Configuring A T1 Port - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

Configuring a T1 Port

Configuring a T1 Port
The command configures a T1 port at the physical level and is generic to all such ports
regardless of the logical level service, such as circuit emulation, that controls them.
To configure a T1 port, enter the following command
where
on the board that you want to modify. For example, to modify port number 2 on the board in
switch slot 5, enter
A screen similar to the following displays:
1) Circuit Identifier
Enter a textual description of this
screen displays to identify this
2) Frame Format
Specify the frame format to be used on this port. The choices are Extended SuperFrame
( ), SuperFrame or
24 8-bit time slots and a 1-bit synchronization and control. Twelve (12)
grouped into a SuperFrame, and
Normally, you should configure a T1 port as ESF (the default) since a T1 port configured as
SuperFrame (SF) can produce false yellow alarms if a Layer 2 protocol like High-Level Data
Link Control (HDLC) is being used.
If you must set the port as SF, you can disable Yellow Alarm detection with the
option, which is described on page 33-7.
Page 33-4
is the slot number where the board is located, and
port, up to 30 characters. This text will be used in other
T1
port.
T1
( ), or no special frame format (
D4
24 T1
frames can be grouped into an Extended SuperFrame.
is the T1 port number
). A frame consists of
T1
frames can be
T1