Port Naming - Imagine communications Selenio BNP 2xr User Manual

System Configuration

- Port Naming

At the ASI Ports tab screen, only the active slots are displayed: inactive slots are not displayed. Each
slot is displayed as a separate block containing the information listed in
to the Chassis tab screen to view all ASI slots and associated information.
Table 20. ASI Port tab screen
Field Description
Port BNP slot and port number. The example in
the left-side block are associated with BNP slot C; ports in the right-side block are
associated with BNP slot D.
Status Current status of each ASI port as either Active or Inactive.
Direction Dataflow direction on this port, as either Input or Output. You can use the drop-down
selector from this field to change the setting.
Note: To enable display of an ASI port on the Inputs panel of the Grooming -> Mapping window, the
port direction must be Input.
To enable display of an ASI port on the Outputs panel of the Grooming -> Mapping window,
the port direction must be Output.
Port Naming
Use the Modify Port Name dialog
GigE or ASI—on the BNP. Note that the GigE port number will not be removed, but the new name will
be displayed alongside the GigE port number.
BNP Element Manager Grooming tab -> Mapping tab screen -> Inputs or Outputs panel -> right-
Menu Path
click for popup menu on the port to be renamed, and select Modify Port Name.
Figure 23. Modify Port Name Menu
1. At the Port Name field, type the alphanumeric string that will identify this port.
2. Click OK to apply the port name to all instances that reference the port ID in the BNP Element
Manager. Figure 24
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(Figure 23) to set a new name for a specified input or output port—
and dialog
demonstrates display of a new name at a port listing.
Table 20. Note that you can go
Figure 22 demonstrates that ports list in
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