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Title Page

Portable Management Application

for the

FRX4000, FRX6000, and SmartSwitch 1800

User’s Guide

Summary of Contents for SPECTRUM 1800

Page 1: ...Title Page Portable Management Application for the FRX4000 FRX6000 and SmartSwitch 1800 User s Guide...

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Page 3: ...ies to the effect that the Licensed Software is virus free Copyright 1998 by Cabletron Systems Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Order Number 9032412 E2 April 1998 Cablet...

Page 4: ...noperative 3 Reproduced for safekeeping archives or backup purposes 4 Modified adapted or combined with other computer software provided that the modified combined or adapted portions of the derivativ...

Page 5: ...sing the Mouse in a Hub View Module 2 6 The Hub View Front Panel 2 7 Monitoring Hub Performance 2 10 Selecting a Port Display Form 2 12 Viewing Device Information 2 16 Con guring RLP Protocols 2 16 Co...

Page 6: ...ts 5 2 Port Con guration 5 2 Changing Con guration Values 5 8 Applying Port level Changes 5 8 DLCI Rate Con guration 5 8 Changing DLCI Rate Values 5 11 Applying Port level Changes 5 12 Frame Relay Bac...

Page 7: ...anging Host Connections 7 26 Viewing SDLC Status 7 26 SDLC Port Statistics 7 26 SDLC Link Station General Statistics 7 29 SDLC Link Station Rx and Tx Statistics 7 30 Chapter 8 BSC Interactive Configur...

Page 8: ...Con guring Frame Relay Bridge Ports 11 4 Adding or Modifying Frame Relay Bridge Ports 11 7 Con guring LAN Bridge Ports 11 7 Adding or Modifying LAN Bridge Ports 11 9 Chapter 12 SmartSwitch 1800 Voice...

Page 9: ...ne LAN Ethernet or Token Ring interface and is available in a variety of models depending on the combination of LAN interface and serial protocols you need The FRX6000 is ideal for data centers and co...

Page 10: ...n this guide while we provide as much background information as we can we do assume that you re familiar with Ethernet Token Ring Frame Relay and X 25 networks and with general network management conc...

Page 11: ...ics available on the ports X 25 status and con guration options are available from the Hub View Chapter 7 SNA Status and Con guration describes how to con gure SNA ports and provides physical unit and...

Page 12: ...applications menu and MIBTree can also be launched from the command line and MIB I II is available from the icon menu the Hub View or the command line Instructions on discovering Cabletron devices cre...

Page 13: ...can be resized those windows will display the standard window resizing handles employed by your windowing system Resizing a window doesn t resize the information in the window it just changes the amou...

Page 14: ...rocedures within the SPMA document set refer to these buttons as follows Figure 1 3 Mouse Buttons TIP The FRX Hub View application currently prints few footer messages most of which relate to loss of...

Page 15: ...tructions about which mouse button to use All other panels from which menus can be accessed and all buttons which do not provide access to menus will operate according to SPMA convention as documented...

Page 16: ...hich uses your workstation s system time value to display the time and date of the last contact change will now display these date values with eight digits 05 31 1998 instead of six 05 31 98 Please ke...

Page 17: ...unch the Hub View application if you are working within a network management system you can select the Hub View option from the icon menu speci c directions for creating an FRX or SmartSwitch icon and...

Page 18: ...indexed 0 For the FRX6000 RLP indexing is determined by a switch setting on the card itself RLPs will be displayed in the Hub View in index order regardless of their actual physical placement in the c...

Page 19: ...rrespond to LIC 1 and LIC 2 on each FRX6000 RLP card NOTE LAN card indexing is determined simply by the order in which the installed LAN cards are identi ed during the initial FRX6000 rmware installat...

Page 20: ...h of two possible LIC cards however serial port status information will only be displayed for ports which are physically present on an installed LIC card and have been con gured in the database Ports...

Page 21: ...cannot be con gured if they are not present The color coding for both serial and LAN ports is based on a combination of MIB II ifAdminStatus and ifOperStatus as follows Green indicates that both ifAd...

Page 22: ...in the Hub View that is those which are at least con gured in the database you can use the mouse to access various module and port level menus and functions as illustrated below Figure 2 3 Mousing Aro...

Page 23: ...y Name A text eld that you can use to help identify the device you can assign a device name via the MIB I II application described in the SPMA Tools Guide To view a name which is longer than the eld c...

Page 24: ...rmware versions 3 3 0 3 3 1 and 4 0 each installed LAN card can be assigned an IP address The IP address you use to communicate with the FRX devices via SNMP is an IP address which has been assigned...

Page 25: ...e Information window described in Viewing Device Information page 2 16 Open the Polling Intervals window described beginning on page 2 32 Select a Port Display Form described beginning on page 2 12 La...

Page 26: ...f applications available to the devices and how to access each one Clicking mouse button 1 on the Quit button closes all Hub View application windows any open applications which can also be accessed f...

Page 27: ...2 11 Using the FRX4000 FRX6000 and SmartSwitch 1800 Hub View Figure 2 5 The Device Module and Port Menus Device Menu LANCard and RLP Module Menus Frame Relay X 25 LAN and Unconfigured Port Menus BSCI...

Page 28: ...enu 2 Drag down to Port Display Form then to the side as necessary to select one of the port display options The current selection will be displayed in the LIC name box for RLPs or the Interface box f...

Page 29: ...ured to run the SDLC protocol frame indicates that the port has been con gured to run the Frame Relay protocol async indicates that the port has been con gured to run the asynchronous protocol bsci in...

Page 30: ...il failed The port has failed due to a broken cable or other wire problem either while moving to the operational state or after achieving it fault hardware fault Indicates that the port has failed due...

Page 31: ...or a port must match the speed of the line which will be connected to that interface and the speed con gured for the port at the other end of the connection Max Packet Size Displays the size of larges...

Page 32: ...lly includes information about the rmware version currently running System Contact Displays the MIB II sysContact value this value is settable via the generic MIB I II application accessible from the...

Page 33: ...rmation includes Status A status of Installed indicates that the RLP is physically present in the chassis and has been con gured in the database a status of Con gured indicates that a database record...

Page 34: ...o run over that RLP s serial ports You can change or add protocols for the selected RLP Follow these guidelines when con guring protocols RIP is a valid choice only if IP is already con gured on the s...

Page 35: ...l transport the protocols To change or add protocols for the selected RLP 1 Display the Configuration window for the selected RLP Each protocol field will display either a configured protocol or None...

Page 36: ...st protocols that are supported on that RLP 3 Click on Apply to save your changes Viewing Serial Port Information The Port Information windows provide the same descriptive information for all displaye...

Page 37: ...display form described on page 2 13 Serial Port Pin Status You can also view the electrical status of each pin on the cables attached to a serial port this information can be useful in tracking down...

Page 38: ...me active when the device wishes to send some data and become inactive once the data is sent for a point to point protocol however the pin will always be active CTS clear to send The receiving device...

Page 39: ...AN Port Information Windows The windows display the following information Interface Description Displays a general description of the selected LAN interface from the MIB II ifDescr including the index...

Page 40: ...onnections These statistics are described in the following sections RLP Health To access RLP Health statistics 1 In the Hub View click on the appropriate Module Index or Module Name text box to displa...

Page 41: ...ports on the selected RLP expressed as a rate frames second Each protocol handles rejected frames a little differently in general however frames are rejected because the active protocol has detected a...

Page 42: ...ppear Figure 2 13 The Port Health Statistics Window The Serial Port Health Statistics windows display the same statistics for each con gured serial port regardless of type Frames Received The total nu...

Page 43: ...es line problems Rx Utilization The ratio of non ag characters the space between frames to the total number of characters received on the selected serial port that is the percentage of available bandw...

Page 44: ...total number of packets received at the selected LAN interface that were destined for more than one address either broadcast or multicast expressed as a rate packets second In Discards ifInDiscards T...

Page 45: ...Viewing Statistics Thresholds The Hub View provides a way to view trap thresholds that have been set through console management for RLP and port health statistics For each RLP and port statistic you...

Page 46: ...s statistic Message Queue Length Shows the threshold for the Frames Queued statistic Received Frames Per Second Shows the threshold for the Frames Received Statistic Transmitted Frames Per Second Show...

Page 47: ...al Port Health page 2 26 Received Frames Per Second Shows the threshold for the Frames Received statistic Transmitted Frames Per Second Shows the threshold for the Frames Transmitted statistic Retrans...

Page 48: ...the Hub In addition to the performance information described in the preceding sections the Hub View also provides you with the tools you need to con gure your device and keep it operating properly Hu...

Page 49: ...ability to maintain a connection with the device Device General Status This polling interval controls how often the Hub View Front Panel Information such as Uptime Device Name and so forth and some s...

Page 50: ...sable as desired and release Applying Port level Changes After you have made any port level con guration changes such as con guring an SNA or BSCI port your changes will not take effect until you have...

Page 51: ...p Table 1 Click on the button to display the Device menu 2 Drag down to Trap Table and release The Trap Table window Figure 3 1 will appear NOTES SPMA does not accept the trap messages that task is le...

Page 52: ...the IP address of the management workstation that will receive traps Be sure this is a management workstation which has some facility for accepting and displaying traps or traps sent there will be ig...

Page 53: ...aps To add a trap table entry 1 In the IP Address field enter the IP address of the workstation to which you wish to direct trap messages from the selected FRX or SmartSwitch 1800 device Be sure this...

Page 54: ...on gurations and set the clock Configured for extended sequence numbering received SABM 181 The Port record is con gured for a maximum frame sequence number Outstanding Frames greater than seven but a...

Page 55: ...f necessary Excessively noisy line 250 Self explanatory Severity Minor Level 3 Action Check the communications line and cables LP Buf Usage exceeded T n C n 304 The RLP statistic Percentage of Buffers...

Page 56: ...nformational Level 4 Action If this happens frequently check the line for noise and check for con guration errors on both the FRX port and the connected user device Rcv Frm Sec exceeded T n C n 311 Th...

Page 57: ...the FRX port and the connected user device Trn Err Ratio exceeded T n C n 316 The port statistic Transmit Error Ratio has exceeded the threshold T n that was set by the user C n is the current value S...

Page 58: ...ed Line Interface Card LIC exists in the node but has not been con gured in the Line Processor le Severity Minor Level 3 Action Con gure the LIC or remove it from the node LIC n Configured Not Install...

Page 59: ...link address con gured for the HPAD subscriber Severity Major Level 2 Action Check the hardware at both ends to make sure the devices are operational and cables are securely connected For SNA also che...

Page 60: ...AD subscriber The link is ready to establish an X 25 connection with the remote TPAD Severity Major Level 2 Call Clr LCN n cc n dc n 407 Self explanatory Severity Informational Level 4 Action Depends...

Page 61: ...to increase the level of Maximum Congestion speci ed in the Node Defaults record End of Congestion n events lost 415 The Minimum Congestion level has been reached See event 414 above Severity Informa...

Page 62: ...ate FRDLCI DAT 429 The Frame Relay DLCI con guration le has been updated Severity Informational Level 4 Received Port Disable Request 430 Self explanatory Severity Critical Level 1 Action None however...

Page 63: ...ty Major Level 2 Action Reboot the node and watch for error messages during boot up If the problem persists contact your service representative Database Error Access Restricted 439 The database is inc...

Page 64: ...ational Level 4 Subscriber File Upd SVCSUB DAT 449 The SVC Subscriber le has been updated Severity Informational Level 4 Statistic Def File Upd STDPAR DAT 450 The Default Statistics Parameters le has...

Page 65: ...y Informational Level 4 IP Route File Upd IPRSUB DAT 459 The IP Routing le has been updated Severity Informational Level 4 IP Interface File Upd IPRSUB DAT 460 The IP Routing le has been updated Sever...

Page 66: ...shold 469 The situation that caused event 309 has ended Severity Informational Level 4 Rcv Frm Sec Under Threshold 471 The situation that caused event 311 has ended Severity Informational Level 4 Tran...

Page 67: ...abase record was created for a nonexistent interface Someone then deleted the record using F4 which caused this message to be generated Severity Informational Level 4 No mem avail processing intface n...

Page 68: ...n deleted successfully 489 Self explanatory Severity Informational Level 4 Error adding route with destination n mask n router n 490 Self explanatory Severity Minor Level 3 Action Cabletron Systems G...

Page 69: ...has been received disabling the port Severity Minor Level 3 Action Take the same action as for message 500 BPAD Invalid MSG n Exchange 503 An invalid message has been received disabling the port Sever...

Page 70: ...Self explanatory This error disables the port Severity Minor Level 3 Action Take the same action as for message 500 BSCI Invalid circuit operations 517 An invalid operation has occurred and has disab...

Page 71: ...on Correct the line speed in the Port record I FRM Blocked Remote Busy Timeout 530 An RNR Receive Not Ready condition on the port has been cleared by expiration of the Remote Busy Timer which caused t...

Page 72: ...onse to STATUS ENQ 536 There was no response to a status enquiry from the DTE Severity Minor Level 3 Action Check the status of the DCE DLCI n Flow Control On 537 Flow control has been implemented on...

Page 73: ...ity Minor Level 3 Action The frame must be resent DLCI n frame relay PVC deleted 545 Self explanatory Severity Informational Level 4 DLCI n frame relay PVC connected 546 Self explanatory Severity Info...

Page 74: ...een updated Severity Informational Level 4 Bridge Filt App File Upd BRGFLTAP DAT 641 The Bridge Filter Applications le has been updated Severity Informational Level 4 IPX Interface File Upd IPXISUB DA...

Page 75: ...eiving the signal from the local device Severity Major Level 2 Action Check the T1 E1 cable at the local end of the connection If it is securely connected and everything else appears operational conta...

Page 76: ...device received an unpermitted I frame and responded with a Frame Reject Severity Major Level 2 SDLC Stn rcvd FRMR Nr invalid 706 The remote device received a frame with an invalid N r and responded w...

Page 77: ...Stn sent FRMR no reason 714 The remote station sent a Frame Reject with no reason Severity Major Level 2 SDLC Remote RNR limit exceeded 715 The remote station is busy This could be a hardware or buffe...

Page 78: ...e remote station sent a Disconnect Mode response and the logical link is down Severity Major Level 2 LLC 2 SABME Received when open 738 The remote station sent a SABME to the local station but the loc...

Page 79: ...2 FRMR Sent Invalid Nr 745 The remote device sent an invalid N R and a Frame Reject was returned Severity Major Level 2 LLC 2 FRMR Sent IFLD too long 746 The remote device sent an I frame that was too...

Page 80: ...Configuring the Trap Table 3 30 Trap Messages SDLC Link Stn rcv FRMR Unexp IFLD 762 The remote station received an S or U frame with an unexpected I frame attached Severity Major Level 2...

Page 81: ...ovide point to point dedicated connections among the devices communicating through their serial ports There are two types of connections used to accomplish this Permanent Virtual Circuits or PVCs whic...

Page 82: ...ble Accessing the Subscriber Table To launch the Subscriber Table 1 In the Hub View click on the button to display the Device menu 2 Drag down to Subscriber Table and release The Subscriber Table wind...

Page 83: ...by common carriers or telecommunications administrations for the purpose of providing data transmission capabilities to the public For example CCITT recommendation X 121 speci es a format which includ...

Page 84: ...are assigned to each line in proportion to their throughput within the routing path Systematic Redirect The Systematic Redirect eld allows you to specify whether or not calls to the named subscriber w...

Page 85: ...re allowed up to eight paths will be selected according to the algorithm speci ed in the Subscriber Table see page 4 4 for more information on routing algorithms Con guring a Routing Table entry requ...

Page 86: ...enabled redirect options to determine alternate paths for call requests directed to the selected subscriber Note that you cannot use wildcard characters in this eld Adding or Modifying Subscriber Tabl...

Page 87: ...lue does not effect traffic exiting the device g Click on to create a new entry or on to edit the entry currently selected in the Subscriber Table list box 3 In the Routing Table a If you wish to modi...

Page 88: ...ress Table list box Note that either adding or modifying an Address Table entry automatically modifies the Subscriber Table entry highlighted in the Subscriber Table list box 5 Click on to exit the wi...

Page 89: ...h identi es a point to point connection All 56 logical ports can reside on one physical port or be spread among several ports and each can be con gured to run one or more layer 3 protocols For each ph...

Page 90: ...allow you to set frame relay operational parameters for physical ports and speci cations for any DLCI con gured for a selected frame relay port Frame Relay Port Con guration described below and Frame...

Page 91: ...the largest frame that can be transmitted across the port This value is determined by your frame relay service provider Line Speed This eld speci es the data transmission rate in bits per second If th...

Page 92: ...must pass between requests for full status reports which include the status of all PVCs con gured on the physical link At an interval speci ed by the T1 Link Integrity Timer described below the logic...

Page 93: ...when the selected port has been con gured as the DCE Maximum Supported VCs This value de nes the maximum number of virtual circuits or DLCIs that can be supported by the selected serial port This val...

Page 94: ...tner that is a logical DCE must be connected to a logical DTE and vice versa Generate Clock This setting speci es whether the port will generate the clock or timing necessary to synchronize traf c ove...

Page 95: ...or any logical ports con gured for that port you can use this eld to enable Yes or disable No any con gured bandwidth allocation parameters BAGs regulate bandwidth usage by outgoing traf c on the phys...

Page 96: ...line update To do so 1 Click mouse button 3 on the port you have been configuring to display the Port Menu 2 Drag down to On line Update and release DLCI Rate Configuration The Frame Relay DLCI Rate C...

Page 97: ...the Committed Information Rate CIR assigned to the selected DLCI by your frame relay provider This value de nes the amount of data guaranteed to be transmitted over the carrier s network Any burst of...

Page 98: ...ill attempt to transfer during the time interval TC remember TC is calculated by dividing the committed burst size BC by the committed information rate CIR Any data exceeding this value will be buffer...

Page 99: ...led if this DLCI will be used as a remote non initiating backup The DLCI will wait for a backup protocol message from the initiating end telling the backup where to send the rest of the messages Set t...

Page 100: ...discovers that the primary DLCI is down A node can be the initiating node for some backup con gurations and the remote node for others On the initiating node backup DLCIs are assigned to backup group...

Page 101: ...DLCI Configuring Frame Relay Backup Groups Use the Frame Relay Backup Groups window to con gure backup groups To access the window 1 Click on the button to display the Device menu 2 Drag down to Fram...

Page 102: ...initiating node will wait for this backup DLCI to become active before checking the next backup DLCI If the backup DLCI does not become active before the timer expires the node will search the backup...

Page 103: ...the Logical Port Con guration window you can con gure some basic operational parameters for each of your logical ports To access the window 1 Click mouse button 3 on the frame relay port of interest t...

Page 104: ...re the following parameters Logical Port This eld speci es the number of the logical port being con gured Valid entries are 8 63 DLCI Number Use this eld to enter the Data Link Connection Identi er DL...

Page 105: ...SmartSwitch 1800 hardware documentation for more information Max Packet Size Use this eld to specify the maximum data packet size that will be allowed to pass through this logical port The packet siz...

Page 106: ...s in bits per second 3 75 7 1200 11 19 2K 4 150 8 2400 12 48K 5 300 9 4800 13 64K 6 600 10 9600 Closed User Group Member This eld speci es whether the port belongs to a Closed User Group CUG The CUG f...

Page 107: ...Flag This value will cause the port to be enabled if No or disabled if Yes when the device is powered up or re booted Whichever state is selected the port will remain in that state until this value is...

Page 108: ...he values in any eld which provides a text box or menu button selection to do so 1 To edit a text field remove the existing value and enter the new value 2 To edit a field with a menu button click on...

Page 109: ...e Relay Management Stats The Management Stats window provides the following statistical data LMI Transmitted and Received Displays the number of management frames using LMI link management interface r...

Page 110: ...pear Figure 5 6 Frame Relay Congestion Stats The Congestion Statistics window provides the following statistical data DE Transmitted and Received Displays the number of frames with the discard eligibl...

Page 111: ...d or received on the selected port expressed as a rate frames second FECN frames notify the receiving device that the frames have been delivered through a congested network path this alerts the destin...

Page 112: ...Frame Relay Status and Configuration 5 24 Viewing Frame Relay Status...

Page 113: ...ration window and three statistical windows are provided The X 25 Physical Port Con guration window allows you to con gure basic operational parameters related to the X 25 protocol X 25 Management Sta...

Page 114: ...To access the window 1 Click mouse button 3 on the X 25 port of interest to display the Port Menu 2 Drag down to X 25 Physical Port Configuration and release The X 25 Physical Port Configuration wind...

Page 115: ...504000 960000 1456000 If you enter a value that is within the valid range but not equal to one of the values listed above the speed will be rounded up If an RS 232 DCE port is directly connected to th...

Page 116: ...red frames that can be waiting for acknowledgment by the destination device If this number is exceeded no frames will be transmitted until an acknowledgment is received Setup Packet Window Size This s...

Page 117: ...RS 232 V 35 RS 449 or X 21 For the SmartSwitch 1800 ports 2 and 3 are determined by the attached cables RS 232 V 35 or RS 449 For the FRX4000 ports 4 7 are determined by the expansion Line Interface C...

Page 118: ...If the port is a DTE con gure this eld as No Receive Clock from DTE This parameter is relevant only if Connector Type is something other than RS 232 and the Generate Clock parameter is set to Yes see...

Page 119: ...vent Local Charge This eld is used to prevent calls from being charged to this port If Yes is selected incoming calls from the network with Reverse Charging speci ed will be rejected and outgoing call...

Page 120: ...mouse button 3 on the port you have been configuring to display the Port Menu 2 Drag down to On line Update and release Viewing X 25 Status For each physical port con gured to run X 25 three statistic...

Page 121: ...s the selected port expressed as a rate responses second DISC Transmitted Received A count of the Disconnect DISC commands transmitted or received across the selected port expressed as a rate commands...

Page 122: ...port expressed as a rate commands second RNR Transmitted Received A count of the Receive Not Ready RNR supervisory commands or responses transmitted or received across the selected port expressed as...

Page 123: ...tical data FRMR Transmitted Received A count of the Frame Reject FRMR responses transmitted or received on the selected port expressed as a rate responses second Rej Transmitted Received A count of th...

Page 124: ...X 25 Status and Configuration 6 12 Viewing X 25 Status...

Page 125: ...for transmission over frame relay For each physical port con gured to run SNA six con guration windows are provided The SDLC Port Con guration window allows you to con gure the SNA port that will con...

Page 126: ...PAD A port can also be con gured for a transparent mode XPAD which supports HDLC High level Data Link Control and any of its subset protocols such as SDLC LAPB Link Access Procedure and BSC Binary Syn...

Page 127: ...n bytes that will be transmitted on the port The default value for this parameter is 1024 Line Speed This eld speci es the data transmission rate in bits per second If this port is a physical DTE spec...

Page 128: ...ximum number of times the port will attempt to send a frame if the physical unit PU is not responding A larger value increases the probability of an eventual correct transfer between DTE and DCE but a...

Page 129: ...ical multiplexers and other bit sync devices The default value for this parameter is TPAD LPDA Support This eld speci es the version if any of Link Problem Determination Aid that can be used by a host...

Page 130: ...this parameter is No Idle Fill Char This eld speci es a character that will be inserted into the stream when the SNA link is idle The two choices are hex ff and hex 7e the default value is hex ff L1 D...

Page 131: ...t level Changes After you have made any port level con guration changes your changes will not take effect until you have done an on line update To do so 1 Click mouse button 3 on the port you have bee...

Page 132: ...a Subscriber ID of up to 15 digits This is the same subscriber ID that is speci ed in the Subscriber Table see Chapter 4 Con guring the Subscriber Table for Subscriber ID conventions Each local subscr...

Page 133: ...value for this parameter is No Auto Call Enabled This parameter enables automatic calling between SNA ports when the controller identi ed by Link Address becomes active If Yes is selected on an SNA po...

Page 134: ...level Changes After you have made any port level con guration changes your changes will not take effect until you have done an on line update To do so 1 Click mouse button 3 on the port you have been...

Page 135: ...ss point SAP address used to connect the PU to the host This parameter is relevant only in a connection to a 3174 or AS 400 type setup where a speci c source SAP address is required If the LLC2 sessio...

Page 136: ...standing acknowledgments or responses from the local link station If the local station does not receive an LPDU before the Ti Inactivity Timer expires the station must send an LPDU with the P bit set...

Page 137: ...s the default value is 100 The value must be less than the value for the T1 LLC2 Reply Timer see above to ensure that the remote link station will receive the delayed acknowledgment before the T1 Time...

Page 138: ...from returning an XID Exchange Identi cation in response to a null XID This might be desirable if the remote TPAD is not running PU 2 1 It should be noted that even if an XID is sent an SNRM Set Norma...

Page 139: ...been configuring to display the Port Menu 2 Drag down to On line Update and release SDLC Link Station Configuration You can use the SDLC Link Station Con guration window to con gure SDLC link station...

Page 140: ...t in 1 100ths of a second for an SDLC link station If the link station does not receive a response to a poll or message before the speci ed time expires the appropriate error recovery will be initiate...

Page 141: ...te at startup of the SDLC station Active or Inactive The default value for this parameter is Active Modulus This parameter speci es the modulus for the SDLC link station The modulus determines the siz...

Page 142: ...guring LLC2 LLC2 support in the FRX and SmartSwitch 1800 provides a local or remote connection over frame relay via RFC 1490 or X 25 via QLLC between two SNA devices one attached to a LAN and the othe...

Page 143: ...rminated In an Originated session the host initiates LLC2 sessions in a Terminated session the host accepts sessions destined for the address A host to terminal connection is always initiated by the t...

Page 144: ...ing between Ethernet and Token Ring In this case the address must be bit swapped again so the remote device will receive an address in the correct format Bit swapping is done by reversing the order of...

Page 145: ...ocal node will start the Ti Inactivity Timer see below If the T1 Timer expires and acknowledgments or responses are still outstanding the local node will send one of the following then restart the T1...

Page 146: ...rameter is used in conjunction with the T2 Recv Ack Timer to allow stations to reduce traf c A counter is initialized to the value speci ed and is decremented by one each time a valid sequential Infor...

Page 147: ...ode for transmission out the frame relay interface Enter an address up to eight hexadecimal digits The rst digit must be 4 5 6 or 7 and an asterisk wildcard can be used as a nal digit If fewer than ei...

Page 148: ...he bottom of the SNA LLC2 Host Table window This will bring up the Connections Table for the host that was highlighted If the Session Type of that host was Originated then the Originated Connections T...

Page 149: ...in the remote nodes s Connections Table The Local Subscriber ID can be up to 15 digits long and must begin with all of the actual Routing Subscriber ID con gured in the SNA LLC2 Host Table The Local S...

Page 150: ...ormation regarding SDLC traf c and performance on a selected SNA port SDLC Port Statistics The SDLC Port Statistics window provides general information about the type of management traf c that is bein...

Page 151: ...eived The number of frames received by this port which were delivered intact by the physical layer but were too short to be legal A frame is considered to be too short if it is less than two bytes for...

Page 152: ...on this port have entered a busy RNR state expressed as a rate busies second Octets Received and Transmitted The total octets received from or transmitted to adjacent SDLC link stations on this port...

Page 153: ...k Station General Statistics window provides the following statistical data Busies Local and Remote The total number of times that the local or an adjacent remote SDLC link station has entered a busy...

Page 154: ...being exhausted expressed as a rate deactivations second SDLC Link Station Rx and Tx Statistics The SDLC Link Station Rx and Tx Statistics windows provides information about the link station traf c th...

Page 155: ...as a rate I frames second UI Frames The total number of UI frames received from or transmitted to an adjacent SDLC link station since link station startup expressed as a rate UI frames second XID The...

Page 156: ...Normal Response Mode SNRM SNRME requests received from or transmitted to an adjacent SDLC link station since link station startup expressed as a rate requests second Octets The total octets received f...

Page 157: ...s you to con gure basic parameters related to BSCI port operation The BSCI Subscriber Information window provides information on local and remote subscribers for each BSCI port The BSCI Device Informa...

Page 158: ...1 BSCI Port Con guration The BSCI Port Con guration window allows you to con gure the following parameters Max Frame Size Use this eld to specify the maximum frame size that will be allowed to pass th...

Page 159: ...value for this parameter increases the probability of an eventual successful transmission but a smaller value permits faster detection of a permanent error condition The default value for this paramet...

Page 160: ...nly for ports con gured for multidrop see Multidrop parameter above and determines the frequency that control units CU on the slow poll list are polled It speci es the number of times active CUs will...

Page 161: ...determined by the Line Interface Card LIC and attached I O cables Only the valid interfaces will be listed from the menu button Possible interfaces are RS 232 V 35 RS 449 RS 530 and X 21 RS 449 RS 530...

Page 162: ...con gured on the node The default value for this parameter is Yes Connection Without Poll This parameter is con gurable only if PAD Type is TPAD If you select Yes this parameter will activate the TPA...

Page 163: ...be a TPAD or an X 25 connection to the host Each connection must be assigned a different local subscriber address Use the BSCI Subscriber Information window to con gure the subscriber addresses for ea...

Page 164: ...BSCI port is one end of a connection to a logical port in the FRX or SmartSwitch 1800 this ID must match a Subscriber ID con gured for the logical port Connection ID This number identi es the associat...

Page 165: ...t the Subscriber entry you wish to delete The selected entry will be highlighted Note that you can only delete one entry at a time 2 Click on to delete the selected entry Applying Port level Changes A...

Page 166: ...vice Units can be con gured for each Control Unit Connection ID This number identi es the association between a local subscriber on a BSCI port and a device con gured here in this table It must match...

Page 167: ...it ID and the other configurable values for the entry 2 Click on to add your new entry To modify an existing Device entry 1 In the list box click to select the Device entry you wish to modify The sele...

Page 168: ...BSC Interactive Configuration 8 12 Configuring BSCI Devices...

Page 169: ...uting tables Routing updates in any of these three RIP versions can be received however the device will only transmit updates in the one RIP version you con gure You can con gure the device to transmi...

Page 170: ...all IP interfaces con gured on the device and con gure a new interface through the IP Interface Con guration window To access the IP Interface Con guration window 1 Click on the button to display the...

Page 171: ...te existing ones Following is a description of the IP Interface parameters The parameters you will con gure for each interface depends on the IP Interface Type you select see IP Interface Type de niti...

Page 172: ...datagram size The default value for this parameter is 1500 Network Mask This eld is used during routing to determine the portion of the IP address associated with the network and subnetwork if any The...

Page 173: ...her the number the higher the priority This priority has no effect on traf c exiting the device Priorities are con gured on all logical interfaces that use a physical frame relay port The FRX or Smart...

Page 174: ...changed the associated broadcast address will automatically change to the default value appropriate for the new address For this reason con gure the Source Address rst then the Network Mask then the...

Page 175: ...is only con gurable if you have selected Frame Relay as your Interface Type It identi es the RLP for the logical interface at this end of the frame relay link Enter 0 for FRX4000 and SmartSwitch 1800...

Page 176: ...h 1800 to respond to ARP requests on one subnet for a host on another subnet The device that sent the ARP request thinks the FRX or SmartSwitch 1800 is the destination host If an ARP request is receiv...

Page 177: ...ing IP Interface Secondary Addresses If you have selected a LAN interface as your Interface Type in the IP Interface Con guration window you can use the Secondary button at the bottom of the window to...

Page 178: ...ute Metric Hops This eld speci es the routing metric count associated with the secondary IP address This is the number of hops subnet gateways in the overall path over the internet associated with thi...

Page 179: ...IP Interface you wish to modify The selected entry will be highlighted Note that you can only modify one entry at a time 2 Edit the fields as desired If you would like to return to the original values...

Page 180: ...box click to select the IP Interface Secondary Address you wish to modify The selected entry will be highlighted Note that you can only modify one entry at a time 2 Edit the fields as desired If you w...

Page 181: ...uted from one Novell NetWare node to another and from one Novell NetWare network to another The IPX interface enables the FRX or SmartSwitch 1800 to route IPX traf c between local LANs or between LAN...

Page 182: ...cters which serves as an identifier for the IPX network It must be unique within the network You can enter up to 48 characters but you can only view 20 characters at a time 6 Click on to save your sel...

Page 183: ...erfaces that have already been con gured the elds and buttons in the lower portion of the window allow you to add new entries and modify or delete existing ones Following is a description of the IPX I...

Page 184: ...or X 25 as your interface type your only option is Type II Maximum Transmission Unit This is the maximum frame size in bytes that can be transmitted or received over the IPX interface Valid values for...

Page 185: ...address must also be con gured in the Subscriber Table see Chapter 4 Con guring the Subscriber Table SVC Retry Timer This parameter is only con gurable if you have selected X 25 as your Interface Typ...

Page 186: ...IPXWAN protocol will be used if Yes or not if No on the IPX interface IPXWAN speci es a method for IPX routers to communicate across WAN links The default value for this parameter is No NetBIOS Enable...

Page 187: ...elect Yes if the interface is a Permanent Virtual Circuit PVC select No if it is not The default value for this parameter is No Source RLP This parameter is only con gurable if you have selected Frame...

Page 188: ...valid due to hardware failure power outage etc and the entry will be deleted from the table SAP will then send a broadcast message indicating that the server is down If the value for the Periodic SAP...

Page 189: ...e IPX Interface Type and the other configurable values for each interface 2 Click on to add your new entry To modify an existing entry 1 In the list box click to select the IPX Interface you wish to m...

Page 190: ...cribed in the following sections IPX Static SAP Configuration To access the IPX Static SAP Con guration window 1 Click on the button to display the Device menu 2 Drag down to IPX Static SAP Configurat...

Page 191: ...SAP process is 0452 The default value for this parameter is 0 Intervening Networks The number of routers that a packet must pass through to reach the server if this route is used The default value for...

Page 192: ...click to select the Static SAP Route you wish to delete The selected entry will be highlighted Note that you can only delete one entry at a time 2 Click on to delete the selected entry IPX Static Rou...

Page 193: ...ones Following is a description of the IPX Static Route parameters that you can con gure Circuit Index This number is the unique identi er of the circuit used to reach the rst hop in the static route...

Page 194: ...entry will be highlighted Note that you can only modify one entry at a time 2 Edit the fields as desired If you would like to return to the original values click on the Refresh button 3 Click on to mo...

Page 195: ...ute Bridging environments translational bridging between Ethernet and Token Ring LANs bridging of IP and IPX traf c Bridging is supported on Ethernet Token Ring and Frame Relay interfaces Configuring...

Page 196: ...s automatically maintain forwarding tables by exchanging messages BPDUs with other bridges on the network By using the information in the forwarding tables bridges determine single paths for traf c be...

Page 197: ...that will be used in Token Ring to Ethernet translation If the FRX or SmartSwitch 1800 does not know the frame type generated by the attached Ethernet device it will check this eld to determine what E...

Page 198: ...WAN and The Bridge LLC2 LAN Interface Table allows you to con gure a LAN interface to operate as a bridge connection to the local LAN These windows and their functions are described in the following s...

Page 199: ...e sure the DLCI you select is not part of a frame relay DLCI backup group as determined by the Backup Group Number parameter in the Frame Relay DLCI Table See Chapter 5 Frame Relay Status and Con gura...

Page 200: ...ections from the con gured Host MAC Address see below can use this interface If you select Terminated then connections to the con gured Host MAC address can use this interface The default value for th...

Page 201: ...ay Interface you wish to modify The selected entry will be highlighted Note that you can only modify one entry at a time 2 Edit the fields as desired If you make some changes and would like to return...

Page 202: ...r 0 for an FRX4000 or SmartSwitch 1800 for RLP0 enter 0 or 1 for an FRX6000 This number must be identical to the number entered in the LAN Card Number eld see below LAN Card Number This eld speci es t...

Page 203: ...be enabled if No or disabled if Yes when the device is powered up or rebooted Whichever state is selected the port will remain in that state until this value is changed or until an enable or disable...

Page 204: ...elete The selected entry will be highlighted Note that you can only delete one entry at a time 2 Click on to delete the selected entry NOTE After you have made system level changes such as con guring...

Page 205: ...00 can combine voice and data frames over the same frame relay DLCI With the current version of rmware splitting the voice and data at the other end requires a connection to another Cabletron frame re...

Page 206: ...ill appear Figure 12 1 Voice Parameters You can con gure the following system level voice parameters Voice Node Number This number identi es the SmartSwitch 1800 as the source or destination node in c...

Page 207: ...i Lanka 94 Costa Rica 506 Libya 218 Suriname 597 Cyprus 357 Liechtenstein 41 Sweden 46 Czechoslovakia 42 Luxembourg 352 Switzerland 41 Denmark 45 Macao 853 Tahiti 689 Ecuador 593 Malaysia 60 Taiwan 88...

Page 208: ...2 8 is set to All or Extended The parameter Ext Digits Source in the Voice Con guration window is set to Map If the rst two conditions are met but Ext Digits Source is set to User the operator must en...

Page 209: ...a list of options then drag down to select the option you want 3 Click on to save your changes Speed Dial Configuration The Voice Speed Dial Con guration window contains the dial numbers similar to te...

Page 210: ...12 2 A question mark wildcard can be used for any single digit and an asterisk wildcard can be used for any number of digits Long Dial Map This is a six digit number for which the speed dial number is...

Page 211: ...the Voice Speed Dial Con guration window If extended dial digits are included in the table or the call the call will automatically be forwarded through the remote device to the telephone number that m...

Page 212: ...12 3 will appear Figure 12 3 Voice Con guration You can con gure the following voice port parameters DTMF This parameter enables disables or speci es a time span over which Dual Tone Multi Frequency D...

Page 213: ...of digits for the speed dial number When the operator of the attached voice fax equipment dials a digit that is not the con gured Long Dial Pre x see below the SmartSwitch 1800 assumes a speed dial nu...

Page 214: ...ce channel will be more sensitive to the input this will cause the voice output at the remote device to sound louder The default value for this parameter is 0 Level Out This parameter speci es the loc...

Page 215: ...Forwarded Type see below is set to Pulse It speci es the break ratio of each digit pulse that is forwarded Break periods are the times contact is broken between digits Valid values are 80 20 in increm...

Page 216: ...not answer the automatic poll the busy out condition will notify an attached PBX that the emergency call should be routed to another call routing device The default value for this parameter is Disable...

Page 217: ...X indicates it is ready for dial digits no dial tone is transmitted to the PBX the SmartSwitch will toggle the E lead When the E lead returns to its original state the PBX will transmit dial digits to...

Page 218: ...output at the remote voice fax card If None is selected dial digits are not forwarded to the destination device when a call is initiated on this port If All is selected the speed dial number and assoc...

Page 219: ...ion to do so 1 To edit a text field remove the existing value and enter the new value 2 To edit a field with a menu button click on the button to display a list of options then drag down to select the...

Page 220: ...ase The Voice Interface Config window Figure 12 4 will appear Figure 12 4 Voice Interface Con g You can con gure the following parameters for each Voice Interface Interface Number In this eld enter a...

Page 221: ...ch 1800 Enter a number 1 to 17 to specify the voice port number on the local SmartSwitch 1800 Frame Relay RLP Enter the RLP number of the logical interface of this end of the frame relay link This wou...

Page 222: ...Statistics window provides general information about voice traf c that is being transmitted across the selected port To access the window 1 Click mouse button 3 on the voice port of interest to displ...

Page 223: ...tted across the selected port expressed as a rate calls second Clears Received and Transmitted Displays the number of calls received or transmitted that were cleared expressed as a rate clears second...

Page 224: ...SmartSwitch 1800 Voice Configuration 12 20 Viewing Voice Statistics...

Page 225: ...3 3 1 RFC 1315 MIB for Frame Relay DTEs RFC 1381 and RFC 1382 for X 25 beginning with firmware version 4 0 RFC 1398 De nitions of Managed Objects for Ethernet Like Interface Types beginning with rmwar...

Page 226: ...addition to the IETF standard MIBs listed above the FRX4000 FRX6000 and SmartSwitch 1800 support a number of proprietary features contained in the CSI Netlink MIB For a copy of this MIB consult your...

Page 227: ...idge Enabled 11 3 Bridging Parameters 11 1 bridging support 11 1 Broadcast Address 9 6 9 10 BSCI 8 1 BSCI Subscriber Information 8 7 C Call Info in Request Packet 8 4 call requests 4 1 4 5 Call Timer...

Page 228: ...Digits 12 14 Forwarded Type 12 14 Forwarding Table Size 11 2 Frame Reject FRMR 6 11 frame rejects 2 27 frame relay access device 1 1 Frame Relay Backup Groups 5 12 Frame Relay Bridge Ports 11 4 Frame...

Page 229: ...7 24 LMI 5 21 LMI rev 1 5 7 Local MAC Address 7 11 Local Node Number 12 17 Local Node Port 12 17 Local SAP Address 7 11 Local Subscriber ID 7 25 8 8 Local Subscriber Id 7 8 Location on Hub View front...

Page 230: ...port status color codes 2 5 Port Type 2 13 Port level Changes 5 8 Prevent Local Charge 5 19 6 7 primary DLCI 5 11 Printer Attached 8 11 Priority 4 5 4 7 5 17 7 14 7 22 9 5 11 5 11 8 priority levels 5...

Page 231: ...0 Source DLCI 9 7 10 7 Source MAC Address Mask 7 23 Source Port 9 7 10 7 Source RLP 9 7 10 7 Source Route Bridge ID 11 2 Source Subscriber 9 6 10 5 Speed 2 15 6 3 12 12 Speed Dial Con guration 12 5 Sp...

Page 232: ...Us 7 13 U Universal LIC 2 18 Un numbered Acknowledgment UA 6 9 Unnumbered Interface 9 8 Use EBCDIC 8 4 Used Buffers 2 26 Utilities 1 4 V Virtual LAN ID 11 2 Voice Interfaces 12 15 Voice Node Number 12...

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