Bindings; Profiles And Use Commands; Profiles; Use Commands - Patton electronics IPLink Series Software Configuration Manual

IPLink Software Configuration Guide 2 • Configuration concepts
Examples of IPLink ports are: 10Base-T Ethernet, Serial T1/E1, V.35, and X.21. Ports are numbered according
to the IPLink port numbering scheme. The port name corresponds to the label (or abbreviation) printed on
the hardware.
Example: Ethernet 0/1, Serial 0/0
Some ports may contain multiple circuits. For example, serial ports can contain one or more Frame Relay Per-
manent Virtual Circuits (PVC). If a port has one or more circuits configured, the individual circuits are bound
to interfaces on a context. The port itself may not be bound in that case.
Example: frame-relay pvc 112.
Figure 4 on page 30 shows three ports. Three ports are bound directly to an IP interface. One port has a single
circuit configured, which is bound to the IP context.

Bindings

Bindings form the association between circuits or ports and the interfaces configured on a context. No user
data can flow on a circuit or Ethernet port until some higher-layer service is configured and associated with it.
In the case of IP interfaces, bindings are configured statically in the port or circuit configuration. The binding
is created bottom-up, that is from the port to the interface.
Bindings from ports to IP interfaces are shown in figure 4 on page 30.
Profiles and Use commands
Profiles
Profiles provide configuration shortcuts. They contain specific settings that can be used in multiple contexts or
interfaces. This concept allows to avoid repetitions of groups of configuration commands that are the same for
multiple elements in a configuration.
Profiles used in the IP are shown in figure 4 on page 30.

Use Commands

Use commands form the association between profiles and contexts, or interfaces. For example, when a profile is
used in a context, all the configuration settings in that profile become active within the context.

Profiles and Use commands

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