Riverstone Networks RS Switch Router User Guide Release 8.0 30-1
30 WAN CONFIGURATION
This chapter provides an overview of:
•
Wide Area Network (WAN) applications in
Section 30.2,
"Configuring WAN Interfaces"
.
•
Frame Relay configuration in
Section 30.3,
"Frame Relay Overview"
.
•
PPP configuration in
Section 30.7,
"Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Overview"
.
•
Channelized T1, E1 and T3 configurations in
Section 30.16,
"Channelized T1, E1 and T3
Services Overview"
.
•
Clear Channel T3 and E3 configurations in
Section 30.17,
"Clear Channel T3 and E3 Services
Overview"
.
•
Inverse Multiplxer in
Section 30.14,
"Inverse Multiplexer Overview"
.
•
WAN rate shaping in
Section 30.13,
"WAN Rate Shaping"
.
•
Cisco HDLC protocol in
Section 30.11,
"Cisco HDLC WAN Port Configuration"
. This protocol
is for WAN routing with Cisco routers that use the Cisco HDLC protocol; it is the default
protocol used for WAN on Cisco routers.
In addition, you can view the following:
•
An example of multi-router WAN configurations in
Section 30.15,
"WAN Configuration
Examples"
.
•
Example Channelized T1, E1 and T3 configurations in
Section 30.18,
"Scenarios for
Deploying Channelized T1, E1 and T3"
.
•
Example Clear Channel T3 and E3 configurations in
Section 30.19,
"Scenarios for Deploying
Clear Channel T3 and E3"
.
The configuration and monitoring CLI commands are described in the
Riverstone RS Switch Router Command
Line Interface Reference Manual
.
30.1 HIGH-SPEED SERIAL INTERFACE (HSSI) AND
STANDARD SERIAL INTERFACES
On the Riverstone RS Switch Router, WAN routing is performed over a serial interface using two basic protocols:
Frame Relay and point-to-point protocol (PPP). The protocols have their own set of configuration and monitoring
CLI commands described in the
Riverstone RS Switch Router Command Line Interface Reference Manual
.
In both the Frame Relay and PPP environments on the RS, you can specify ports to be High-Speed Serial Interface
(HSSI) or standard serial interface ports, depending, of course, on the type of hardware you have. Each type of
interface plays a part in the nomenclature of port identification. You must use either the “hs.” or “se.” prefix for
HSSI and serial interfaces, respectively, when specifying WAN port identities.
