
Chapter 5 Site-Specific Configuration
Configuring Interface Protection Groups
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Configuring Interface Protection Groups
The Interface Protection Group feature enables you to configure an interface
protection group as primary and secondary, with the secondary group serv-
ing as a standby in the event the primary ATM link fails. You can group inter-
faces of the same type into primary and secondary protection groups. Each
group can have up to four primary and four secondary interfaces. Configur-
ing interface protection groups consists of the following procedures:
[Max Peer ASs]
Default: 1
Range:
Format: Numeric
Specifies the maximum number of remote peer
application servers.
[Max Outgoing
Streams]
Default: 251
Range:
Format: Numeric
Specifies the maximum number of outgoing
streams per association.
Client Server
Option
Default: Server
Range: N/A
Format: Predefined
alphanumeric
Specifies the role of the signaling gateway for ini-
tiating the SCTP associations.
Server
The server
waits
for SCTP association establish-
ment.
Client
The client
initiates
SCTP association establish-
ment.
Local SCTP Port
Default: 9900
Range: 0–99999
Format: Numeric
Identifies the port of the IUA service. The SCTP
Registered User Port Number Assignment for IUA
is 9900.
Failover Buffer Size
(KB)
Default: 64
Range: 0–999
Format: Numeric
(KB)
Specifies the size of the failover retransmission
buffer. The recommended value is 64 KB. This
value is only valid when buffering is enabled. See
the Recovery Timer field for information on set-
ting a value to enable buffering.
Heart Beat Timer
(msec)
Default: 1000
Range: 0–99999
Format: Numeric
(msec)
Specifies the initial value of the heart beat timer.
The recommended value is 1000 msec.
[Max Peer ASPs Per
AS]
Default: 1
Range:
Format: Numeric
Specifies the maximum number of Application
Server Processes per remote application server.
[Max Incoming
Streams]
Default: 251
Range:
Format: Numeric
Specifies the maximum number of incoming
streams per association.
Table 5-23. Field Descriptions for the IUA Layer Configuration Window (Continued)
Field Name
Field Values
Field Description