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Cisco BPX 8600 Series Installation and Configuration
Release 9.3.0, Part Number 78-10674-01 Rev. D0, July 2001
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Configuring Trunks and
Adding Interface Shelves
After you have configured the nodes, you must activate the trunks. Trunks are intranode communication
links in a network. A trunk can connect any combination of IGX or BPX nodes.
This chapter describes:
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Configuring Trunks
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Adding an Interface Shelf
Before proceeding to this chapter, you should first complete the procedures in:
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Part 2, Installation
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Chapter 17, Initial BPX 8600 Node Configuration
For details on virtual trunking, see:
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Chapter 23, Configuring BXM Virtual Switch Interfaces
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Chapter 25, Configuring BXM Virtual Trunks
Configuring Trunks
Trunk characteristics are:
Table 18-1 shows the communication technology for each node type, card combination, and line type.
• Physical line type:
T1 (including fractional)
E1 (including fractional)
Subrate, E3, T3, or
OC-3 (STM1), OC-3/AIM with UXM, OC-12 with BXM
• Communication technology:
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) or FastPackets.
Table 18-1 Supported Card Types
Node Type
Front Card
Back Card
Line Types
Technology
IGX
NTM
BC-T1
T1, T1 Fractional
FastPacket
IGX
NTM
BC-E1
E1, E1 Fractional
FastPacket
Summary of Contents for BPX 8600 Series
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Page 481: ...P A R T 5 Troubleshooting and Maintenance ...
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