Configuring A Physical Port; Default Configuration Screen For New Port; Port Parameters - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 6000 User Manual

Configuring a Physical Port

Configuring Serial Ports
Before configuring a physical port, make sure that the following have been properly
configured:
Node parameters. See Chapter 3. This is general configuration that must be done
no matter which protocols will be run in the node.
Line Processor that contains the port, plus Line Interface Card that supports the
port. See Chapter 4.
Protocol(s) that will be transmitted over the physical port and any logical ports
on the physical port. See Chapter 4.
Once these necessary records have been configured, press
( ), then
Configure Ports
LP number of the RLP containing the port:
FRX4000 or FRM. (The default is
Port number (see Figure 5-1 through Figure 5-3):
The display for an existing record will show the configured parameter values, while
the display for a new record will show values stored in a default database record. The
following figure is an example of a new record.
X .25 Port Parameters (s creen 1 of 6)
* RLP: 0 Port: 5
* I/O: V .35
A Port Typ e
B Ph ysical Port I nterface
C Blocked Port Flag
D Lin e Speed
E Mod ulo
F Maximum LAPB Wind ow S ize
G N2 R etrans mit Cou nt
H T1 Retransmit Period (msec)
I T2 Wait A ck Period (msec)
J T3 Link Alive Period (s ec)
K Logical DC E
L Generate Clock
M Rcv Clock (TT) from D TE
O On -Lin e System Memory Ch anges
Option:
Figure 5-4 Default Configuration Screen for New Port
from the Main Menu. As prompted, enter:
[A]
.) (LP numbers are described in Chapter 4.)
0
Link State: Link_d is able
Datab ase Sys tem Memory
X.25 X.25
V.35 V.35
N N
9600 b ps 9600 b ps
8 8
7 7
5 5
2000 2000
1000 1000
10 10
N N
N N
N N
N
[A],[C],[A]
(
[A] Configuration
for FRX6000, only for
0–7 0
. (The default is
0–7
R mtid =n odexyz
from Main Menu
), then
[C]
.)
0
5-5