Serial port configuration task list
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OnSite 2800 Series User Manual
4 • Serial port configuration
Example:
Enabling an interface
The example shows how to enable the built-in serial interface on slot 0 and port 0 of an OnSite router. Check
that
State
is set to
OPENED
in the command output of
show port serial
.
2800(cfg)#port serial 0 0
2800(prt-ser)[0/0]#no shutdown
2800(prt-ser)[0/0]#show port serial
Serial Interface Configuration
------------------------------
Port : serial 0 0 0
State : OPENED
Hardware Port : V.35
Transmit Edge : normal
Port Type : DTE
CRC Type : CRC-16
Max Frame Length: 2048
Recv Threshold : 1
Encapsulation :
Configuring the encapsulation for Frame Relay
The synchronous serial interface supports the Frame Relay serial encapsulation method.
To set the encapsulation method used by a serial interface, use the
encapsulation
interface
configuration command.
This procedure describes how to set the encapsulation type of the serial interface for Frame Relay.
Mode:
Administrator execution
Example:
Configuring the serial encapsulation type
The following example enables Frame Relay encapsulation for the serial interface on slot 0 and port 0 of an
OnSite router. Check that in the command output of
show port serial
Encapsulation
is set to
framerelay
.
2800(cfg)#port serial 0 0
2800(prt-ser)[0/0]#encapsulation framerelay
2800(prt-ser)[0/0]#show port serial
Serial Interface Configuration
------------------------------
Port : serial 0 0 0
State : CLOSED
Hardware Port : V.35
Step
Command
Purpose
1
node
(cfg)#port serial
slot port
Selects the serial interface on
slot
and
port
.
2
node
(prt-ser)[
slot/port
]#[no] encapsulation {
framerelay | ppp }
Sets the encapsulation type for the
selected interface.
3
node
(prt-ser)[
slot/port
]#show port serial
Displays the serial interface configuration.
