Chapter 12 Configuring Async Ports; Introduction - Cabletron Systems Netlink FRX4000 User Manual

Introduction

The async PAD function in the FRX4000 and FRX6000 allows asynchronous devices
to connect to a frame relay or X.25 network.
Async support includes:
Local login passwords
Autocall, with dial-in delay ability
Autobaud
Automatic disconnect on inactivity
X.29 support
Abbreviated addressing
RTS/CTS hardware flow control
To run a port as an integral async PAD in an FRX4000 or FRX6000, make sure the
following are configured:
Node parameters, which is general configuration that must be done no matter
which protocols will be run in the node. See Chapter 4.
Async PAD Profiles
devices.
Login parameters
into the FRX4000/6000.
RLPs that will contain the interface(s) to the user device(s), plus Line Interface
Card(s) supporting the ports that will be the interfaces. See Chapter 5.
Loaded Protocol(s): Async, plus frame relay or X.25. See Chapter 5.
Frame relay port(s)
relay PVC. See Chapter 7 (frame relay) or Chapter 8 (X.25).
Async port(s) (page 12-8) that will connect to the user device(s).
Subscriber ID(s)
the FRX4000/6000.
Abbreviated address(es)
"nicknames" to be assigned to subscriber addresses, to ease entry of addresses.
PVC connection(s)
between two ports in the node. A PVC can be created between two async ports
or between an async port and an X.25 port.
Configuring Async Ports
(page 12-2), which define the operation of the attached
(page 12-6), which define passwords to be used when logging
and/or X.25 port(s)
(page 12-15), which identifiy user devices to each other and
(page 12-17), if desired. This feature allows short
(page 12-18), which create "permanent" connections
Chapter 12
that will connect to a network or frame