Chapter 18 Configuring Trunks And Adding Interface Shelves; Configuring Trunks; Table 18-1 Supported Card Types - Cisco BPX-BXM-155-8DX Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring Trunks and
Adding Interface Shelves
After you have configured the nodes, you must activate the trunks. Trunks are intranode communication
links in a network. A trunk can connect any combination of IGX or BPX nodes.
This chapter describes:
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Before proceeding to this chapter, you should first complete the procedures in:
For details on virtual trunking, see:
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Configuring Trunks

Trunk characteristics are:
• Physical line type:
• Communication technology: Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) or FastPackets.
Table 18-1 shows the communication technology for each node type, card combination, and line type.

Table 18-1 Supported Card Types

Node Type
IGX
IGX
Release 9.3.0, Part Number 78-10674-01 Rev. D0, July 2001
Configuring Trunks
Adding an Interface Shelf
Part 2, Installation
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– Chapter 17, Initial BPX 8600 Node Configuration
Chapter 23, Configuring BXM Virtual Switch Interfaces
Chapter 25, Configuring BXM Virtual Trunks
Front Card Back Card
NTM BC-T1
NTM BC-E1
T1 (including fractional)
E1 (including fractional)
Subrate, E3, T3, or
OC-3 (STM1), OC-3/AIM with UXM, OC-12 with BXM
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Line Types Technology
T1, T1 Fractional FastPacket
E1, E1 Fractional FastPacket
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