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IPLink Software Configuration Guide
2 • Configuration concepts
Introduction
This chapter introduces basic IPLink software configuration concepts. A good understanding of these concepts
is vital for the configuration tasks explained in the remaining chapters of this guide.
Patton strongly recommends that you read through this chapter because it introduces the fundamental ideas
behind the structure of the command line interface. Once you understand and know this structure, you will
find it much more intuitive to navigate through the CLI and configure specific features.
This chapter includes the following sections:
•
Contexts (see
page 31
)
•
Interfaces, ports, and bindings (see
page 31
)
•
Profiles and Use commands (see
page 32
)
Patton IPLink devices are multi-service network devices that offer high flexibility for the inter-working of cir-
cuit-switched and packet-routed networks and services. In order to consistently support a growing set of func-
tions, protocols, and applications, IPLink software configuration is based on a number of abstract concepts
that represent the various IPLink software components.
Figure 4. Configuration concept overview
Figure 4
shows the various elements of a complete IPLink configuration. Each of these elements implements
one of the configuration concepts described in this chapter. The figure also shows the relationships and associ-
ations between the different elements. The relations are specified through bind (arrow) and use (bullet-lines)
commands. For example, you need bind commands to bind a physical port to a logical interface, and use com-
mands to assign profiles to contexts.
The sections that follow refer to
figure 4
on page 30 and describe the concepts and elements in
more detail.
Ports
Interfaces
Context
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PV
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Circuit
NAPT
Profile
ACL
Profile
Context
IP
router
bind command
use command
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Profile
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bind command
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