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Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM1E/PXM45), Cisco MGX 8950, Cisco MGX 8830, and Cisco MGX 8880 Configuration Guide
Release 5.0.10, OL-3845-01 Rev. B0, August 16, 2004
Chapter 8 Managing PNNI Nodes and PNNI Routing
Managing PNNI Routes
Before you can create a preferred route, all the nodes that will be in the preferred route must be in the
network node table. Enter the dspnwnodes command to ensure that all the nodes in your planned
preferred route are in the network node table, as shown in the following example:
U1.8.PXM.a >
dspnwnodes
Node Identifier PXM Pref rte Node name
-------------------------------------------------- ----- -------- ---------
56:160:47.009181000000003071f80406.003071f80406.01 pxm1 No Fargo
56:160:47.009181000000003071f80422.003071f80422.01 pxm45 No Denver
56:160:47.339181000000003071f80433.003071f80433.01 pxm1E Yes Chicago
If one or more nodes in your preferred route does not appear in the network node table, use the following
procedure to add the missing nodes to the table.
Step 1
Establish a configuration session using a user name with GROUP1 privileges or higher.
Step 2
Enter the addnwnode command as follows to add the a node to the network node table:
U1.8.PXM.a > addnwnode <nodeId> <pxmType> [-name <nodeName>]
describes the parameters you can configure through the addnwnode command.
In the following example, the user adds a PXM1E node named LA to the network.
MGX8850.7.PXM1E.a >
addnwnode
56:100:47.009181000000003071f80406.003071f80406.01 PXM1E
-name LA
Step 3
Enter the dspnwnode -id <nodeId> or the dspnwnode -name <nodeName> command to ensure that the
node you added in Step 2 appears in the network node table. If you use the dspnwnode -id <nodeId>
command, replace <nodeId> with the 22-octet node identifier. If you use the dspnwnode -name
<nodeName> command, replace <nodeName> with the name you assigned to the node in Step 2.
Table 8-5
addnwnode Command Parameters
nodeId
This 22-octet uniquely identifies a PNNI node.
pxmType
Type of controller card in the switch. The controller type determines how the software converts
between the physical and logical port identifiers. Type one of the following case-sensitive
strings:
•
PXM45
•
PXM1
•
PXM1E
•
Others (for non-Cisco nodes)
Note
If you enter Others as the pxmType, you can not use the portId to build a preferred
route. (See the neSyntax parameter in
.)
-name
A string of up to 32 case-sensitive IA5 characters (except when empty) describing a
PNNI node. If you plan to build a preferred route by using node names, you must include
the -name option for entries in the network node table.
Default: an empty string
