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PA-MC-T3-EC Port Adapter Installation and Configuration
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Chapter 5 Configuring the Channelized Mode
PA-MC-T3-EC Hardware Accelerated Features and Restrictions
Router #
show ppp multilink
Multilink27
Bundle name: mu27
Remote Endpoint Discriminator: [1] mu27
Local Endpoint Discriminator: [1] mu27
Bundle up for 18:26:12, total bandwidth 128, load 1/255
Receive buffer limit 24000 bytes, frag timeout 1500 ms
0 lost fragments, 0 reordered, 0 unassigned
0 discarded, 0 lost received
received sequence unavailable, 0x0 sent sequence
Multilink is hardware enabled
Member links: 2 active, 0 inactive (max not set, min not set)
Se1/0/27:0, since 18:26:12
Se1/0/27:1, since 18:26:12
Restrictions for MLP to Be in the Hardware Accelerated Mode
If the restrictions in this section are met, the Multilink PPP (MLP) bundle operates in hardware mode by
default.
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The maximum supported member link bandwidth is T1. If a clear channel interface is made part of
a Multilink bundle, the bundle will operate in software mode.
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All links in the bundle must be of equal bandwidth. Adding a link of unequal bandwidth causes the
Multilink bundle to go into software mode.
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All links must be from the same port adapter. Adding any additional link from another port adapter
causes the bundle to switch to software mode.
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A maximum of 12 links per bundle is supported. Adding any additional links to the bundle causes
the Multilink bundle to go into software mode.
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Configuring
ppp multilink multiclass
MLP causes the Multilink bundle to go into software mode.
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Fragment sizes supported in the hardware mode are 128, 256, and 512 bytes. If different
fragmentation sizes are configured, and if the bundle is in hardware mode, fragment size is adjusted
to the nearest of the supported fragment sizes, and the hardware is programmed accordingly.
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The bundle will operate in software mode if MLPPP is configured using Virtual-Templates as described
in the following link.
http://cco/en/US/tech/tk713/tk507/technologies_configuration_example09186a00800a3e98.shtml
Use the
show ppp multilink
command to display fragmentation size if the fragment size has been
configured.
Router #
show ppp multilink
(display text omitted)
Fragment size in hardware 256
Member links: 2 active, 0 inactive (max not set, min not set)
Se1/0/27:0, since 18:26:12
Se1/0/27:1, since 18:26:12
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If interleaving is enabled, and no fragmentation has been configured, the fragment size is selected
based on the link size displayed in
show ppp fragment
.
Router
# show ppp fragment
(display text omitted)
Fragment size in hardware 256.
Member links: 1 active, 0 inactive (max not set, min not set)