record is missing so the record was discarded 2 The record is longer than specified in the record count so the remainder of the re...

Page 331: ... type definitions in either the system database see page E 2 or the configuration database see Chapter 6 Action Check the LP file for the correct LP ID and type 3 N74 7500 AST card 4 N74 7500 T1 E1 LP 6 N74 7500 RLP 7 FRX8000 RLP 19 Request to re IPL sent to Node n Severity 4 Meaning A re IPL message has been sent by operator request to node n 21 CALREQ can t open filetype file Severity 2 Meaning ...

Page 332: ...r message sent to inactive LP n Severity 2 Meaning The LP is missing or has not undergone IPL Action Verify that the LP is supposed to be active then install the LP or re IPL the node if desired 30 Cumulative Statistics file is n Mbytes Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 31 No LPs are requesting IPL Severity 1 Meaning The PPM is not communicating with the LPs Action Make sure that at least one LP...

Page 333: ...6 Cannot Create Cumulative Statistics file for Node n Severity 2 Meaning LOGTSK was unable to create a Cumulative Statistics file CSTAT DAT Action The disk is probably full Contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support See page 21 7 37 Unknown message type n from node Severity 4 Meaning Message number n has been received but there is some dis crepancy in its meaning or validity e g a message confirm...

Page 334: ...y 3 Meaning Node n must have transactions backed out in order to bring it into synchronization However the backout function is not enabled for that node Action After clearinganyremote masters see page 18 19 enable backouts see page 18 20 for the node 48 Request to restart Cum Stats received for LP n Port n from Node n Severity 4 Meaning An operator has started Cumulative Statistics gathering for t...

Page 335: ...he LP 59 LP n Port n already disconnected Severity 3 Meaning You have tried to disable a port that is already disabled Action Verify the numbers of the LP and port you are trying to disable 60 LP n Port n already connected Severity 4 Meaning You have tried to enable a port that is already enabled 62 NMP disk space exhausted NMP will be shut down Severity 1 Meaning Self explanatory Action Back up a...

Page 336: ...lename Severity 3 Meaning The database manager cannot open the file This error message will only occur during initializationof the database manager start up of the INM NMP software Action Restart the INM NMP If the problem persists it may mean that your disk is corrupted In that case you need to restore the database with a good copy See Appendix B 69 LOGTSK can t create filename Severity 3 Meaning...

Page 337: ...e node See Database Recovery on page 18 20 75 On line parameter change initiated for Node n LP n Port n Severity 4 Meaning Someone modified the port parameters and requested that the new values be sent to the port 76 Database change n from Node n CRE ADD UPD DEL applied to filename Severity 4 Meaning The database logging task receiveda validtransaction Create Add Update or Delete The transactionha...

Page 338: ...d or the file does not contain a record for node n Action Check the Node file 84 Disable on Node n LP n Port n initiated Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 85 Enable on Node n LP n Port n initiated Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 86 File transfer from Node n to Node n initiated Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 89 File transfer from Node n to Node n completed Severity 4 Meaning Self explana...

Page 339: ...tion are A trunk port may be disabled Enable it Check the trunk telco line it may be down The LP at either node may be out of service or the node itself 109 Database master changed to Node n Severity 4 Meaning The logging task received a request for master status from node n Since the current master is not performing maintenance functions a message has been sent to node n approving the request 110...

Page 340: ...moved before it can be recreated Action Self explanatory as described in the meaning 116 PVC primary setup failure from Subscriber ID LCN to Subscriber ID LCN Severity 3 Meaning There is a problem with the connection from the first subscriber that was configured in a particular PVC Connectionrecord Usually this means that the subscriber s port is not configured or that the LP is either not configu...

Page 341: ...ubscriber IDs are not reported because pvcgen does not have access to them Action Check the PVC Connection file 120 Illegal Subscriber configured for Node n LP n Port n Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action Check the Subscriber and Port records 121 LP n Port n PAD retry count exhausted for remote subscriber n Severity 4 Meaning The number of times an autocall has been sent to the port has exc...

Page 342: ...Invalid message type n received Severity 3 Meaning The LP operatingsystemtaskreceivedan invalidmessage type from the PPM Action Verify all entries If you get this message again contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support See page 21 7 133 ICP at Node n is reachable Severity 4 Meaning The Integrated Call Processing ICP function at the specified node is accessible 134 ICP at Node n is not reachable ...

Page 343: ...s and set the clock 147 LP n Port n reports error n Severity 2 Meaning The LP software has detected an error The possible error numbers and their meanings are 0121 LAPB module FRMP C s frmp routine received an unknown message 0132 LAPB module CHRP C s txmsg routine saw an unknown frame 01ff no ready tasks are available 0251 LAPB module FRMP C s frmp routine received a message from a port not suppo...

Page 344: ...facility of Receive X 25 U Packet and PAD type of NPAD with a length less than 6 aa07 QLLC received a message from the packet layer spql_pktmsg with a data 4 of Request QDC and a data 3 that is not 0xff aa08 QLLC received a message from the packet layer spql_pktmsg with a data 4 of unknown value aa09 QLLC received a message from the packet layer spql_pktmsg the protocol parameter is set QLLC Secon...

Page 345: ...ing to convert link data to an X 25 packet the Remote SAP record rsapcb was not set for a PVC and the substate of the VC Control Block record vccb was not set to 1 b413 no free VC block was found when attempting to bring up a VC pf_svcup b416 when attempting to convert an X 29 Q data packet to X 25 the Remote SAP record rsapcb was not set for a PVC and the sub state of the VC Control Block record ...

Page 346: ...ing pl_noddat b70a there was an invalid VC ID in the response to an Interrupt Request Data packet RSP_INTRP during node to PAD data processing pl_noddat b70b there was an invalid VC ID in the response to an RR during node to PAD data processing pl_noddat b70c there was aninvalid VC ID in the response to an RNR during node to PAD data processing pl_noddat b70d there was an invalidVC ID inthe respon...

Page 347: ...ive all XPAD messages was called with an invalid port type bb02 the spxllc_main routine called to receive all XPAD messages was called with a message type of NETFRM received frame from the driver and the frame was more than the maximum data size supported 12data_size bb03 the spxllc_main routine called to receive all XPAD messages was called with an Unknown Message Type bb04 the spll_ctlmsg routin...

Page 348: ...ubfunction Code sfc was neither Set Node to RR NODERR nor has Buffers Available YESBUFF be09 the SDLC routine spsdlc_pktmsg process Packet Layer Requests received a message with an Unknown facility This error is immediately followed by another error indicating the facility received Action If you have any problems resolvingthis contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support See page 21 7 167 LP n rece...

Page 349: ...n go down as a result of a break in the physical con nection or because the neighboring node has a problem Cause Description 2 Failed level 1 is down 4 Level 2 has dropped and the trunk process was notified that the trunk port is no longer operational This can be caused by a level 2 link recovery attempting to correct a line failure 5 Trunk was taken down by the routing process because the remote ...

Page 350: ...ow a maximum of 7 182 LP n Port n configured for normal sequence numbering received SABME Severity 4 Meaning The Port record is configured for a maximum frame sequence number Outstanding Frames of 7 or fewer but a command was received setting the mode to allow up to 127 183 File download from node n to boot disk at node n initiated Severity 4 Meaning The operator initiated a software orparameterdo...

Page 351: ... that has already been received by the HPAD The HPAD discards duplicate terminal addresses Action Determine which port has the duplicate terminal address and recon figure the terminal address in the Port record 190 LP n Port n Excess Terminal n from Subscriber ID Severity 3 Meaning The TPAD has supplied more than 32 terminal addresses to this HPAD All terminal addresses in excess of 32 are discard...

Page 352: ...ituation usually occurs when the port and subscriber devices are both con figured as logical DCEs or logical DTEs Action Modify the Port record so that one end of the connection is a logical DCE and the other is a logical DTE 199 Group call from n to n cleared cause n diag n Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory The cause anddiagnostic codes are standardX 25 codes See Appendix D 204 Error in configu...

Page 353: ...Meaning Self explanatory 216 PVC from LP n Port n LCN n to Node n LP n Port n LCN n failed Severity 4 Meaning The attempted connectionwas not successful probably because one end was down 217 X25 LP n Port n is configured but not strapped to generate clocks Severity 1 Meaning The port on a AST card has been configured to generate clock however the LP hardware is configured as physical DTE which doe...

Page 354: ...n 2 Failed level 1 is down 4 Level 2 has dropped and the trunk process was notified that the trunk port is no longer operational This can be caused by a level 2 link recovery attempting to correct a line failure 5 Trunk was taken down by the routing process because the remote end did not correctly acknowledge the routing packets This usually means that the trunk has stopped passing data in one dir...

Page 355: ...connection 233 LP n Port n LCN n No response to RESET state d2 Severity 3 Meaning A Reset sent by this port has not received a response Action Investigate the other end of the connection for problems 242 LP n Port n LCN n No response to CLEAR state p6 Severity 3 Meaning A Clear Request sent by this DTE port has not received a response and the retry count has expired Action Investigate the other en...

Page 356: ... Node n is reachable Severity 3 Meaning Node n has reestablished communication with its NMP 249 NMP at Node n is not reachable Severity 2 Meaning The node cannot communicate with its attached NMP Action Check the NMP for proper operation and check the hardware for proper connections 250 LP n Port n Excessively noisy line Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action Check the communications line and ...

Page 357: ...ity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 265 Request to clear master status sent to Node n Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 266 Request to enable backouts sent to Node n Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 268 Network Defaults Update sent to Node n Severity 4 Meaning The operator has performed an on line update of the network defaults This message tracks which nodes have received the update 269 Port n on...

Page 358: ...e node is asking its Alternate NMP Node as specified in its Node record described in Chapter 5 for database files so it can proceed with its IPL 286 Node n performing IPL Severity 4 Meaning The node has obtainedthe database files from the INM NMP and is proceeding with IPL 287 Accounting information file rollover request sent to Node n Severity 4 Meaning The operator has requestedthat the Call Acc...

Page 359: ...ing The packet processingsystem has foundan LP in the node for which there is no record in the database Action Create a record for this LP 294 IPL of DPPM node n LP n complete Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 304 LP n Threshold violation LP Percent Buffers in Use Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the threshold 305 LP n Threshold violation LP Number of Queu...

Page 360: ...tic has crossed the threshold 312 LP n Port n Threshold violation Port Transmitted Frames Sec 10 Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the threshold 313 LP n Port n Threshold violation Port Retransmitted Frms Sec 10 Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the threshold 314 LP n Port n Threshold violation Port FCS Rejects Sec 10 Th...

Page 361: ... The statistic has crossed the threshold 321 Node n Threshold violation Node Bytes Per Second Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the threshold 322 Node n Threshold violation Node dialer Incoming Calls Per Hour Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the threshold 323 Node n Threshold violation Node dialer Outgoing Calls Per Hou...

Page 362: ...ode Percent PPM Run Time Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the threshold 330 Node n Threshold violation NodeConnections in Use Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the threshold 331 Node n Threshold violation Node Percent Common Memory in Use Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the thres...

Page 363: ...Remote Frame Synchronization Regained Yellow Event OFF Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory Action Contact your T1 carrier 340 LP n FDL Payload Loopback Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory Action Contact your T1 carrier 341 LP n Density Violation Detected Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory Action Contact your T1 carrier 342 LP n Remote CSU Loopback Detected Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory Acti...

Page 364: ... n E1 Frame Alignment Regained Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 349 LP n E1 Remote Frame Alignment Lost Severity 2 Meaning Self explanatory Action Contact your T1 carrier 350 LP n E1 Remote Frame Alignment Regained Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 351 LP n High Error Rate Encountered Severity 2 Meaning Self explanatory Action Contact your T1 carrier 352 LP n High Error Rate Condition Ended S...

Page 365: ...istic has crossed the threshold 358 Node n Threshold violation IPX Xmit Packets Too Small Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the threshold 359 Node n Threshold violation IPX Rec Packets Too Big Threshold n Current value n Severity 4 Meaning The statistic has crossed the threshold 360 Node n Threshold violation IPX Rec Packets Too Small Threshold n Current valu...

Page 366: ... Action Check the equipment to see what caused the failure to respond 367 Node n LP n Port n DLCI n Flow control on Severity 3 Meaning Flow control has been implemented and data is queued Action None 368 Node n LP n Port n DLCI n Frame discarded congestion Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action The frame must be resent 369 Node n LP n Port n DLCI n Line does not exist or is not a FRMREL Port S...

Page 367: ...planatory 376 Node n LP n Port n DLCI n Frame Relay PVC connected to Node n LP n Port n DLCI n Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory 377 LP n Interface board n is installed but not configured Severity 3 Meaning The software has discovered the presence of an RLP Line Interface Card that has no records in the Port file Action Create records for the ports on the interface card 378 LP n Interface board ...

Page 368: ...fined than subscribers Action Configure records for the missing BSC Interactive subscriber s 384 Subscriber Device Mismatch for Node n LP n Port n Severity 3 Meaning There are more BSC Interactive subscribers defined than devices Action Configure records for the missing BSC Interactive device s 385 No BSI Devices configured for Node n LP n Port n Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action Configur...

Page 369: ...own 6 Disabled by operator action disable port Action None 390 LP n LIC n loaded with type n mismatch with database Severity 3 Meaning The specified Line Interface Card LIC is a different type than its Line Processor database record specifies The LP software was loaded anyway Action Correct the database record or change the LIC 391 Node n Node type mismatch with LP n IPL terminated Severity 3 Mean...

Page 370: ...7 X25 Trunk PVC not defined for Node n LP n Port n Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory If the specified port is configured in its Port record to be one end of a PVC one or more PVC Connection records must also be created Action Configure the necessary record s 398 On line update of SNMP parameters on Node n Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 399 LP n Port n Disable Request Failed Severity 2 Meani...

Page 371: ...ration records to make sure they match the HPAD TPAD 403 Link Up Severity 2 Meaning The level 2 link is up Action None 404 X 25 Link Failed Severity 2 Meaning The link has failed some modem controls are not present and the physical link is down Action Check the modem and cables for secure connections and proper operation 405 Restart with cc n dc n Severity 4 Meaning A Restart has been issued with ...

Page 372: ...Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 409 PVC is Up Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 410 PVC Reset Severity 4 Meaning A Reset was sent on the PVC 411 Received Reset LCN n cc n dc n Severity 4 Meaning A Reset was received on the designated LCN with the cause code cc and diagnostic code dc See Appendix D for a list of codes 412 Received Reset Confirm Severity 4 Meaning A Reset Confirmation was rece...

Page 373: ...guredin the Port recordis not installed on the LP Action Configure the LP record to install the protocol specified in the Port record or configure an installed protocol on the port 419 LP n Port n Get Configuration Request Failed Severity 2 Meaning A status request was made for a port that is not recognized because the protocol configured in the Port record is not installed on the LP Action Config...

Page 374: ...ed polling the LP identified in message 423 Action Replace the LP 425 LP n Port n Enable Request Failed Severity 2 Meaning A request was sent to enable a port that is not recognized because the protocol configured in the Port record is not installed on the LP Action Configure the LP record to install the protocol specified in the Port record or configure an installed protocol on the port 430 Recei...

Page 375: ...nical Support See page 21 7 436 RCV Unknown Alarm Code from Net Severity 2 Meaning An unknown alarm was received from the network Action None 437 RCV Invalid Alarm Format from Net Severity 4 Meaning The node has received an alarm with an invalid format 438 DOS Error Handler Exceeded Limit Severity 2 Meaning There is an internal software problem Action Contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support Se...

Page 376: ... PVC Config File Upd PVCSUB DAT Severity 4 Meaning The PVC file has been updated 448 Rmt Subscriber File Upd RSNSVC DAT Severity 4 Meaning The Remote Subscriber file has been updated Action None 449 Subscriber File Upd SVCSUB DAT Severity 4 Meaning The SVC Subscriber file has been updated 450 Statistic Def File Upd STDPAR DAT Severity 4 Meaning The Default Statistics Parameters file has been updat...

Page 377: ...n async PAD 458 PAD Login File Upd PADLOG DAT Severity 4 Meaning The Login file has been updated 459 IP Route File Upd IPRSUB DAT Severity 4 Meaning The IP Routing file has been updated 460 IP Interface File Upd IPRSUB DAT Severity 4 Meaning The IP Routing file has been updated 461 X 25 CUG File Updated CUGPAR DAT Severity 4 Meaning The Closed User Group file has been updated 462 SNMP Trap File Up...

Page 378: ...has ended 468 LP Rej Frm Sec Under Threshold Severity 4 Meaning The situation that caused alarm 308 has ended 469 LP Rtrn Frm S Under Threshold Severity 4 Meaning The situation that caused alarm 309 has ended 470 LP Run Time Under Threshold Severity 4 Meaning The situation that caused alarm 310 has ended 471 Rcv Frm Sec Under Threshold Severity 4 Meaning The situation that caused alarm 311 has end...

Page 379: ...ed 479 Port Trn Usage Under Threshold Severity 4 Meaning The situation that caused alarm 319 has ended 480 Attempt to Delete nonexistent interface n Severity 4 Meaning An IP Interface database record was created for a non existent interface Someone then deleted the record using F4 which caused this message to be generated 481 No mem avail processing intface n Severity 3 Meaning The RLP did not hav...

Page 380: ...n Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action Contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support See page 21 7 489 Route with destination n mask n router n deleted successfully Severity 4 Meaning Self explanatory 490 Error adding route with destination n mask n router n Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action Contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support See page 21 7 491 Route with destination n mask n ...

Page 381: ...id MSG n Link Severity 3 Meaning An invalid message has been received disabling the port Action Take the same action as for message 500 503 BPAD Invalid MSG n Exchange Severity 3 Meaning An invalid message has been received disabling the port Action Take the same action as for message 500 504 BPAD Invalid CUA n DUA n Severity 3 Meaning An invalid message has been received disabling the port Action...

Page 382: ...me action as for message 500 517 BSCI Invalid circuit operations Severity 3 Meaning An invalid operation has occurred and has disabled the port Action Take the same action as for message 500 518 BSCI Invalid state alarm action Severity 3 Meaning An invalid operation has occurred and has disabled the port Action Take the same action as for message 500 519 BSCI Invalid buffer operations Severity 3 M...

Page 383: ...n of the Remote Busy Timer which caused the port to be reset Action Check the user device for a problem that caused the RNR 531 I FRM Blocked No Acks from Remote Severity 2 Meaning The remote user device is not accepting transmission from the local device and the local port has been reset Action Check the remote device for a problem 532 Enter Service Affecting Condition Severity 2 Meaning The DTE ...

Page 384: ... explanatory Action None 538 DLCI n Frame Discarded Flow Ctl Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action None 539 DLCI n Line does not exist Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action Configure the port if desired 540 DLCI n Not Configured Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action Configure the DLCI 541 DLCI n Frame Relay Header Invalid Severity 3 Meaning Self explanatory Action Contact your frame...

Page 385: ...planatory 547 DLCI n Data Received on Inactive PVC Severity 3 Meaning One end of the PVC is probably not up Action Check both ends of the PVC 548 DLCI n No STATUS ENQ Received Severity 3 Meaning No Status Enquiry was received when one was expected Action Check the remote device 650 LP n LIC n Receive Loss of Sync condition Set Severity 2 Meaning Self explanatory Action Check the E 1 cable at the l...

Page 386: ...ed alarm 651 has been fixed However the E 1 connection will not be operational if any of alarms 650 652 has been set but not cleared 655 LP n LIC n Receive Loss of Sync condition Cleared Severity 4 Meaning The situationthat caused alarm 652 has been fixed However the E 1 connection will not be operational if any of alarms 650 652 has been set but not cleared 701 SDLC Sec Link Stn Not Responding Se...

Page 387: ...emote device received an invalid or unsupported command Action None 709 SDLC Sec Stn sent unexpected IFLD Severity 2 Meaning The remote device sent an unpermitted I frame Action None 710 SDLC Rem Stn sent invalid Nr Severity 2 Meaning The remote device sent a frame with an invalid N r Action None 711 SDLC Sec Stn Exceeded window size Severity 2 Meaning The number of frames sent by the remote devic...

Page 388: ...x Frame exceeds MAXDATA Severity 2 Meaning A frame transmitted by the remote station exceeds the configured value for Maximum Bytes per Frame Action None 718 SDLC Rem sent UA in NRM Severity 2 Meaning The secondary station sent a UA while in Normal Response Mode which is not allowed Action None 720 SDLC No DSR on link Severity 2 Meaning A necessary DSR was not received from the DCE Action Check th...

Page 389: ... station had already been initialized via a SABME UA exchange Action None If the problem persists contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support See page 21 7 739 LLC 2 FRMR Rcvd Invalid Command Severity 2 Meaning The remote device received an invalid or unsupported command and returned a Frame Reject Action None 740 LLC 2 FRMR Rcvd IFLD not permitted Severity 2 Meaning The remote device received an ...

Page 390: ...ent Invalid Nr Severity 2 Meaning The remote device sent an invalid N r and a Frame Reject was returned Action None 746 LLC 2 FRMR Sent IFLD too long Severity 2 Meaning The remote device sent an I frame that was too long and a Frame Reject was returned Action None 747 LLC 2 FRMR Sent no reason Severity 2 Meaning Self explanatory Action None 748 LLC 2 FRMR Rcvd no reason Severity 2 Meaning Self exp...

Page 391: ...of the connection 761 SDLC Transmit link error Severity 2 Meaning Self explanatory The line will be shut down and re establishment will be re tried later Action None 762 SDLC Link Stn rcv FRMR Unexp IFLD Severity 2 Meaning The remote station received an S or U frame with an unexpected I frame attached Action None ...

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Page 393: ...her explanation current n c is the current position of the trace packet in the network n c is a node ID When the current n c value is the same as the destination n d value the trace packet has arrived at its intended destination Here is an example of a series of packet trace messages 971208 112947 TRACE source 1 dest 4 seg 1 current 2 971208 112947 TRACE source 1 dest 4 seg 2 current 3 971208 1129...

Page 394: ...tion node and back To initiate or discontinue a delay measurement press E at the Tests Menu or E E from the Main Menu When prompted enter Source Node ID 1 250 Destination Node ID 1 250 i to initiate or d to discontinue the packet delay measurement Only if initiating Packet Size 6 256 Only if initiating Frequency 0 32767 sec Entering 0 runs the measurement once Screen and printer messages confirm i...

Page 395: ... enter an IP address of the host that will receive and echo the pings 3 Make any desired changes to the remaining displayed values noting Table 22 1 Figure 22 1 shows the default settings 4 After all parameters are configured the wayyou want them press Enter and the node will begin sending pings As each ping is returned from the host a message will be displayed noting the packet size and IP addres...

Page 396: ...on to send as many packets to the IP address as fast as it can Flooding can be hard on the network and should be used only if necessary and only during a period of relative network inac tivity Inter Packet Time specifies an interval between packets sent Table 22 1 IP Ping Connectivity Test Parameter Parameter Valid Values Default Value Node 1 250 none IP Address valid address none Packet Count 0 9...

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Page 399: ... parity auto detect press Enter then then Enter If the port is configured for autobaud only press Enter Data bits and parity settings must match throughout an asynchronous connection 2 If the async PAD port is configured in the Port record to not require login go to step 3 If login is required enter when prompted the login password defined in the Async PAD Login record described on page 13 8 3 The...

Page 400: ...entering the PAD recall character Async Terminal Commands The following commands canbe entered in Command mode Fora list of commands type help Enter STAT Get connection status CLR Clear Connection PAR n1 n2 n3 Reads value of1 parameters n1 1st parameter n2 2nd etc Standard parameters are 1 22 SET n1 m1 n2 m2 n3 m3 Sets and reads parameters n1 1st parameter m1 new value PROF Sets standard set of pa...

Page 401: ...de is R 1000000000Dabcde An Abbreviated Address described on page 13 19 can be substituted for the complete called address if no facilities are included Also X 28 con vention demands that when sending a Call Request packet using an abbre viated address you precede the address with a period If you want to add user data to the packet you must separate it from the abbreviated address with an asterisk...

Page 402: ... Some common causes and codes are listed in Appendix D CLR CONF confirms the clearing of a call DISCONNECT TIMER EXPIRED indicates that the inactivity timer on the port has expired ERR is a response to an invalid command ERR NC indicates a network congestion error FRAMING ERROR indicates that the port is not finding the stop bit at the end of the character bits This can be due to noise or a mismat...

Page 403: ...SET DTE means that the network has received a Reset from the remote DTE SET CMD DISALLOWED means Set Command was not allowed STAT ENGAGED is a response to the Status command indicating that a VC is cur rently set up on the port STAT FREE is a response to the Status command indicating that no VC is currently set up on the port TRANSFER nnnn COM indicates a called DTE re selection by the PAD to nnnn...

Page 404: ...es DTE DTE Originated DER Out of Order RPE Remote Procedure Error ERR Local Procedure Error NC Network Congestion DO DTE Operational NO Network Operational Function Keys on an ASCII Terminal Standard PC keyboard function keys are representedas follows on anASCII terminal keyboard Note that O under Maps to is an escape character followed by an uppercase letter O PC ASCII Keyboard Keyboard Maps to F...

Page 405: ...nt state will be copied to the diskette 7 When the operation is complete youwill be prompted Strike Enter to continue Remove the diskette and label it with the release number 8 Press Enter to return to the NMP Utilities Menu Restoring the Database This operation replaces any current databases with ones that have previously been copied onto diskette s using Archive Database 1 If necessary type util...

Page 406: ...re upgrading an ICP INM NMP to a new FRX8000 release go to step 7 6 Type 1 Enter at the NMP Utilities Menu If asked Stop NMP processes to change node number type y Enter When prompted type the new number 1 250 and press Enter 7 Type 9 Enter to exit to the NETLINK prompt 8 If you are restoring a database of the same release as the software in the ICP INM NMP the operation is complete If upgrading t...

Page 407: ...vel operations passwords protect portions of the database and certain network operations from unauthorized access For example youneedan operations passwordto performmaintenance operations outside the NMP menu level These passwords are network wide Either password can be used whenever an operations password is required except when performing Initialize File or Maintenance in Configuration Database ...

Page 408: ...rs Re enter it for verifi cation when prompted 6 You will be returned to the prompt Login Password 1 At the NETLINK prompt type passwd Enter 2 When prompted enter a new password 5 85 characters Re enter it for verifi cation when prompted 3 You will be returned to the NETLINK prompt Other Passwords The Change Passwords operation allows you to change the low level high level database maintenance com...

Page 409: ...will not be displayed and press Enter 5 When prompted type the new password 5 6characters it will not be displayed and press Enter If you are removing an existing line monitor or remote control password so a password will no longer be required press Enter Although more than six characters can be entered only the first six are recognized by the software 6 Confirm the new password by entering it aga...

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Page 411: ...E From DTE Hex Dec Hex Dec Abbr Description 00 00 80 128 DTE DTE originated 01 01 81 129 OCC Number busy 02 02 82 130 none Password error remote control file transfer or alarm routing 03 03 83 131 INV Invalid facility request 05 05 85 133 NC Network congestion 09 09 89 137 DER Out of order 0B 11 8B 139 NA Access barred 0D 13 8D 141 PAD Not obtainable 11 17 91 145 RPE Remote procedure error 13 19 9...

Page 412: ...31 Remote procedure error 05 05 85 133 Local procedure error 07 07 87 135 Network congestion 09 09 89 137 Remote DTE operational 0F 15 8F 143 Network operational 11 17 91 145 Incompatible destination 1D 29 9D 157 Network out of order PVC only Restart Causes When a port is restarted all active SVCs and PVCs through the port are cleared The restart cause sent in a Restart packet provides a high leve...

Page 413: ... 23 Packet type Invalid for State p4 Data Transfer 18 24 Packet type Invalid for State p5 Call Collision Call Clearing Phase 19 25 Packet type Invalid for State p6 DTE Clear Request 1A 26 Packet type Invalid for State p7 DCE Clear Indication Reset during data xfer 1B 27 Packet type Invalid for State d1 Flow control Ready 1C 28 Packet type Invalid for State d2 DTE Reset Request 1D 29 Packet type In...

Page 414: ...ot provided when expected 4D 77 Invalid CCITT specified DTE facility 50 80 Miscellaneous protocol error 51 81 Improper cause code from DTE 52 82 Not aligned octet 53 83 Inconsistent Q bit setting 60 96 Inter network call setup or clearing problem invalid packet format was received during call setup 70 112 International inter network problem 71 113 Remote network problem 72 114 International inter ...

Page 415: ...n 80 128 File access failure 81 129 Call cleared because of call looping 82 130 Call cleared because port is quiesced or Invalid LCN 83 131 Invalid Closed User Group CUG 84 132 No incoming access CUG 85 133 No outgoing access CUG 8E 142 No carrier V 25bis ports only 8F 143 No dial tone received V 25bis ports only 90 144 Subscriber did not answer V 25bis ports only 91 145 No V 25bis lines available...

Page 416: ...1 161 Facility field out of order in original translation request A4 164 Duplicate facility found in original translation request A5 165 Disconnect X 25 PDN trunk F4 244 Connection rejected transient condition F4 244 Connection rejected transient condition ...

Page 417: ...necessitates a change At the Main Menu on the INM NMP press F4 When the message Illegal Selection appears press comma Whenprompted enter yourlow level operations password described in Appendix C The following menu will be displayed Figure E 1 System File Type Selection Menu Applications Statistics Type operations are not documented in this appendix since they are useful only to Cabletron engineers...

Page 418: ...change the descriptions Contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support before changing a description since there may be ramifications in the FRX8000 software Press A then C from the System File Type Selection Menu Figure E 1 When prompted enter one of the following numbers 3 AST Card N7000 Standard LP 4 T1 E1 N7000 6 RLP 7000 Node N7000 7 RLP FRX8000 A screen similar to the following example will be ...

Page 419: ...ther numbers can be selected the only type currently in use is 1 Table E 1 LP Type Parameters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Description up to 30 characters none Number of Ports LPType3 LP Type 4 1 8 1 4 8 4 Aggregate Thruput LP Type 3 LP Type 4 LP Type 6 7 0 256000 0 1920000 0 4096000 256000 1920000 4096000 PVC Support LPType3 6 7 LP Type 4 Y N Y N Y N SVC Support LPType3 6 7 LP Type 4 Y N ...

Page 420: ...meters Parameter Valid Values Default Value Window Size packets 1 127 20 Retransmit Count 1 99 20 Ack Timeout Bias ticks 10ths sec 2 20 5 Local Ack Timeout sec 1 99 1 Resequence Timeout sec 1 99 5 DB Maintenance Security Y N N Low Speed Trunk Balancing Y N N Upgrade in Progress Y N N BAG Param 1 0 65535 1 16 BAG Param 2 0 65535 1 2 Pct of Bandwidth Net 1 255 2 100 Priority for Net 0 255 15 Network...

Page 421: ...overreliable lines A high bias e g 10 15 shouldbe used for standard trunks over noisy lines to give level 2 enough recovery time Local Ack Timeout is the maximum period of time the node will wait to acknowledge a request If the request is acknowledged before this time runs out the acknowledgment will be embedded in the packet otherwise it will be sent in a separate packet Resequence Timeout is use...

Page 422: ...cation group described on page 4 8 for the purpose of prioritizing network related traffic flow with regard to the bandwidth used by subscriber related trunk traffic Priority for Net allows setting a priority for traffic within the bandwidth allocation group defined in this file the higher the number the higher the priority Alarm Severity Level Chapter 21 lists all alarms and their default severit...

Page 423: ...l be returned to the prompt Press Ctrl D to return to the NETLINK prompt Displaying Various Data Displaying or Printing a Directory From the NETLINK prompt choose the appropriate entry To display a UNIX diskette directory type tar tv n Enter where n is the numbercorrespondingto the drive Omitting the n specifies the default drive which is the one used to install UNIX into the node To print a UNIX ...

Page 424: ...me in minutes and file is the name of the output file Routing update packets will be collected continuously until Maximum time is reached or Maximum file size is reached or Operator presses F3 Analyzing the Data Analysis of the data collected with getrup can be done on any UNIX based 386 486 or Pentium PC The program rupana will compute the maximum linkcost mean link cost and standard deviation At...

Page 425: ...INM NMP is running it must first be stopped At the NETLINK prompt type stop Enter 2 At the next NETLINK prompt type vi u netlink cshrc Enter 3 After the file is displayed use the key to move the cursor to the line setenv CST_ROLL 1 4 Change 1 to the desired file size by pressing R followed with no spaces by a single digit that signifies the new file size in megabytes Remember that the totalspacefo...

Page 426: ...ect Accounts by highlighting using the arrow keys then press Enter 6 At the next menu select User then press Enter 7 At the next menu select Create then press Enter 8 Another menu will be displayed For Username enter a name of 1 8 characters Do not enter a name that already exists For Comments enter any information you might want displayed with your user name or press Enter if you do not want comm...

Page 427: ...t rathera very basic overview You should have a general understanding of how the vi editor works before using it The vi command displays a file and allows you to alter it To open the file with read only access type view Enter Basic use of the vi editor is as follows 1 At either the NETLINK or prompt type vi filename Enter or vedit filename Enter which will display helpful information along with th...

Page 428: ... by editing the file named cshrc using the UNIX vi text editor Call accounting must be turned off before editing cshrc At the NETLINK prompt type ll Enter ll is two lowercase L s and stands for Log List if a file named ACCNT is present call accounting is on Turn Off Call Accounting 1 At the NETLINK prompt type util Enter 2 At the NMP Utilities Menu type 3 Enter and follow the prompts When done exi...

Page 429: ...performed the operation manually Disabling Automatic Rollover To disable automatic rollover and return to manual operation you essentially reverse what you did to enable it Turn Off Call Accounting 1 At the NETLINK prompt type util Enter 2 At the NMP Utilities Menu type 3 Enter and follow the prompts When done exit the menu to the NETLINK prompt 3 Type gcon Enter or consol Enter if at an Auxiliary...

Page 430: ... 1 At the NETLINK prompt type logout Enter 2 At the UNIX login prompt type netlink Enter Enter your login password if necessary Turn On Call Accounting 1 At the NETLINK prompt type util Enter 2 From the NMP Utilities Menu follow the procedure described earlier for Turn Off Call Accounting on page F 6 this time turn it on Be sure to perform another on line update of the Network Defaults file ...

Page 431: ...attachedmonitor and keyboard for normal operation however they can be useful for displaying local status and statistics To start an FRX8000 power the node on The software will load and the FRX8000 Test Menu Figure G 1 will eventually be displayed This menu is described in the FRX8000 Installation Setup Guide Figure G 1 FRX8000 Test Menu FRX8000 Test Menu A Status Display B Statistics C Reboot Term...

Page 432: ...to do so 3 You will be prompted Type Control D to proceed with normal startup or give root password for system maintenance Press simultaneously Ctrl D 4 The current system date and time will be displayed Press Enter to accept the dis played values or enter the correct values in the format YYMMDDhhmm where YY year 00 to 99 MM month 01 to 12 DD day 01 to 31 hh hour 00 to 23 mm minute 00 to 59 Ifyou ...

Page 433: ...NETLINK prompt type logout Enter 4 At the scosysv login prompt type root Enter 5 When asked for a password type mypass Enter 6 At the prompt type sync shutdown g0 Enter Ignore anywarnings tolog off 7 After about a minute you will be prompted Do you want to continue Type y Enter to continue with the shutdown process 8 Messages will be displayed ending with Safe to Power Off or Press any key to Rebo...

Page 434: ...9 MM month 01 to 12 DD day 01 to 31 hh hour 00 to 23 mm minute 00 to 59 Ifyou onlyneedto change the time enterthe hour and minute tochange the year month or day you must enter the entire string including hour and minute 5 Various messages will be displayed ending with Check protected subsystem database y n Type y Enter 6 scosysv login will be displayed Type netlink Enter 7 When asked for a passwor...

Page 435: ...enus is displayed press F1 then go to step 2 2 Press C at the FRX8000 Test Menu 3 When prompted Reboot R to reboot T to terminate press T 4 At the NETLINK prompt type logout Enter 5 At the scosysv login prompt type root Enter 6 When asked for a password type mypass Enter 7 At the prompt type sync shutdown g0 Enter Ignore anywarnings tolog off 8 After about a minute you will be prompted Do you want...

Page 436: ...ystem V 386 Boot 2 Press Enter If any files are corrupted because the system was not shut down properly error messages will be displayed Press Enter if requested to do so 3 You will be prompted Type Control D to proceed with normal startup or give root password for system maintenance Press simultaneously Ctrl D 4 The current system date and time will be displayed Press Enter to accept the dis play...

Page 437: ...n prompt type root Enter 4 When asked for a password type mypass Enter 5 At the prompt type sync shutdown g0 Enter Ignore anywarnings tolog off 6 After about a minute you will be prompted Do you want to continue Type y Enter to continue with the shutdown process 7 Messages will be displayed ending with Safe to Power Off or Press any key to Reboot 8 Switch the unit off N7400 Starting an N7400 To st...

Page 438: ... month 01 to 12 DD day 01 to 31 hh hour 00 to 23 mm minute 00 to 59 Ifyou onlyneedto change the time enterthe hour and minute tochange the year month or day you must enter the entire string including hour and minute 5 Various messages will be displayed ending with Check protected subsystem database y n Type y Enter 6 scosysv login will be displayed Type netlink Enter 7 When asked for a password ty...

Page 439: ...screen press R twice If shutting downan N7500 INM from the menu level press R at the MainMenu press F1 to display a blank screen then press R Figure G 3 Node Performance Display 2 When prompted Reboot Y to reboot T to terminate press T 3 At the NETLINK prompt type logout Enter 4 At the scosysv login prompt type root Enter 5 When asked for a password type mypass Enter 6 At the prompt type sync shut...

Page 440: ...ify the number and types of LPs in the node This file will be retained until the next time the node undergoes IPL At that time the contents of BOOTRPT TXT will be copied to a file called BOOTBAK TXT and a new BOOTRPT TXT will be created A report containingthe contents ofBOOTRPT TXT canbe displayed printed orsaved toa file forlater use To create the report follow this procedure at an operational IN...

Page 441: ...2 014 0C Ctrl L CR 013 015 0D Ctrl M SO 014 016 0E Ctrl N SI 015 017 0F Ctrl O DLE 016 020 10 Ctrl P DC1 017 021 11 Ctrl Q DC2 018 022 12 Ctrl R DC3 019 023 13 Ctrl S DC4 020 024 14 Ctrl T NAK 021 025 15 Ctrl U SYN 022 026 16 Ctrl V ETB 023 027 17 Ctrl W CAN 024 030 18 Ctrl X EM 025 031 19 Ctrl Y SUB 026 032 1A Ctrl Z ESC 027 033 1B Ctrl FS 028 034 1C Ctrl GS 029 035 1D Ctrl RS 030 036 1E Ctrl til...

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Page 443: ... i 105 151 69 j 106 152 6A k 107 153 6B l 108 154 6C m 109 155 6D n 110 156 6E o 111 157 6F p 112 160 70 q 113 161 71 r 114 162 72 s 115 163 73 t 116 164 74 u 117 165 75 v 118 166 76 w 119 167 77 x 120 170 78 y 121 171 79 z 122 172 7A 123 173 7B pipe 124 174 7C 125 175 7D tilde 126 176 7E DEL 127 177 7F ...

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Page 445: ...or B Configure LAN Card D Configure Ports A Configure Port trunk frame relay X 25 SNA BSCI async B Configure Frame Relay DLCIs C CUG Management A Configure X 25 Port CUG B Configure International CUG D Configure X25 Address Translation Template E Configure Modem Initialization Trunk X 25 F SNA PAD Management Chapter 11 A Configure SNA 7000 HPAD PU B Configure SNA 7000 TPAD PU C Configure SNA FRX80...

Page 446: ...ations A Change Alternate Node B Re IPL Remote Node C Boot Disk Local Operations D Boot Disk Download Operations A Configuration Update B All Software Update C LP Software Update D Node Software Update N74 7500 only E Single File Update E Rollover Accounting Information File F Display Delete Call Accounting File G Download Filter Definitions H Convert 5 0 Node Database C Database Concurrency Opera...

Page 447: ...isplay IP Statistics B Display ICMP Statistics C Display IP Interface Statistics D Display IPX Statistics E Clear Maximum Values F Cumulative Statistics A Cumulative Statistics Maintenance B Cumulative Statistics Report G Change Statistics Thresholds On Line H Load Configured Statistics Thresholds I LAN Card Statistics G Reports A Configuration Report B SVC Subscriber Report C PVC Report D IP Repo...

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Page 449: ...ion of the destination of a message Alarm is a change in status in software or hardware operation e g configuration function operating state performance etc that is reported to automatic and specified FRX8000 or N7000 devices An alarm is sometimes calledan event and alarms are sent to the event log which sends them to screens printers and or files depending on how some parameters are configured AS...

Page 450: ...difference in the rate of data flow or time of occurrence when transmitting data between devices C Call is a request for connection between two DTEs each using a logical channels across the DTE DCE interface Checksum is an arithmetic sum usedto verifythe integrityofbits of data A bad checksum means that the data is corrupted An IP checksum is calculated only for the IP header and is re calculated ...

Page 451: ...ation Note that physical and logical DCE are independent of eachother however for each if one end of the connection is DCE the other must be DTE and vice versa Dotted Decimal Notation is the syntactic representation for a 32 bit integer consisting of four 8 bit numbers in base 10 separated by periods This format is used for IP addresses DPPM stands for Disk Packet Processing Module andis usedto id...

Page 452: ...e having been seg mented to allow it to pass through a network that did not support the larger datagram See Fragmentation Fragmentation is the breaking up of IP datagrams into smaller segments to allow the datagrams to pass through a network that does not support the full size If IP fragments the data grams they will be reassembled at the final destination if another protocol fragments them for ex...

Page 453: ...rding to a pre defined algorithm I ICMP stands for internet control message protocol which handles IP error and control messages Gateways and hosts use ICMP to report problems concerning datagrams back to the source ICP stands for Integrated Call Processor and identifies a UNIX based FRX8000 or N7500 switching node that also has call processing capability IEEE stands for Institute of Electrical an...

Page 454: ...ss protocol balanced which is anX 25level 2protocol for appli cations where either end can initiate transmission LCN stands for logical channel number which is used as an identifier for a virtual circuit between a DTE and a DCE Level 2 is the link layer in the ISO International Standards Organization 7 layer OSI Open Systems Interconnect reference model Level 3 is the packet layer in the OSI refer...

Page 455: ...s across an inter network Network is a series of points connected by communications channels NMP is the Network Management Processor for FRX8000 and N7000 switching nodes nmpini is the executable that starts the management processes in an FRX8000 or N7000 NMP Node is a physical device that acts as a transfer point for data between endpoints of a physical logical connection Nucleus 7000 7400 7500 7...

Page 456: ...try or exit point for node and NMP data transmission Each FRX8000 LP line processor has four or eight physical ports dependingon the number of attached Line Interface Cards Additionally each physical X 25 or frame relay port supports up to 56 logical ports Each logical port ona physical port uses a different logical channel or LCN The ASTLP supports four physical ports withan additional four async...

Page 457: ...the most desirable path Routing is the process that selects the path taken by packets as they traverse the network between nodes Routing algorithm is the precise specification of the procedure used by the nodes to determine which of several possible paths through the network will be taken by a packet RS 232C often called simply RS 232 is an EIA standard defining a physical and electrical interface...

Page 458: ... SNA stands for IBM s Systems Network Architecture Socket is an abstract entity that allows a process to access the Internet The process opens a socket specifies the service desired e g reliable delivery of data preservation of message ordering preservation of message boundaries binds the socket to a destination then transmits data start icp is the executable that starts the management processes i...

Page 459: ...arm messages etc U User is anything connected to the network that is itself not part of the network V V 35 is a CCITT standard defining a physical and electrical interface that is typically used by high speed digital carriers Virtual circuit is an independent logical path betweentwo subscribers ofa packet switching network established for the purpose of exchanging data X X 3 is a CCITT recommendat...

Page 460: ...ode DTE or another PAD XPAD is an integral to an FRX8000 or N74 7500 node transparent PAD It can be used to network any SNA device that can be networked using any of the other SNA PAD types It can be considered a fully transparent PAD for synchronous protocols however it is not intended for this use because special application programs would have to be resident on the host ...

Page 461: ...rminal command mode A 2 commands A 2 data transfer mode A 2 establishing a connection A 1 operations A 1 placing a call A 3 placing a call from A 3 service signals A 4 Async Terminal Control 5 6 Autocall 10 16 11 12 12 14 Autocall Delay 12 14 Autocall Options 12 14 Autocall Timer 10 16 11 12 B Backup LP ID Port No 7 10 Bandw Alloc Group 7 19 8 9 9 17 9 19 10 11 11 10 12 19 12 21 13 7 13 11 Bandwid...

Page 462: ...ear Timeout 4 6 DCE Incoming Call Timeout 4 6 DCE Reset Timeout 4 6 DCE Restart Timeout 4 6 De Activation Timer 7 10 Default Calling Address 7 16 9 8 Default Low SVC LCN 4 7 Default Packet Size 4 7 7 16 9 8 10 8 12 14 Default Window Size 4 7 7 16 9 8 10 8 12 14 Description 7 21 Destination IP Address 13 6 Destination Mask 13 9 Destination Network Value 14 15 Destination Node Value 14 15 Destinatio...

Page 463: ... 8 Generate M bit Packets 12 14 getrup F 2 Graphics level statistics display 19 26 Group Name 9 26 Group Send 9 26 H Half Duplex 10 8 Highest Incoming Channel 7 16 9 7 Highest Outgoing Channel 7 16 9 7 Highest Two Way Channel 7 16 9 7 Hops 14 19 Host MAC Address 10 22 10 28 Host SAP Addr 10 24 I ICMP Redirects 13 6 ICMP statistics 19 13 ICMP Statistics Display Parameters 19 14 Icons on graphics le...

Page 464: ...ne Monitor Options 18 6 Line Processor Type E 2 Line Service 6 5 6 12 6 14 Line Setup Retries 9 9 Line Speed Code 7 6 7 14 7 24 8 6 9 6 9 28 10 7 11 5 Link Integrity Timer 8 7 Link Management 8 7 List 3 5 3 7 LLC2 Conversion 10 16 LLC2 Host configuring 10 19 LLC2 interface configuring 10 25 LLC2 Parameters 10 16 LLC2 configuring 10 1 Local Charging Prevention 7 16 7 25 9 8 9 29 12 14 Local MAC Add...

Page 465: ...OS Enabled 14 8 NetBIOS Hops 14 8 Network 14 19 Network Address Value 14 13 14 14 Network Defaults internal processor level E 4 IP 13 3 IPX 14 2 updating on line 4 8 Network Mask 13 6 Network Name 4 5 Network Representation 4 9 NMP starting G 6 stopping G 7 No Data Poll Period 10 7 No Response Poll Period 10 7 No Response Retry Count 11 6 No Response Timer 11 6 Node Address Value 14 14 Node Defaul...

Page 466: ... 25 13 10 trunk 7 20 X 25 to X 25 9 18 PVC creating deleting on line 8 9 9 20 12 22 13 12 PVC 12 14 R Rcv Ack Timer T2 10 17 10 23 Rcv Clock TT from DTE 7 15 8 6 9 7 10 8 11 6 Rebooting FRX8000 ICP G 3 FRX8000 INM G 6 FRX8000 Switch G 2 N7400 G 7 N7500 G 10 Receive Break Signal 12 6 Redirect on Busy 7 19 9 17 10 11 11 9 12 18 Redirect on Out of Order 7 19 9 17 10 11 11 9 12 18 Re IPL remote node 1...

Page 467: ...ue 14 16 Source Socket Value 14 16 Source Subscriber 13 6 Speed in async PAD profile 12 6 Starting FRX8000 ICP G 2 FRX8000 INM G 4 FRX8000 Switch G 1 N7400 G 7 N7500 G 8 N7500 ICP G 8 N7500 INM G 8 NMP G 6 Static routes IP 13 8 IPX 14 18 Statistics clearing maximum values 19 8 cumulative 19 9 frame 19 6 frame relay utilization 18 10 frame level 19 6 graphics level 19 26 ICMP 19 13 IP 19 12 IP Inte...

Page 468: ... Support 11 14 Transparent Text Supported 11 7 Transport Time 14 9 14 19 Trap Parameters 15 5 Trap routing configuring 15 5 Trunk configuring 7 1 U Underlying Physical Port 7 17 Unit Type 6 12 6 14 UNIX configuring for multiple users F 4 vi editor F 5 Usage 12 4 Use Excess 8 3 User Data 12 15 V V 25bis modem operations 7 10 17 2 vi F 5 Virtual Connections Display Parameters 18 4 Virtual connection...

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