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WAN Access Switch Reference Guide

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Page 1 PathBuilder S600 ® ¨ WAN Access Switch Reference Guide Release 2.02 http://www.3com.com/ Part No.3C63917 010-11582-3005 Published July 1998...
Page 2 95052-8145 3Com Corporation reserves the right to revise this documentation and to make changes in content from time to time without obligation on the part of 3Com Corporation to provide notiﬁcation of such revision or change. 3Com Corporation provides this documentation without warranty of any kind, either implied or expressed, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and ﬁtness for a particular purpose.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
ONTENTS ARNING NFORMATION Servicing Rack Mounting Power and Power Cords Safety Classiﬁcation of Ports for Connection to Telecommunications Networks UPPLEMENTARY EGULATORY NFORMATION Host Chassis/Module Compatibility and Creepage/Clearance Requirements FCC Part 68 Statement CE Notice xiii BOUT THIS UIDE Introduction How to Use This Guide Conventions Related Documentation YSTEM...
Page 4 Connecting a DS3 UNI Module Connecting an E3 UNI Module Connecting an OC3/STM-1 UNI Trunk/Port Module Connecting a DS1/E1 UNI with IMA Module Connecting an Ethernet Module Connecting a CBR DSX or CBR E1 Port Module Connecting a QSIM V.35/RS422/EIA530 Port Module Connecting a HSIM Module Connecting a DS1 Frame Access Module Verifying CPU LEDs and Connecting the Ofﬁce Alarm Connector...
Page 5 Ethernet Module Standards Support Ethernet Module Operation CBR DSX/E1 Module Overview CBR DSX Module CBR E1 Module QSIM/HSIM/FAM Module Overview Application Overview Bridging Filtering Addressing Virtual Circuits Learning Bridge Segmentation Reassembly Spanning Tree Spanning Tree Operation Spanning Tree Instances CBR Application Structured DS1 Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DS0 Signaling) Unstructured DS1...
Page 6 Conﬁguring the Shelf Conﬁguring the Management CPU Viewing MCPU Conﬁguration Information Conﬁguring Virtual Interfaces Adding Virtual Interfaces Viewing and/or Modifying Existing Virtual Interfaces Deleting Virtual Interfaces Conﬁguring Input Shapers Conﬁguring the STX Module Conﬁguring the OC3/STM-1 UNI Module Conﬁguring the DS3 UNI Module Conﬁguring the E3 UNI Module Conﬁguring the DS1 (or E1) UNI with IMA Modules Conﬁguring the DS1/E1 UNI Ports...
Page 7 Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Port/Group ECHNICAL UPPORT Online Technical Services World Wide Web Site 3Com FTP Site 3Com Bulletin Board Service Access by Analog Modem Access by Digital Modem 3ComFacts Automated Fax Service Support from Your Network Supplier Support from 3Com...
Page 8 NDEX ORPORATION IMITED ARRANTY...
Page 9: Warning Information
3 Complete testing should be performed in the end-use product. 4 Rack conﬁgurations with certain combinations of 3Com equipment installed in racks with a height greater than 50” (127 cm) may require a counter-balance weight, a stabilizer bar, or anti-tip legs to ensure rack stability in accordance with safety agency regulations.
Page 10: Emi
HAPTER ARNING NFORMATION NORTH AMERICAN APPLICATIONS: Use a UL Listed and CSA Certiﬁed Cord Set rated 6 amps, consisting of a minimum 18 AWG, Type SVT or SJT three conductor cord maximum of 15 feet in length, with a NEMA 5-15P plug. INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS: The power supply cords used with this equipment should be harmonized with all local standards applicable in the country in which it is installed.
Page 11: Supplementary Regulatory Information
The E3 UNI Module has the following input power requirements: +5 vdc @ 3.0 Amps Please contact 3Com for an up-to-date list of compatible host chassis. In order to maintain the independent approval of this card, it must be installed...
Page 12: Fcc Part 68 Statement
HAPTER UPPLEMENTARY EGULATORY NFORMATION Clearance (distance X in the ﬁgure below) is deﬁned as the shortest distance between two conductive parts, or between the conductive part and the bonding surface of the equipment, measured through air. Creepage (distance Y in the ﬁgure below) is deﬁned as the shortest path between two conductive parts, or between the conductive part and the bonding surface of the equipment, measured along the surface of the insulation.
Page 13: Ce Notice
CE Notice Marking by the symbol CE indicates compliance of the equipment with the EMC, Telecom and Low Voltage dIrectives of the European Community. Such marking is indicative that this equipment meets or exceeds the following technical standards. EN55022—Limits and methods of measurement of radio interference characteristics of information technology equipment.
Page 14 HAPTER UPPLEMENTARY EGULATORY NFORMATION...
Page 15: About This Guide
BOUT THIS UIDE About This Guide provides an overview of this guide, describes guide conventions, tells you where to look for speciﬁc information and lists other publications that may be useful. Introduction This guide describes how to install and conﬁgure the PathBuilder S600 WAN Access Switch (PathBuilder S600).
Page 16: Conventions
BOUT THIS UIDE Conventions Table 2 and Table 3 list conventions that are used throughout this guide. Table 2 Notice Icons Icon Notice Type Alerts you to... Information note Important features or instructions Caution Risk of personal safety, system damage, or loss of data Warning Risk of severe personal injury Table 3 Text Conventions...
Page 17: Related Documentation
Related Documentation Related In addition to this guide, the following documentation may help you use the Documentation PathBuilder S600. PathBuilder S600 Release Notes—Provides conﬁguration help and information about new features and any known limitations and issues found in the release. PathBuilder Switch Manager User Guide—Describes how to use PathBuilder Switch Manager to configure and manage PathBuilder WAN access switches.
Page 18 BOUT THIS UIDE...
Page 19: System Description
YSTEM ESCRIPTION This chapter provides a brief overview of ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) ® technology, describes the PathBuilder S600 WAN Access Switch (PathBuilder S600), and lists PathBuilder S600 system speciﬁcations. It includes the following sections: ATM Overview PathBuilder S600 with STX Overview Speciﬁcations Options and Parts List ATM Overview...
Page 20: Pathbuilder S600 With Stx Overview
1: S HAPTER YSTEM ESCRIPTION Each transmission direction in a virtual circuit is referred to as a virtual channel. Virtual channels are then grouped into virtual paths between two ports. The channels and paths are assigned numbers: VPIs (Virtual Path Indicators) and VCIs (Virtual Channel Indicators).
Page 21: Key Features Of The Stx Module
PathBuilder S600 with STX Overview Slot 1 contains the Management CPU (MCPU). This slot is permanently allocated. The MCPU manages the conﬁguration database, network management (via Text User Interface and SNMP) and software download capabilities. Slot 2 contains the STX Module. This slot is permanently allocated. Slots 3-6 contain the application modules.
Page 22: Speciﬁcations
1: S HAPTER YSTEM ESCRIPTION Speciﬁcations Table 4 lists complete speciﬁcations for the Pathbuilder S600. these speciﬁcations are subject to change without notice. Table 4 PathBuilder S600 Speciﬁcations PLATFORM Configuration 6 slots per shelf Power Supplies 2 redundant and load sharing (1 required) Power 90 to 135 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz Input...
Page 23 Specifications Table 4 PathBuilder S600 Speciﬁcations (continued) MANAGEMENT Management Functions On-board SNMP In-band SNMP (See “Configuring In-band Management” in Chapter 3 for details.) Dual flash memory (image and configuration) TCP/IP stack (TFTP, ping, Telnet) SNMP Support GET/SET/TRAP RFC 1213 (MIB II) RFC 1406 (DS1/E1) RFC 1407 (DS3/E3) RFC 1493 (Bridge MIB)
Page 24 1: S HAPTER YSTEM ESCRIPTION Table 4 PathBuilder S600 Speciﬁcations (continued) ATM USER-TO-NETWORK INTERFACE (UNI) MODULES Interfaces T3 UNI Coax, BNC E3 UNI Coax, BNC OC-3 UNI MMF/SMF, SC STM-1 UNI MMF/SMF, SC ATM Framing T3 UNI HEC, PLCP E3 UNI OC-3 UNI STM-1 UNI T3 UNI...
Page 25 Specifications Table 4 PathBuilder S600 Speciﬁcations (continued) Traffic Shaping Bulk shaping Per VC/VP shaping Per VC shaping (Ethernet, FAM, QSIM, HSIM) Traffic Policing Per VC DS1/E1 UNI WITH INTEGRATED INVERSE MULTIPLEXING FOR ATM (IMA) MODULES Number of Interfaces nx8,n = 1 to 8; software selectable for individual T1/E1 UNIs or as logical IMA group (>1 link) Connector Type RJ-48 connectors...
Page 26: Options And Parts List
Table 5 lists available PathBuilder S600 options including spare/redundant shelves, port modules, trunk modules, system modules, and interface cables Contact 3Com or your VAR with the appropriate part number for ordering and pricing information. Table 5 Part Numbers and Description...
Page 27 Options and Parts List Table 5 Part Numbers and Description (continued) Part Number Description 3C63108A MCPU System Controller Module 3C63116-STX STX Concentrator/Switching Module 3C63111A-AC Optional 110/220 AC Power Supply 3C63111A-DC Optional -48V DC Power Supply 3C63901-19RK Optional 19” Rack Mount Kit 3C63901-23RK Optional 23”...
Page 28 1: S HAPTER YSTEM ESCRIPTION...
Page 29: Installation
Save the boxes and packing materials in the event there is damage or anything needs to be reshipped at a future date. If anything is damaged or missing, contact the shipper and 3Com immediately. CAUTION: Many of the integrated circuits on the modules are sensitive to static electricity.
Page 30: Site Requirements
2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Figure 3 General Installation Procedure Prepare the Site: Verify Clearances Around the Shelf Site Fabricate and Run Cabling and Wiring Prepare AC or DC Power Run (Install Fuse and Alarm Panel) Step 1 Install the Shelf in the Rack Step 2 Connect AC or DC Power (If needed) Install Additional...
Page 31: Step 2: Connect Ac Or Dc Power
14 AWG wire, Belden type 19364 Power Consumption 200 Watts, Typical Maximum Current 2.0 A @ 11v 1.0A @ 220V 3Com recommends that AC/DC power and ofﬁce alarms be connected through a Fuse and Alarm Panel mounted above the PathBuilder S600.
Page 32: Step 3: (If Needed) Install Additional Modules In The Shelf
2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION To make AC/DC power connections, follow these steps: 1 Plug the power supply modules directly into the backplane of the shelf. Their low voltage DC outputs are bussed across the backplane to the other modules. Make sure that the power supply modules and the fan tray are in the shelf and that they are fully seated in their backplane connectors.
Page 33: Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling And Wiring
Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Install any one of the following application modules in slot 3-6: DS3 UNI E3 UNI OC3/STM-1 UNI DS1 UNI with IMA E1 UNI with IMA Ethernet CBR DSX CBR-E1 QSIM (Quad Serial Interface Module) HSIM (HSSI Module) FAM (Frame Access Module) Step 4: Connect I/O...
Page 34: Normal Start Up Sequence
2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Normal Start up All modules feature a set of ﬁve common system LEDs on the left side of the Sequence module. When you install and connect a module, the common LED sequence shown in Figure 7 occurs. Power (PWR)—Indicates power from the power supply is good.
Page 35 Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Figure 8 DS3 UNI Module Connection Slot 6 Slot 5 Slot 4 TX Out 75 ohm coax 0-225 ft or 225-450 ft TX Out TX In DS3 Service CSU or CPE Once you have connected the module, verify the front-panel indicator sequence illustrated in Figure 9.
Page 36: Connecting An E3 Uni Module
2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Figure 9 DS3 UNI Module LEDs Slot 6 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 3 Slot 2 Slot 1 Power Inservice Fail Test Active LOCD Power Up Diagnostic Running Power On Test Complete Good DS3 / E3 / OC3-STM-1 Good ATM Cell Delineation Connecting an E3 UNI Connect the E3 UNI module to an E3 repeater using the female BNC connectors,...
Page 37: Connecting An Oc3/Stm-1 Uni Trunk/Port Module
Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Once you have connected the module, verify the front-panel indicator sequence. The startup LED sequence and module-speciﬁc LEDs for the E3 UNI module are the same as those for the D3 UNI module. See “Connecting a DS3 UNI Module” above, for details.
Page 38 2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Figure 12 DS1/E1 UNI with IMA Module Connection Slot 6 Slot 5 Slot 4 DS1/E1 n x T1 or E1 PathBuilder S600 Once you have connected the module, verify the front-panel indicators. As shown in Figure 13, the DS1/E1 UNI with IMA module features eight pairs of port indicator LEDs in addition to the common system front panel indicators—each pair corresponds to one of the eight RJ48 interfaces on the DS1/E1 UNI module.
Page 39: Connecting An Ethernet Module
Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Connecting an Ethernet Connect an Ethernet module to the LAN directly or through a hub, as shown in Module Figure 14, Table 7 lists the RJ48 connector pinouts. Table 7 Ethernet Module Connector Pinouts PIN 1 PIN 2 TX-)
Page 40 2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION RX Port 1 (GREEN)—This is a Receive (from the cable) activity indicator. For each frame received from the cable, the LED will momentarily ﬂash. Link Port1 (GREEN)—This LED will illuminate when properly connected to the Ethernet cable, otherwise it will be off. TX Port 2 (GREEN)—This is a transmit (to the cable) activity indicator.
Page 41: Connecting A Cbr Dsx Or Cbr E1 Port Module
Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Connecting a CBR DSX Connect a CBR DSX or CBR E1 module using the RJ48 DSX interface for T1 trafﬁc. or CBR E1 Port Module Table 8 describes the CBR DSXE1 connector pinouts. Table 8 CBR DSX/E1 Connector Pinouts PIN 1 RX (ring)
Page 42: Connecting A Qsim V.35/Rs422/Eia530 Port Module
2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Figure 17 CBR Module LEDs Common System Power Inservice Fail Test Active Port is in Port is in Service Service with Port is Port Has OOF OOF or LOS Out of or LOS Condition Service Condition (Out of Service) As shown in Figure 18, the CBR DSX/E1 module features eight pairs of port...
Page 43 Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring To connect the QSIM, attach the appropriate cable to one of the four ports using the 60-pin amphenol connector, as shown in Figure 19. Figure 19 QSIM Connection Slot 6 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 3 V.35 EIA530...
Page 44 2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Table 9 V.35 DTE Cable (60-pin Male to 34-pin Male; Part # 3C63913) Pin # on 60 Pin Direction (For Signal Name Conn Pin # on V.35 Conn QSIM) Frame GND Circuit GND LL (not used) SCTE+ SCTE- SCR+...
Page 45 Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Table 10 V.35 DCE Cable Pinouts (60-pin Make to 34-pin Female; Part # 3C63914) Pin # on 60 Pin Direction (For Signal Name Conn Pin # on V.35 Conn QSIM) Frame GND Circuit GND LL (not used) SCTE+ SCTE-...
Page 46 2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Table 11 RS-422/449 DTE Cable Pinouts (60-pin Male to RS-449 male; Part # 3C63920) Pin # on 60 Pin Direction (For Signal Name Conn Pin # on V.35 Conn QSIM) Frame GND Circuit GND 15, 16, 45 19, 20, 37 9, 10 7, 25...
Page 47 Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Table 12 RS422/449 DCE Cable Pinouts (60-pin Make to RS-449 Female; Part # 3C63921) Pin # on 60 Pin Direction (For Signal Name Conn Pin # on V.35 Conn QSIM) Frame GND Circuit GND 15, 16, 30 19, 20, 37 1, 2...
Page 48 2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Table 13 EIA530 DTE Cable Pinouts (60-pin Male to EIA530 Male; Part # 3C63923) Pin # on 60 Pin Direction (For Signal Name Conn Pin # on V.35 Conn QSIM) Frame GND Circuit GND 9, 10 4, 19 1, 2 5, 13...
Page 49 Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Table 14 EIA530 DCE Cable Pinouts (60-pin Male to EIA530 Female; Part # 3C63922) Pin # on 60 Pin Direction (For Signal Name Conn Pin # on V.35 Conn QSIM) Frame GND Circuit GND 1, 2 4, 19 9, 10...
Page 50 2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Table 15 HSSI straight DTE to DCE cable (50-pin Male to 50-pin Male; Part # 3C63912) Signal Name Pin # on DCE Pin # on DTE Direction (For DTE) Circuit GND 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, 26, 32, 26, 32, 38, 44, 38, 44, 50...
Page 51 Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Table 16 X.21 DTE cable (60 pin Male to 15-pin Male; Part # 3C63924) Pin # on Direction Signal Name 60 PIN CONN Pin # on DB15 CONN (For QSIM) Frame GND Circuit GND 1, 2 3, 10 9, 10...
Page 52 2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Table 17 X.21 DCE Cable Pinouts (60-pin Male to 15-pin Female; Part # 3C63925) Pin # on Direction Signal Name 60 PIN CONN Pin # on DB15 CONN (For QSIM) Frame GND Circuit GND 9, 10 3, 10 1, 2 5, 12...
Page 53: Connecting A Hsim Module
Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Connecting a HSIM Connect a HSIM module using a HSSI SCSI-II 50-pin cable, as shown in Figure 21. Module Once you have connected the HSIM module, verify the front panel indicators. As shown in Figure 21, the HSIM module has two front panel indicators in addition to the common system LEDs: Inservice—Indicates that the HSIM card is active.
Page 54: Verifying Cpu Leds And Connecting The Ofﬁce Alarm Connector
2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Figure 22 FAM LEDs Router Inservice Frame Relay n x 64K Not Used 8 RJ 48 Interfaces FAIL TEST Common System ACTV Power Inservice Fail Power Up/Or Failure Test Diagnostics Normal Mode Verifying CPU LEDs and The Management CPU module requires no external connections, but you must Connecting the Ofﬁce verify the front panel indicator sequence illustrated in Figure 23.
Page 55: Connecting The Ofﬁce Alarm Connector
Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Figure 23 Management CPU LEDs Common System LEDs Power Inservice Fail Test Active Critical Major Minor Power Up Power On Test Complete Connecting the Ofﬁce Alarm Connector Figure 24 shows the ofﬁce alarm connector on the Management CPU. The PathBuilder S600 supports Alarm In and Alarm Out functions.
Page 56: Verifying Stx Leds And Connecting The Optional Bits Clock
2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Verifying STX LEDs and The STX module requires no external connections, but you must verify the front Connecting the Optional panel indicator sequence illustrated in Figure 25. BITS Clock Figure 25 STX Module LEDs Power Inservice Fail Test Active...
Page 57 Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling and Wiring Figure 26 BITS Clock Connection (STX Module) Slot 6 Slot 5 Slot 4 1.544 Mbps 1.544 Mbps All Ones All Ones RJ48 PIN 1 - Receive Ring RJ48 PIN 4 -Transmit Tip RJ48 PIN 2 - Receive Tip RJ48 PIN 5 - Transmit Ring Table 18 and Table 19 list the connector pinouts for the input and output connectors.
Page 58: Step 5: Connect A Management Terminal
2: I HAPTER NSTALLATION Step 5: Connect a In order to conﬁgure application connections and an IP address for SNMP support, Management Terminal you must connect a management terminal to the PathBuilder S600. To do this, you use the ports on the Management CPU module in slot 1 of the PathBuilder S600 shelf.
Page 59: Getting Started
ETTING TARTED This chapter tells you how to log on to the PathBuilder ® S600 WAN Access Switch (PathBuilder S600), how to use the PathBuilder S600 menus, and how to perform initial conﬁguration using the NMS menus. It contains the following sections: Logging On Using the Menus Performing Initial Conﬁguration...
Page 60 3: G HAPTER ETTING TARTED When the PathBuilder S600 is powered up and operating, and your terminal is connected, operating, and properly conﬁgured, the Text User Interface (TUI) title screen shown in Figure 29 appears on your terminal. Figure 29 PathBuilder S600 Text User Interface Title Screen The TUI Title screen identiﬁes the interface and its software release number and prompts you for a password.
Page 61: Using The Menus
Using the Menus Use the options on the Main menu as follows: Select [1] System Administration to access common parameters. Select [2] Conﬁguration Management to view or set conﬁguration parameters. Select [3] Fault Management to view or acknowledge alarms and set loopbacks.
Page 62: Using The Menus To Change Settings
3: G HAPTER ETTING TARTED Using the Menus to Settings are displayed in prompts at the bottom of the menus. For example, if you Change Settings select: [2] Conﬁguration Management [1] Manage Card [3] DS3 UNI (may be different choice number, depending upon your shelf conﬁguration) [1] Card Information [5] Set ATM Payload Scramble...
Page 63: Performing Initial Conﬁguration
Performing Initial Configuration Performing Initial After you install the PathBuilder S600 hardware, you must complete the following Conﬁguration three steps in order to complete the initial conﬁguration: 1 Set up communication parameters 2 Conﬁgure In-band Management (optional) 3 Set up passwords 4 Set the time and date You access the menus used to perform these steps from the System Administration menu, shown in Figure 32.
Page 64 3: G HAPTER ETTING TARTED Figure 33 Manage IP Network Conﬁguration Menu From the Manage IP Network Conﬁguration menu, you conﬁgure the following: Local host IP address Trap client Default gateway The subsections following the ﬁgure describe how to set these parameters. Once you have entered the IP address and SNMP information for the PathBuilder S600 on the VT100 terminal, you can continue conﬁguring the device on the local console, or you can conﬁgure the PathBuilder S600 through either the 10BaseT or...
Page 65: Conﬁguring The Local Host Ip Address
Performing Initial Configuration Figure 34 PathBuilder S600 Terminal Access Methods SNMP SNMP PathBuilder S600 160.160.1.5 160.160.1.1 160.160.1.3 Mgmt 10BaseT Telnet Module 160.160.1.6 Dialup RS 232 Telnet Port Direct RS 232 VT100 160.160.1.2 9600 Bps Mask 255.255.255.0 SLIP or PPP SNMP Telnet 160.160.1.4 Conﬁguring the Local Host IP Address...
Page 66 Subnet Mask—Provided by the network administrator. The subnet mask identiﬁes the subnetwork containing the PathBuilder S600 Ethernet management port. Community Name—Enter “3Com” (The community name applies to Ethernet port IP configuration only.) Figure 37 shows a sample PathBuilder S600 IP host setup.
Page 67 Figure 37 Sample PathBuilder S600 IP Host Setup PathBuilder S600 192.73.30.99 3Com 192.73.30.100 Community 4 Select [4] Previous Menu to return to the Local Host IP Conﬁguration menu. 5 Select [3] Apply IP Conﬁguration Changes to activate the IP address. The following prompt appears: This action will terminate all running TELNET/SNMP sessions.
Page 68: Conﬁguring Trap Clients
3: G HAPTER ETTING TARTED 3 Enter the following information (by selecting the appropriate options and responding to the prompts that appear at the bottom of the screen) to enable IP Ethernet connectors: IP Address—Provided by the network administrator. This is the IP address of the PathBuilder S600 Management CPU.
Page 69: Conﬁguring The Default Gateway
Performing Initial Configuration Figure 40 Trap Client 1 Conﬁguration Menu 3 Enter the following information (by selecting the appropriate options and responding to the prompts that appear at the bottom of the screen) to conﬁgure the trap client: IP Address—The IP address of the network management station to which you want the PathBuilder S600 to send traps.
Page 70: Conﬁguring In-Band Management
3: G HAPTER ETTING TARTED Figure 41 Default Gateway Conﬁguration Menu 3 Select [3] Previous Menu to return to the Manage IP Network Conﬁguration menu. 4 Select [4] Previous Menu to return to the System Administration menu. Conﬁguring In-band In addition to managing the PathBuilder S600 out-of-band, you can also manage Management the unit in-band in one of the following ways: via the 10Base-T port on the near-end MCPU card (up to four VCs maximum)
Page 71: In-Band Management Via The Near-End Dual Ethernet Module
Performing Initial Configuration 2 Build a PVC on the far-end PathBuilder S600 from the MCPU to the OC3 UNI (slot 1 to slot 3), setting the following parameters on the Add Virtual Circuit screen: trafﬁc shaper—Choose any of the available values (for example 17M). IP address—You must use a different subnet than the one you used for the near-end PathBuilder S600.
Page 72: Setting Up A Password
You will not be able to access the NMS menus without it. If you do lose access to the menus for this reason, contact the 3Com Technical Assistance Center. 5 Select [8] Previous Menu to return to the System Administration menu.
Page 73: Setting The Time And Date
Performing Initial Configuration Setting the Time and By setting the correct time and date, you ensure accurate alarm reporting by the Date NMS software. To set the time and date, follow these steps: 1 From the System Administration menu, select [2] Manage Time and Date to display the Time and Date Conﬁguration menu, shown in Figure 43.
Page 74 3: G HAPTER ETTING TARTED...
Page 75: Path Builder S600 Module And Application Overview
S600 M UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW This chapter describes the features and operation of each of the modules and ® applications supported by the PathBuilder S600 WAN Access Switch PathBuilder S600 ATM Multiservices Access Platform (PathBuilder S600). It contains the following sections: System Module Overview ATM Module Overview...
Page 76: Snmp Mib Standards Support
4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW User interface software that allows you to interface to the system in multiple ways: Through an RS-232 port for direct VT100 Connection. The CPU contains the VT100 drivers to control the management and user interface screens. Through a second RS-232 port to run SLIP/PPP.
Page 77: Priority Queuing
ATM Module Overview Generates the backplane timing 8KHZ clock and generates ATM bus timing Accepts an 8kHZ signal from all modules together with a 1.544MHz external BITs Clock Priority Queuing The PathBuilder S600 with STX provides separate cell buffer queues per virtual interface.
Page 78: Ds3 Uni Module Overview
Overview mode ﬁber. The multimode ﬁber module is typically used for connecting ATM LAN equipment such as 3Com CoreBuilder 7000. The single mode ﬁber module is typically used for WAN ATM services, providing a longer reach in terms of distance.
Page 79: Ethernet Module Overview
Application Module Overview Ethernet Module The Ethernet module (Dual Ethernet) is a port or application module that takes Overview legacy LAN trafﬁc across a WAN ATM network using the PathBuilder S600. This module is used to connect LAN segments and bridge or IP forward trafﬁc across the ATM network to a LAN/IP service.
Page 80: Cbr Dsx/E1 Module Overview
4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW Figure 45 PathBuilder S600 Ethernet Block Diagram PathBuilder S600 PathBuilder VP.VC S600 Bridge Network Ethernet Function Input MAC Address to VP.VC Map VP.VC 02608C123456 = DS3, 0.35 PathBuilder S600 The data does not move from memory from the time it is received till the time it is segmented.
Page 81: Cbr E1 Module
Application Module Overview The emulated circuit connection from the CBR DSX port to a remote CBR DSX port is accomplished by mapping DS1 circuits to Permanent Virtual Circuits. These circuits will then be transmitted through the ATM network to the destination port. For details on conﬁguring the PVC, see “Conﬁguring Virtual Circuits””...
Page 82: Qsim/Hsim/Fam Module Overview
4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW QSIM/HSIM/FAM The PathBuilder S600 supports three Frame Relay modules: QSIM, HSIM, and FAM. Module Overview These modules are port, or application, modules for connecting non-ATM devices to ATM services. Typical device applications include FRADs (Frame Relay Assembler and Disassembler or Frame Relay Access Devices), channel extenders, FEPs (Front-End Processors), and routers.
Page 83: Application Overview
Application Overview Application Overview This section describes the following applications that are supported by the PathBuilder S600: Bridging Spanning Tree CBR application Ethernet and voice application Frame application See the following subsections for details. Bridging The bridge function is an integral part of the Ethernet module. The PathBuilder S600 supports ATM permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) for access to the ATM network.
Page 84: Filtering
4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW (1492) bytes (+ framing bytes) coming off the ATM network. Token ring and FDDI frames higher than these MTU sizes are dropped and statistics about these frame drops are reported through VT-100 and SNMP (through bridge MIB). Filtering The ﬁrst bridging operation determines if the packet is to be processed and transmitted across the bridge or ﬁltered out based on the list of protocols and...
Page 85: Learning Bridge
Application Overview Figure 47 illustrates virtual circuits on a simple network using PathBuilder S600s. Figure 47 Virtual Circuits in a Simple Network Workstation 1 VPI/VCI 1/33 DS3 UNI S4P1 S4P2 PathBuilder PathBuilder S600 S600 S5P1 S5P2 VPI/VCI 2/35 PathBuilder S600 Workstation 2 Suppose workstation 1 on LAN AA wants to send data to workstation 2 on LAN BB.
Page 86: Segmentation
4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW that are permanent and are accessed through the ATM network frequently, such as servers. The example in Figure 47 shows only one transmission path: the DS3 UNI between the two PathBuilder S600s. As a result, cells leaving PathBuilder S600 A on VPI/VCI 1/33 arrive at PathBuilder S600 B on VPI/VCI 1/33.
Page 87: Reassembly
Application Overview requirements assigned to the virtual circuit at conﬁguration. The FIFO provides elastic storage between the Ethernet Module and the STX module which may be polling and multiplexing up to three Ethernet modules. Reassembly When the STX Module receives a cell from the DS3 UNI Module (or other ATM module), it broadcasts it to all Ethernet Module ports.
Page 88: Spanning Tree Instances
4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW The management card STAP module examines the packet, reads the MAC address of the sender, and analyzes the costs reported by the sender. When state of a port changes, the STAP module notiﬁes the port card of the change.
Page 89: Structured Ds1
Application Overview Structured DS1 Implement the structured service if you require DS0 midspan drop-and-insert. See Figure 50. Figure 50 CBR Structured DS1 - Drop and Insert ATM Network DS0 = 5 VP = 0 VC = 35 Drop Structured/CBR Insert DS0 = 5 ATM Network Public Switched...
Page 90: Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (Ds0 Signaling)
4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW Drop-and-Insert DS0 channels can also be allowed to transit the entire path. This provides DS0 to DS0 connectivity between end locations. Structured DS0s can be groomed to be combined through an ATM network allowing end to end DS0 switching as shown in Figure 52.
Page 91: Unstructured Ds1
Application Overview Figure 54 Multiframe Structure for 3x64kbit/s DS1 or E1 with CAS AAL1 Pointer First Transported Octet of Multiframe Second Transported Octet of Multiframe First 125 µsec Frame of Multiframe for Pointer First Transported Octet of Multiframe Second 125 µsec Frame of Multiframe f Second Transported Octet of Multiframe .
Page 92 4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW Figure 55 DS1 Unstructured Tunneling Unstructured Data Data Service Service ATM Network Unit Unit Channel Channel Service Service Unit Unit DS1 Signal Tunneled Through a PVC Use unstructured services when DS0 midspan access is not required and end to end DS1 service is required, for example to provide CSU or DSU end to end connectivity.
Page 93: Structured Versus Unstructured Summary
Application Overview Structured versus Unstructured Summary Use Table 25 to select whether to use structured or unstructured DS1 CBR. Table 25 Selecting Structured Mode Versus Unstructured Mode Structured Unstructured DSO midspan drop and insert DSO access grooming DS1 network management end to end DS1 end to end (no DSO access) DS1 CBR 1.544 Mbps of...
Page 94 4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW Figure 58 Typical PathBuilder S600 Conﬁguration CSU #2 PBX 2 CSU #1 Unstructured Input PathBuilder S600 #2 Structured Input DS3 UNI 2 Port P2 Switched Port P1 Network PBX 3 DS3 UNI 1 Port P3 PathBuilder S600 #1...
Page 95 Application Overview Note that the numbers given for these circuits by the carrier are local to one PathBuilder S600 and have no global signiﬁcance. For example, VCC number 0/100 is used on two different PathBuilder S600s to mean two different circuits. The carrier will assign each PathBuilder S600 at each location any number of circuits to connect each PathBuilder S600 Ethernet port to any other PathBuilder S600 Ethernet port desired.
Page 96: Frame Application
4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW Figure 60 shows three PathBuilder S600s conﬁgured to provide LAN connectivity between three different LAN segments. This example is a simple conﬁguration which only uses 1 port on 1 Ethernet port card in each PathBuilder S600. Figure 60 LAN Connectivity PathBuilder S600 #2 Circuits Set Up on PathBuilder S600 #2...
Page 97: Dxi Mode 1A
Application Overview Figure 61 PathBuilder S600 to ATM PVC PathBuilder S600 PathBuilder S600 QSIM VP 0 VC 50 VP 10 VC 45 VP 10 VP 0 VC 50 VC 45 It is also important to select the proper trafﬁc contract from the ATM switch/service provider.
Page 98 4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW Figure 63 DXI Application V.35/KS422/X.21/HSSI 64K to 8M to 52M PathBuilder S600 PathBuilder S600 Mode Mode Native Host V.35/KS422/X.21/HSSI DXI Mode 1A is designed to allow legacy routers to utilize frame based transmission to transit an ATM network to the DXI Mode 1A device (PathBuilder S600 QSIM/HSIM/FAM), which then performs SAR and AAL5 mapping to an ATM PVC.
Page 99 Application Overview Figure 65 DCE Allows DTE to Participate in ATM Network through ATM DXI DTE SDU DTE SDU AAL 5 CPCS DXI Data Link AAL 5 SAR DXI Data Link DXI Physical DXI Physical UNI Physical DXI protocol deﬁnes an open interface between brouter and Data Service Unit. The Data Service Unit off-loads cell encapsulation services from the Brouter.
Page 100: Frame Relay Interworking Functions
4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW Frame Relay Interworking Functions The PathBuilder S600 provides two functions to interconnect a frame relay network with an ATM network: Service Interworking Network Interworking These interworking features are described in FRF.5 and FRF.8 respectively. As far as the interworking function is concerned, the major difference between these two features is that there is no FR-SSCS function required for Service Interworking.
Page 101: Hdlc/Sdlc
Application Overview You can conﬁgure each port on a QSIM, HSIM, or FAM module independently to provide this type of service, and the PathBuilder S600 will perform the following functions: Q.922 Frame to ATM AAL 5 PDU translation and vice versa Frame PVC Management Trafﬁc Management Congestion Handling...
Page 102 4: P S600 M HAPTER UILDER ODULE AND PPLICATION VERVIEW You can use the SDLC service for: IBM FID2 3270 SNA Peripheral IBM FID4 372X SNA Backbone Other SDLC User Figure 69 shows HDLC/SDLC applications. NRZI should be disabled on the FEP (i.e. IBM 3745). NRZI is commonly used when the FEP is connected to DSUs over non-digital line.
Page 103: Configuring Path Builder S600 Modules , Ports , And Applications
S600 ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS This chapter tells you how to conﬁgure the modules, circuits, and related applications supported by the PathBuilder ® S600 WAN Access Switch (PathBuilder S600) so that the device can pass trafﬁc. It contains the following sections: Viewing and Conﬁguring System Information PathBuilder S600 Conﬁguration Overview...
Page 104: Specifying General System Information
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Figure 70 System Administration Menu Specifying General General system information includes the following: System Information Shelf name—Change the name of the node. Customer name—Changer or enter the customer name. Phone number—Change or enter the phone number. Maintenance contact—Change or enter the maintenance contact.
Page 105: Managing The System Clock
Viewing and Configuring System Information Figure 71 General System Information Menu Managing the System You can manage the system clock for the PathBuilder S600 in the following ways: Clock Specify the clock sources to be used for system timing. You can set up to eight priority clock sources, including multiple ports of the same card, Specify the clock mode: revertive or non-revertive (revertive mode only) Set the revertive time—the length of time the system...
Page 106 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 2 Specify the clock sources to be used for system timing. a From the System Clock Conﬁguration menu select: [3] Set PriorityClock 1 to open the Priority Clock Conﬁguration menu, shown in Figure 73. Figure 73 Priority Clock Conﬁguration Menu b Select the option corresponding to the clock source you want to use for the system reference clock.
Page 107 Viewing and Configuring System Information Figure 74 IMA Reference Clock Selection menu e Select the option corresponding to the card and slot number you want to designate as the clock source. The reference clock port selection menu appears. This menu lists all the In Service ports on the selected card.
Page 108: Alarm Conditions That Cause Clock Source Failure
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS If priority clock #1 fails, priority clock #2 becomes operative; if priority clock #2 fails, priority clock #3 becomes operative, and so on. For a list of the alarm conditions which cause a clock source to fail, see Table 26 later in this section. 3 Select [1] Set Clock Mode, and set the clock mode to one of the following: Revertive—If priority clock #1 fails, and priority clock #2 or higher becomes operative, the system reverts to priority clock #1 if this clock source becomes valid...
Page 109 Viewing and Configuring System Information Table 27 RS-232 Port Default Settings Port 1 Port 2 9600 9600 Baud Rate none none Parity Data Bits Stop Bits To use other settings for port #2, follow these steps: 1 From the System Administration menu, select [6] RS-232 Port 2 Conﬁguration to display the RS-232 Port #2 Conﬁguration menu, shown in Figure 76.
Page 110: Viewing The Firmware Version
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Viewing the Firmware To view the version number for the ﬁrmware that is currently running on the CPU: Version From the System Administration menu, select [7] Report Firmware Version. The Report Firmware Version screen appears, as shown in Figure 77. Figure 77 Report Firmware Version Screen The Report Firmware Version screen displays the release number of the ﬁrmware currently installed for the management processor on the CPU module of the...
Page 111: Resetting The Interface Card
Card-Type—The card type: Shelf, MCPU, DS1 UNI (4), OC3 UNI, SIM, Ethernet, or CBR-DSX. Part #—The 3Com internal part number. This is the same for all ports on the motherboard, as they come pre-installed in the unit. The optional CBR module has a separate part number.
Page 112: Backing Up And Restoring The Database And Code Image
S600. The rechargeable battery will protect the database for an approximate 24 and Code Image hour loss of AC power but, as further protection, 3Com recommends that you back up the database daily as well as after any major conﬁguration changes.
Page 113: Backing Up The Code Image
Viewing and Configuring System Information 5 Restore all ﬁles by entering: mput* 6 Exit FTP by entering: 7 Telnet to the node. 8 Select [1] System Administration to display the System Administration menu. 9 Select [12] Update Flash File System. 10 Select [Y] from the conﬁrmation prompt to update the ﬂash ﬁle system.
Page 114: Pathbuilder S600 Conﬁguration Overview
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 3 Switch to binary mode by entering: binary 4 Verify that the current directory is /ﬂashDev/standby. 5 Put ﬁle bootmgmt.abs by entering: put bootmgmt.abs image 6 Exit FTP by entering: 7 Telnet to the node.
Page 115: Conﬁguring The Pathbuilder S600 Shelf And The Application Modules
Configuring the PathBuilder S600 Shelf and the Application Modules The options on the Conﬁguration Management menu correspond to the major steps involved in conﬁguring the PathBuilder S600: Conﬁguring application modules Setting up virtual circuits and assigning them to the appropriate card’s ports Conﬁguring application-speciﬁc options Specialized functions such as bridging of the LAN trafﬁc and IP over ATM can be applied to virtual circuits as needed and/or supported.
Page 116: Setting Application Module Status
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS You can reset the slot to match the actual card type by entering [Y] at the following prompt: Do you want to configure this slot to match the actual card type (Y/N)? Press ÔYÕ...
Page 117: Conﬁguring The Management Cpu
Configuring the Management CPU The Shelf Conﬁguration menu displays the following information about the shelf: Hardware revision Serial number Left power supply status (in service or out of service) Right power supply status (in service or out of service) To set the status of a power supply, follow these steps from the Shelf Conﬁguration menu: 1 Enter the appropriate option number ([1] for the left power supply or [2] for the right power supply).
Page 118: Viewing Mcpu Conﬁguration Information
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Viewing MCPU To view MCPU conﬁguration information, follow these steps: Conﬁguration Information 1 From the MCPU Conﬁguration menu, select [1] Card Information to display the following information: Hardware revision Serial number Status (In Service or Out of Service) 2 Press any key to return to the MCPU Conﬁguration menu.
Page 119: Viewing And/Or Modifying Existing Virtual Interfaces
Configuring Virtual Interfaces 3 Select [2] Add Virtual Interface to display the Add Virtual Interface Conﬁguration menu. Figure 84 shows the MCPU Add Virtual Interface menu. The other menus are the same. Figure 84 Add Virtual Interface Conﬁguration Menu 4 Select [2] Set Description and enter a description for the virtual interface. 5 Select [1] Set Shaper Rate and select a shaper rate.
Page 120: Deleting Virtual Interfaces
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS The List/Modify Virtual Interface menu shows a summary of existing virtual interfaces, with a virtual interface number (VI#) assigned to each. The menu also displays the following information for each virtual interface: Rate, in cells per second User-entered description Figure 85 List/Modify Virtual Interface Menu...
Page 121: Conﬁguring Input Shapers
Configuring Input Shapers Conﬁguring Input The MCPU, Ethernet, QSIM, HSIM, and FAM modules allow you to conﬁgure Shapers shapers based on the Dual Leaky Bucket algorithm. Unlike the virtual interface shapers described under “Conﬁguring Virtual Interfaces” above, these shapers are not bulk shapers;...
Page 122: Conﬁguring The Stx Module
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 3 To enter a new shaper value, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move to the cell in the shaper table that you want to change. To set a new Sustainable Cell Rate or Peak Cell Rate shaper, enter the new value in the bits/second (bps) column.
Page 123: Conﬁguring The Oc3/Stm-1 Uni Module
Configuring the OC3/STM-1 UNI Module 2 Select the appropriate numbers and enter the desired Congestion On and Congestion Off thresholds for the priority queues you want to conﬁgure. The ranges are 51%-100% for Congestion On and 0% to 50% for Congestion Off. You cannot set congestion thresholds for Queue 0, which is the highest priority serviced module.
Page 124 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 2 Conﬁgure the OC3/STM-1 card. a Select [1] Card Information to display the OC3/STM-1 UNI Card Conﬁguration menu, shown in Figure 89. This menu displays the current conﬁguration for the OC3/STM-1 UNI module and provides options for changing certain parameters.
Page 125: Conﬁguring The Ds3 Uni Module
Configuring the DS3 UNI Module Number of VPI for VCC—The number of distinct VPIs that can be used for VCCs on this card: 1..256. The remaining VPIs are available for VPCs. Xmt Ckt ID—The transmit path trace identiﬁer. This is a user-entered identiﬁer for the transmit circuit of up to either 16 characters (if Sonet Interface Mode is set to STM-1) or 64 characters (if Sonet Interface Mode is set to OC3).
Page 126 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS ATM Cell Mapping—How the carrier will provision the DS3 UNI service from the carrier ATM switch: Clear (HEC) or PLCP (Physical Layer Convergence Protocol). Clear is the option preferred by both domestic and international service providers and within private ATM networks, as it gives more payload bandwidth than PLCP.
Page 127: Conﬁguring The E3 Uni Module
Configuring the E3 UNI Module 3 Conﬁgure virtual interfaces for the DS3 UNI card. a Select [2] Virtual Interfaces to open the DS3 UNI Virtual Interfaces Conﬁguration menu. This menu is the same as the MCPU Virtual Interfaces menu, shown earlier in Figure 83. b Conﬁgure virtual interfaces as described under “Conﬁguring Virtual Interfaces”...
Page 128: Conﬁguring The Ds1 (Or E1) Uni With Ima Modules
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Loop—Conﬁgures the port interface to use the input port Rx clock as the timing source; timing is received from the service “loop.” Select this option if the E3 UNI module is used for the network/carrier service termination, in which case the carrier (the service “loop”) typically provides the timing source.
Page 129 Configuring the DS1 (or E1) UNI with IMA Modules Figure 90 DS1 UNI Conﬁguration Menu 2 Select [1] Port Conﬁguration open the DS1 UNI or E1 UNI Port Conﬁguration selection menu. Figure 91 shows a DS1 UNI Port Conﬁguration selection menu. The E1 UNI menu is the same.
Page 130 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Figure 92 DS1 UNI Port Conﬁguration Menu 4 Set the following parameters as desired: LBO (DS1 only)—Line Build Out. The setting for the transmit signal level: 0, 7.5, 15, or 22.5 db. The LBO compensates for the distance between the card and the CSU/repeater.
Page 131: Activation/Deactivation Bit Error Rates
Configuring the DS1 (or E1) UNI with IMA Modules Inband Lpbk (DS1 only)—Inband loopback. Enables the inband loop-up or loop-down code: loop-up (enabled) or loop-down (disabled). AFA—Enables (yes) or disables (no) Automatic Frequency Adjustment. AFA monitors the error rate detected by the CRC (cyclic redundancy check) error-checking scheme of each of the DS1/E1 links (ports).
Page 132: Conﬁguring Uni And Ima Groups
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Conﬁguring UNI and You can map two to eight DS11/E1 ports into an IMA group, thereby creating a IMA Groups logical, inverse-multiplexed, high-speed link. The PathBuilder S600 also supports UNI groups. Adding UNI Groups To set up a UNI group, follow these steps: 1 From the Conﬁguration Management menu, shown earlier in Figure 79, select [1]...
Page 133 Configuring the DS1 (or E1) UNI with IMA Modules Figure 94 Add Group Menu (Selecting Group Type) 5 Enter [1] UNI. The Add Group menu appears as shown in Figure 95. Figure 95 Add Group Menu (Adding UNI Group) 6 Select [1] Set Admin. Port(s). The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen: Enter Admin Port(s) (1..4): 7 Enter the port number of the T1/E1 port you want to include in the UNI group.
Page 134: Adding Ima Groups
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Adding IMA Groups To set up an IMA group, follow these steps: 1 From the Conﬁguration Management menu, select [1] Manage Card to display the List Card menu, shown earlier in Figure 80. 2 From the List Card menu, select the number corresponding to the slot in which the DS1 UNI or E1 UNI card is installed to display the DS1 UNI or E1 UNI.
Page 135: Viewing And Modifying Ima And Uni Groups
Configuring the DS1 (or E1) UNI with IMA Modules Min Tx/Rx Oper. Ports—The minimum number of ports in the group that must be operational in order for the group to come up and be operational: 1 to n, where n is the number of ports in the group. IMA ID—A user-selected number to identify the IMA group.
Page 136 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 2 Enter the number corresponding to the group you want to view or modify to display the Group Conﬁguration Options menu for that group. Figure 98 shows the E1 UNI Group Conﬁguration Options menu. The DS1 UNI menu is the same. The options on this menu allow you to access other menus from which you can conﬁgure group parameters or virtual interfaces.
Page 137: Conﬁguring Virtual Interfaces For Ima Groups
Configuring the DS1 (or E1) UNI with IMA Modules 5 Change any of the group parameters as desired. For parameter deﬁnitions, see “Adding IMA Groups” earlier in this chapter. Conﬁguring Virtual Interfaces for IMA Groups To conﬁgure virtual interfaces for IMA groups, follow these steps: 1 From the Group menu, shown earlier in Figure 93, select [1] List/Modify Group to open the List/Modify Group Selection menu, shown earlier in Figure 97.
Page 138 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Figure 100 IMA Link Status Selection Menu 3 Enter the number corresponding to the port for which you want to view IMA link status. The IMA Link Status screen for that port appears, as shown in Figure 101. Figure 101 IMA Link Status Screen The IMA Link Status screen lists the following information pertaining to the IMA status of an individual link in an IMA group.
Page 139 Configuring the DS1 (or E1) UNI with IMA Modules FE Rx State—Far-end transmit state in the interworking link state machine. Table 29 lists the possible link states. Table 29 Possible IMA Link States State Tx Condition Rx Condition not in group This link is not part of the IMA This link is not part of the IMA group.
Page 140: Viewing Ima Group Status
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Viewing IMA Group To view IMA status for a selected group, follow these steps: Status 1 From the List Card menu, shown earlier in Figure 80, select the number corresponding to the slot in which the DS1 UNI or E1 UNI card is installed to open the UNI Conﬁguration menu, shown earlier in Figure 90.
Page 141 Configuring the DS1 (or E1) UNI with IMA Modules The IMA Group Status screen lists the following information pertaining to the IMA status of the group as a whole. Operation Port(s)—The port numbers of the active links in the group. NE State—The status of the near end group state machine: not conﬁgured, startup, startupAck, unsupported M, incompatible symmetry, other conﬁg abort, insufﬁcient links, blocked, or operational.
Page 142: Conﬁguring The Ds1 (Or E1) Uni Card
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Least Delay Link—The port number of the fastest link in the group. Oper. LInk Delay—Operational link delay; the actual value of the link differential delay: 0-70 msec for T1, 0-50 msec for E1. Tx Avable.
Page 143: Conﬁguring The Ethernet Module
Configuring the Ethernet Module In addition to the current DS1/E1 card conﬁguration, the DS1/E1 UNI Card Conﬁguration menu lists the following group-related information: Operation Group—The active IMA groups in the card. Num. of IMA Group(s)—The number of IMA groups created (but not necessarily active) on the card.
Page 144 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Figure 106 Ethernet Port #1 Conﬁguration Menu b Select [1] Set Admin. Status and enter [2] to put the Ethernet port into service or [1] to take it out of service. c Repeat steps a and b, selecting [2] Port 2 in step a, to set the administrative status for Ethernet port #2.
Page 145: Conﬁguring The Bridge
Configuring the Ethernet Module 4 Conﬁgure input shapers for the Ethernet card. a From the Ethernet Conﬁguration menu, select [4] Shaper Conﬁguration to display the Ethernet Shapers screen. This screen is the same as the MCPU Input Shapers screen, shown earlier in this chapter in Figure 86. b To enter a new shaper value, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move to the cell in the shaper table that you want to change.
Page 146 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Figure 108 Manage Bridge Menu 2 From the Manage Bridge menu, select [1] Bridge Conﬁguration to display the Bridge Conﬁguration menu, shown in Figure 109. The current aging timer setting is displayed below the menu title (3 minutes in the sample menu shown in the ﬁgure).
Page 147: Conﬁguring Source Protocol Filtering
Configuring the Ethernet Module Figure 110 Bridge Menu From the Bridge menu, you can: Conﬁgure source protocol ﬁltering, source address ﬁltering, and destination address ﬁltering. Display the forwarding table for the bridge. Construct a static table (a table of source/destination pairs which you do not want to be aged out of the forwarding table) for the bridge.
Page 148 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS To conﬁgure source protocol ﬁltering, follow these steps: 1 From the Bridge menu, select [2] Source Protocol Filtering to display the Source Protocol Filter menu, shown in Figure 111. Figure 111 Source Protocol Filter Menu The current statuses of the source protocol ﬁlters are listed at the top of the menu.
Page 149: Conﬁguring Source Address Filtering
Configuring the Ethernet Module Figure 112 Bridge Setup Menu 5 Select [2] Set Source Protocol Filter. The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen: Enter Source Protocol Filter (1=Disable, 2=Enable) 6 Enter [2] to enable the source protocol ﬁlter. Conﬁguring Source Address Filtering Source address ﬁltering allows the bridge to prevent packets containing a speciﬁc source address from traversing the bridge.
Page 150 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS To conﬁgure source address ﬁltering, follow these steps: 1 From the Bridge menu, select [3] Source Address Filtering to display the Source Address Filter menu, shown in Figure 113. Figure 113 Source Address Filter Menu 2 Select [2] Add Source Filter Address.
Page 151: Conﬁguring Destination Address Filtering
Configuring the Ethernet Module Conﬁguring Destination Address Filtering Destination address ﬁltering prevents LAN packets with destination addresses speciﬁed in the ﬁlter from being sent to the WAN. You can use destination address ﬁltering to prevent some stations from receiving data from the ATM WAN link. For example, you can save network-trafﬁc-sensitive stations (such as local ﬁle servers and CAD servers) from unnecessary data coming from the WAN.
Page 152: Viewing The List Forwarding Table
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 7 Select [4] Set Destination Address Filter. The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen: Enter Destination Address Filter (1=Disable, 2=Enable) 8 Enter [2] to enable the destination address ﬁlter. Viewing the List Forwarding Table The List Forwarding Table is a current forwarding table for the bridge.
Page 153: Constructing The Bridge Static Table
Configuring the Ethernet Module Location—The card type, slot number, and port number. Age—The age of the station address entry in the List Forwarding Table. You can set this parameter to Permanent or a speciﬁed number of seconds. The system uses the Age parameter to delete station address entries when they have had no trafﬁc for the speciﬁed period of time.
Page 154: Enabling And Disabling The Spanning Tree
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 5 Repeat steps 2-4, as desired, to add more addresses to the Bridge Static Table. To view the current Bridge Static Table, select [1] List Static Table from the Bridge Static Table menu. The List Forwarding Table includes the following columns of information: MAC Address—The destination MAC address.
Page 155 Configuring the Ethernet Module b Select [4] Manage IP over ATM. The Manage IP over ATM port selection menu appears. c Enter the number corresponding to the Ethernet port for which you want to conﬁgure IP over ATM. The IP over ATM menu for the selected port appears, as shown in Figure 117.
Page 156 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 3 View the parameters for the virtual circuit that is currently speciﬁed to pass the IP trafﬁc over the ATM network. a Select [4] Specify Virtual Circuit to display the Specify Virtual Circuit menu, shown in Figure 119.
Page 157 Configuring the Ethernet Module Figure 120 IP over ATM LAN Router Conﬁguration Menu b Set the following parameters: IP Address—The IP address of the LAN router that will pass the IP trafﬁc across the ATM network. Subnet Mask—The subnet mask of the LAN router that will pass the IP trafﬁc across the ATM network.
Page 158: Conﬁguring The Cbr Dsx (Or E1) Modules
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Figure 121 IP over ATM Admin. Status Change Menu: for IP over ATM b Select [1] Set IP over ATM Status. The following prompt appears: Enter IP over ATM Status (1=Disabled, 2=Enabled): c Enter [2] to enable IP over ATM.
Page 159 Configuring the CBR DSX (or E1) Modules To conﬁgure the CBR DSX or CBR E1module, follow these steps: 1 From the List Card menu, select the number corresponding to the slot in which the CBR module is installed. The CBR Conﬁguration Port/Card Selection menu appears, as shown in Figure 122.
Page 160 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 3 Conﬁgure the CBR ports. a From the CBR Conﬁguration menu, select the number corresponding to the CBR port you want to conﬁgure to display the CBR DSX or CBR E1 Port Conﬁguration menu for that port.
Page 161 Configuring the CBR DSX (or E1) Modules Structured Data—Structured service provides N x 64 kbit/second capability, where N ranges between 1 and the maximum number of available DSO channels. Structured data service passes trafﬁc with signalling information disabled—it provides for DSO midspan carrier access without A &...
Page 162 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Adaptive (Unstructured mode only)—A non-required network-wide synchronization technique used to regenerate the input service clock. Adaptive timing uses a buffer depth indicator at the receiver to adjust the line rate: the fuller the buffer, the faster the line rate; the emptier the buffer, the slower the line rate.
Page 163: Conﬁguring The Qsim/Hsim/Fam Modules
Configuring the QSIM/HSIM/FAM Modules b Conﬁgure virtual interfaces as described under “Conﬁguring Virtual Interfaces” earlier in this chapter. You conﬁgure virtual interfaces for the CBR card in the same way that you conﬁgure virtual interfaces for the MCPU card, except that you can conﬁgure 24 VIs total for the CBR card, as opposed to 2 for the MCPU card.
Page 164 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Figure 127 QSIM Port Conﬁguration Selection Menu 3 Select [1] Port Conﬁguration to display the Port Conﬁguration menu for the selected port. This menu displays the current serial port conﬁguration and provides options that allow you to change certain parameters.
Page 165: Qsim/Hsim/Fam Performance At Small Frame Sizes
Configuring the QSIM/HSIM/FAM Modules Terminal Timing Source—This parameter applies only when the attached cable is DCE type cable. The setting for the Terminal Timing depends on the nature and speed of the device application, but the typical conﬁguration is Internal—the PathBuilder S600 provides the clock for the device application.
Page 166 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS In general, the maximum total throughput for the QSIM/HSIM/FAM is 31250 packets per second (pps). This is for full duplex trafﬁc. Cases involving small size frames requires high processing capacity when compared to that of large size frames.
Page 167: Conﬁguring The Qsim/Hsim/Fam Local Management Interface
Configuring the QSIM/HSIM/FAM Modules Table 33 HSIM Performance at Small Frame Sizes (continued) max.packet packet rate Frame Data Rate rate for for card CLK rate Size for port port number of (duplex) (MHz) (Byte) (Mbps) (pps) loops (pps) 7751 15502 1367 8202 7810...
Page 168 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 3 Select [2] LMI Conﬁguration to display the LMI Conﬁguration menu for the selected port. This menu displays the LMI conﬁguration and provides options that allow you to change certain parameters. Figure 129 shows the QSIM LMI Conﬁguration menu.
Page 169: Conﬁguring The Qsim/Hsim/Fam Card
Configuring the QSIM/HSIM/FAM Modules User Error Threshold (N392) / User ME Count (N393)—These parameters are related. The User ME (Monitored Event) Count is the threshold period that you set to determine a service-affecting condition. The unit monitors events—receipt STATUS ENQUIRY messages or expiration of polling timers—for the number of seconds (3..10) that you specify.
Page 170: Conﬁguring Virtual Circuits
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS You must take the card out of service before you can change any conﬁguration settings. d Set the following parameter as desired: Max. Frame Size—The maximum frame size supported by the serial card: 2KB, 4KB, or 8KB.
Page 171: Summary Of Supported Vpi/Vci Ranges And Number Of Connections
Configuring Virtual Circuits You conﬁgure a virtual circuit between virtual interfaces from side A to side B, with all trafﬁc passing through an STX, as shown in Figure 131. Figure 131 Two Sides of a VC Conﬁguration Side A Side B VI 1 VI 2 Note that Receive (Rx) and Transmit (Tx) directions are from the point of view of...
Page 172: Adding Virtual Circuits
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Adding Virtual Circuits To deﬁne virtual circuits between two virtual interfaces, follow these steps: 1 From the Conﬁguration Management menu, select [2] Manage Circuit to display the Virtual Circuit Menu, shown in Figure 132. Figure 132 Virtual Circuit Menu 2 Select [2] Add Virtual Circuit.
Page 173 Configuring Virtual Circuits Figure 134 Ad Virtual Circuit Screen—Selecting the Circuit Type 4 Enter the number corresponding to the type of circuit you want to conﬁgure: Unicast—A bidirectional circuit. MC Source—Multicast source; A multicast circuit is a circuit which its to be multicast over other VCs (up to 32 leaves are supported).
Page 174 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS 5 Enter [1] to conﬁgure a VCC or [2] to conﬁgure a VPC only. To operate a circuit as a VP, enter [2] to set the Circuit Type as VPC only. 6 Enter the number corresponding to the type of virtual circuit you want to conﬁgured: VCC or VPC.
Page 175 Configuring Virtual Circuits Figure 137 Add Virtual Circuit Screen—Entering the First VC Parameter for Side A 8 Follow the prompts that appear at the bottom of the screen, pressing [Enter] after each entry. Default values are listed in square brackets ([ ]) at the end of each prompt.
Page 176: Virtual Circuit Parameters
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Virtual Circuit The following subsections describe the parameters you must enter when you Parameters conﬁgure virtual circuits for different card types. The parameters that you will actually see during conﬁguration will depend on the circuit type and the card type of your conﬁguration.
Page 177: Ethernet Card Virtual Circuit Conﬁguration Parameters
Configuring Virtual Circuits If you select Conﬁg. 2, the following occurs: For CBR trafﬁc, CLP=0+1 cells are policed and non-conforming cells are dropped. The policing for CBR trafﬁc is based on PCR and CDVT. For non-CBR trafﬁc, CLP=0 cells are policed and SCR is enforced such that non-conforming CLP=0 cells are tagged.
Page 178: Qsim/Hsim/Fam Card Virtual Circuit Conﬁguration Parameters
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Onhook Detection—Enables or disables on-hook detection. When you enable on-hook detection, bandwidth is automatically reallocated based on detection of an on-hook condition, as speciﬁed by the signalling type. Signalling Type—The signalling application type: No Signalling, E&M/PLAR, FXO-LoopStart, FXS-LoopStart, or FXO-GroundStart for CBR DSX;...
Page 179 Configuring Virtual Circuits Figure 138 FRF.8 Transparent Encapsulation Mode DLCI DLCI RFC 1490 Encapsulated Translation—Used in cases when you have ATM devices that do not support 1490 as a protocol across their ATM trunks; for example, when you have an PathBuilder S600 terminating the ATM network at one end and an ATM-ready device, such as a router with an OC-3 UNI, at the other end.
Page 180 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS The following settings are available for Service interworking mode: Direct—Mode 1 mapping; matches DE value to CLP value. When the serial port is in this mode, it does not translate between Frame Relay (NLPID) encapsulation, rather it send it straight through the ATM network, possibly onto a Frame Relay network or device.
Page 181 Configuring Virtual Circuits Always-1—Mode 2 mapping, with the DE ﬁeld mapped to a constant value of 1. Mode 2 is an operational method for indicating data congestion to either the ATM or Frame Relay network. Mode 2 allows for translation between NLPID and LLC-SNAP encapsulation.
Page 182: Viewing Existing Virtual Circuits
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS (DFA) VCI—The virtual channel indicator (VCI) number corresponding to the DFA ﬁeld: 0...63. This parameter deﬁnes the selected VPI for Mapping to/from the Port card (Router) to the trunk. (DFA) VCI Range—The DXI virtual channel indicator range: 1...32. This parameter deﬁnes the range of VCs starting from the one selected, in twos.
Page 183 Configuring Virtual Circuits Figure 140 List Virtual Circuit Summary Screen The List Virtual Circuit Summary Screen shows a summary of all virtual circuits, with a virtual circuit number (VC#) assigned to each. It displays the following information: s/p:vi—Slot, port, and virtual interface numbers (for side A and side B of the circuit) Rx/Tx—Receive/transmit VPI/VCI (for side A and side B of the circuit) Description—The description entered when the circuit was conﬁgured.
Page 184 5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Figure 141 List Virtual Circuit Detail Screen - E1 UNI Figure 142 List Virtual Circuit Detail Screen - CBR...
Page 185: Modifying A Virtual Circuit
Configuring Virtual Circuits Modifying a Virtual To modify an existing virtual circuit, follow these steps: Circuit 1 From the Virtual Circuit menu, select [3] Modify Virtual Circuit. The Modify Virtual Circuit menu appears, shown in Figure 143, displaying a list of existing virtual circuits.
Page 186: Deleting A Virtual Circuit
5: C S600 M HAPTER ONFIGURING UILDER ODULES ORTS PPLICATIONS Deleting a Virtual Circuit To delete an existing virtual circuit, follow these steps: 1 From the Virtual Circuit menu, select [4] Delete Virtual Circuit. The Delete Virtual Circuit screen appears. This screen displays a list of existing virtual circuits. 2 Enter the VC# of the circuit you want to delete.
Page 187: Path
S600 D UILDER IAGNOSTICS ERFORMANCE ONITORING This chapter tells you how to access and manage the alarms supported by the ® PathBuilder S600 WAN Access Switch (PathBuilder S600), how to set loopbacks, and how to view performance statistics. The chapter also lists the supported alarms, loopbacks, and statistics that are available for speciﬁc modules.
Page 188: Viewing And Clearing Current Alarms
6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Viewing and Clearing To view a list of current alarms, follow these steps: Current Alarms 1 From the Main menu, select [3] Fault Management to display the Fault Management menu shown in Figure 145. Figure 145 Fault Management Menu 2 Select [1] Display Current Alarms to view the Display Current Alarm screen, as shown in Figure 146.
Page 189: Pathbuilder S600 Alarm Messages (Stx)
Managing System Alarms PathBuilder S600 Alarm Table 36 lists the alarm messages for the PathBuilder S600 (STX). Messages (STX) Table 36 PathBuilder S600 Alarm Messages Alarm Definition Loss of signal alarm Cannot detect a signal at a configured port. (LOS) Applicable to DS3, E3, OC3, DS1/E1 IMA UNI Out of frame alarm AIS alarm is detected.
Page 190 6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Table 36 PathBuilder S600 Alarm Messages (continued) Alarm Definition Local card loopback A loopback is turned on. Loopbacks are for troubleshooting only and should not be present under normal operating conditions. Network card loopback A loopback is turned on.
Page 191 Managing System Alarms Table 36 PathBuilder S600 Alarm Messages (continued) Alarm Definition DS3 reference clock Interface clock has been designated as the system clock, and the failure interface clock has failed. Loss of clock Reference clock has failed OC3 reference clock Interface clock has been designated as the system clock, and the failure interface clock has failed.
Page 192 Transmit offset already assigned to a previous link. TX Misconnected alarm is also generated. BAD SCCI Status and Change Control Indication – the content of the ICP cells (3Com Patent Pending) has changed. FE Config Abort Far end rejects the M value used by the near end.
Page 193 Managing System Alarms Table 36 PathBuilder S600 Alarm Messages (continued) Alarm Definition Wrong slot for card Indicates that a wrong card has been inserted into a slot designated for other cards. Bus A Parity Error Bus A Parity Error Bus B Parity Error Bus B Parity Error Bus C Parity Error Bus C Parity Error...
Page 194: Working With History Alarms
6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Table 36 PathBuilder S600 Alarm Messages (continued) Alarm Definition Group Abort Symmetry Generated when Group Config. Abort is generated, due to Group Symmetry problem Port Missing ICP Cells Two consecutive ICP cells missing from the IMA frame. System Clock Reverted System clock has reverted to a higher priority clock.
Page 195: Clearing History Alarms
Using Loopbacks Clearing History Alarms After you have printed the alarm history, you should clear the alarms so that they will no longer take up space in the alarm history ﬁle. To do this, follow these steps: 1 Return to the Fault Management menu. 2 Select [4] Clear History Alarms.
Page 196: Ds3 Loopbacks
6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING If you select a card type for which the PathBuilder S600 does not support loopbacks, a message appears, informing you that no loopback feature is available for that card type. Figure 149 DS3 UNI Loopback Menu 4 Select [1] Set Loopback.
Page 197: E3 Loopbacks
Using Loopbacks Figure 150 DS3 UNI Loopback Options DS3 Interface Network Side Bus Side Network Card Network Line Local Card E3 Loopbacks The E3 module supports the following loopbacks: Local Card—Loops the transmit E3output on the receive side. All cells coming from the E3 port card are looped through the backplane and back to the E3 port card.
Page 198: Oc3/Stm-1 Loopbacks
6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING OC3/STM-1 Loopbacks The OC3/STM-1 module supports the following loopbacks: Local Card—Loops the transmit OC3/STM-1 output on the receive side. All cells coming from the OC3/STM-1 port card are looped through the backplane and back to the OC3/STM-1 port card.
Page 199: Fam Loopbacks
Using Loopbacks Figure 153 illustrates the CBR DSX loopback options. Figure 153 CBR DSX Loopback Options CBR DSX Interface Line Side ATM Side (Trunk) Network Line Network Card Local Card FAM Loopbacks The FAM module supports the following loopbacks: Local Card—Loops the transmit FAM output on the receive side. All cells coming from the FAM port card are looped through the backplane and back to the FAM port card.
Page 200: Ds1/E1 Uni With Ima Loopback
6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING DS1/E1 UNI with IMA Table 37 displays the available modes for IMA Port Loopback. loopback Table 37 IMA Port Loopback Modes Descriptions Network Line DS1 framer loopback all the bits received from the Loopback network.
Page 201: Atm Statistics Overview
Viewing Statistics Figure 155 DS3 UNI Interval Performance Monitoring Screen ATM Statistics Overview ATM screens list statistics that monitor the ATM payload. ATM cell statistics are cell counts since the last counter reset. On the ATM Statistics screen, you can reset the counter by entering [c].
Page 202: Viewing Card Statistics
6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Viewing Card Statistics To view card statistics, follow these steps: 1 From the Main menu, select [4] Performance Management to open the Performance Management menu, shown in Figure 157. Figure 157 Performance Management Menu 2 Select [1] Show Card Statistics to open the Card statistics menu, shown in Figure 158.
Page 203: Viewing Ds3 Statistics
Viewing Statistics If you select a card with multiple ports, you must also select the port for which you want to view statistics. After you select the card type, a port selection menu appears. In order to access the Performance Management menu for that card, you must select a port from this menu.
Page 204: Viewing E3 Statistics
6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING UAS—The number of unavailable seconds (UASs) encountered by the DS3 interface. LCV—The number of line coding violations (LCVs) encountered by the DS3 interface. PCV—The number of path coding violations (PCVs) encountered by the DS3 interface.
Page 205: Viewing Oc3/Stm-1 Statistics
Viewing Statistics Cells transmitted—The number of ATM cells transmitted on the E3 since the last user reset of this counter. Cells dropped—The number of idle/unassigned cells encountered and dropped on the interface. Cells with HCS errors—The number of header check sequence (HCS) errored cells encountered on the ATM interface.
Page 206 6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Far Line Performance Monitoring (current, interval, and total) ES—The number of far end errored seconds (ESs) encountered by the OC3/STM-1 interface. SES—The number of far end severely-errored seconds (SESs) encountered by the OC3/STM-1 interface.
Page 207: Viewing Ds1 Uni And E1 Uni Statistics
Viewing Statistics Cells transmitted—The number of ATM cells transmitted on the OC3/STM-1 since the last user reset of this counter. Cells dropped—The number of idle/unassigned cells encountered and dropped on the interface. Cells with HCS errors—The number of header check sequence (HCS) errored cells encountered on the ATM interface.
Page 208 6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING PCV—The number of path coding violations (PCVs) encountered by the T1/E1 interface. LES—The number of line errored seconds (LESs) encountered by the T1/E1 interface. BES—The number of bursty errored seconds (BESs) encountered by the T1/E1 interface.
Page 209: Viewing Ethernet Statistics
Viewing Statistics Rx ICP Cell Error—Number of Rx errored ICP cells since the counter was cleared. Tx Cell Rate—Current Tx cells per second. Rx Cell Rate—Current Rx cells per second. Rx ICP Cell Error Rate—Current Rx errored ICP cells per second. Avg.
Page 210 6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Broadcast frames Spanning Tree frames Discarded frames Flooded frames Forwarded frames Total frames transmitted Filtering Statistics Maximum MTU exceeded No ATM VCs present Bridge discards Out port disabled Source address ﬁltered Destination address ﬁltered SAP ﬁltered Ethernet Statistics...
Page 211 Viewing Statistics Port Identiﬁer Root Path Cost Designated Port ID Topology Changed Topology Changed Count Total Forward Transitions Total BridgeUp Time ATM VC Statistics The ATM VC Statistics screen displays the following statistics: Bridge Statistics Port state Total frames received Broadcast frames Spanning Tree frames Discarded frames...
Page 212: Viewing Cbr Statistics
6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Total Forward Transitions Total BridgeUp Time Viewing CBR Statistics You can view the following types of statistics for the CBR DSX/E1 modules: CBR DSX/E1 Performance Monitoring (physical monitoring of the line) ATM Statistics (monitoring of the ATM payload) CBR DSX/E1 Performance Monitoring The CBR DSX and CBR E1 Performance Monitoring screens display the following statistics:...
Page 213: Viewing Qsim/Hsim/Fam Statistics
Viewing Statistics Total Number of Buffer OverFlows—Number of overrun events. Total out of Sequence Errors—Number of cells received with out-of-sequence number mismatch. Total CRC Errors—Number of cells received with uncorrectable sequence number CRC error. Total OAM Cells Received—Number of OAM (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance) cells received.
Page 214 6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Discarded Congested Frames Receive Bytes Received DE (Discard Eligibility) Received FECN (Forward Explicit Congestion Notiﬁcation) Received BECH (Backward Explicit Congestion Notiﬁcation) ATM VC Statistics When you select ATM VC Statistics from the QSIM, HSIM, or FAM Performance Management menu, an ATM VC Statistics table appears, listing conﬁgured virtual circuits.
Page 215: Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics
Viewing Statistics SEFS—The number of severely errored framing seconds (SEFSs) encountered by the FAM interface. UAS—The number of unavailable seconds (UASs) encountered by the FAM interface. CSS—The number of controlled slip seconds (CSSs) encountered by the FAM interface. PCV—The number of path coding violations (PCVs) encountered by the FAM interface.
Page 216 6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Figure 160 Show Virtual Circuit Statistics Window Each pair of rows on the Virtual Circuit Statistics Summary screen provides the following information about one of the existing virtual circuits: Row 1 (left to right) VC#—Virtual circuit ID number.
Page 217: Conforming/Non-Conforming Cell Counters
Viewing Statistics Figure 161 Show Virtual Circuits Detail Window The Virtual Circuit Statistics Detail screen displays the following statistics: For further details about conforming CLPO+CLP1 and non-conforming CLP1+CLP0 cells, see “Conforming/Non-Conforming Cell Counters” later in this section. Received—Total number of cells received (conforming CLPO+CLP1 and non-conforming CLP1+CLPO cells).
Page 218: Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics By Port/Group
6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING Conforming/Non-Conforming Cell Counters for CBR Trafﬁc Conﬁg 1 Conf CLP0 = Conforming CLP0 cells Conf CLP1 = Ingress CLP1 cells Nonconf CLP0 = Non-conforming CLP0 cells that were tagged Nonconf CLP1 = not counted Conﬁg 2 Conf CLP0 = Conforming CLP0 cells Conf CLP1 = Conforming CLP1 cells...
Page 219 Viewing Statistics Port/Group—The port and group number. rcvd from—The number of cells received. (rcvd from) dropped—The number of received cells dropped. rcvd for—The number of cells sent. (rcvd for) dropped—The number of sent cells dropped. Figure 162 Virtual Statistics by Port/Group Summary Screen 3 To view the number of cells received, dropped, and sent from and to a particular port/group, enter the desired pot/group number to display the Virtual Circuit Statistics by Port/Group Detail screen, shown in Figure 163.
Page 220 6: P S600 D HAPTER UILDER IAGNOSTICS AND ERFORMANCE ONITORING From the Virtual Circuits by Port/Group detail screen, you can: Press [c] to clear all statistics. Press [v] to show VCs. Press [q] to view summary statistics by queue. Press [i] to view summary statistics by virtual interface.
Page 221: Support
Information contained in this appendix is correct at time of publication. For the very latest, 3Com recommends that you access the 3Com Corporation World Wide Web site. Online Technical 3Com offers worldwide product support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through Services the following online systems: World Wide Web site...
Page 222: 3Com Bulletin Board Service
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Page 223: Support From 3Com
Support from 3Com Support from 3Com If you are unable to obtain assistance from the 3Com online technical resources or from your network supplier, 3Com offers technical telephone support services. To ﬁnd out more about your support options, please call the 3Com technical telephone support phone number at the location nearest you.
Page 224: Returning Products For Repair
ECHNICAL UPPORT Returning Products Before you send a product directly to 3Com for repair, you must ﬁrst obtain a for Repair Return Materials Authorization (RMA) number. Products sent to 3Com without RMA numbers will be returned to the sender unopened, at the sender’s expense.
Page 225 Automatic Frequency Adjustment . See CBR DSX/E1 Port Conﬁguration AFA. menu 160 Numbers CBR E1 module 3Com bulletin board service (3Com input power requirements xi BBS) 222 CE notice xii 3Com URL 221 cell loss integration period 177 baud rate 109...
Page 226 NDEX virtual interfaces 118 LEDs 38 connector pinouts 39 VT100 terminal 59 overview 78 data ﬂow 79 Conﬁguration Management Main menu port/link IMA link ATM statistics 208 functional block diagram 80 option 61 port/link IMA link performance LEDs 40 Conﬁguration Management menu 114 statistics 208 operation 79 conﬁgured card type 115...
Page 227 how to display 72 DS1/E1 UNI module 38 management terminal general system information, DS3 UNI module 36 connecting 58 conﬁguring 104 E3 UNI module 37 connection options 58, 59 getting started 59 ENBL QSIM 52 management terminal. See also NMS. Group 131 Ethernet module 40 Max.
Page 228 NDEX PathBuilder Switch Manager User Report Firmware Version screen 110 DS1/E1 UNI module port/link IMA link Guide 17 resetting a card 116 ATM 208 peak cell rate (PCR) 121 resetting the interface card 111 DS1/E1 UNI module port/link IMA link Peak Rate 124, 126, 127 returning products for repair 224 performance 208...
Page 229 118 conﬁguring 118 technical support 3Com URL 221 creating 118 deleting 120 bulletin board service 222 viewing and modifying 119 fax service 222 Virtual Interfaces Conﬁguration network suppliers 222 product repair 224 menu 118 Virtual Path Identiﬁer (VPI) 170...
Page 230 NDEX...
Page 231 January 1, 2000, and Customer notifies 3Com before the later of April 1, 2000, or ninety (90) days after purchase of the product from 3Com or its authorized reseller, 3Com shall, at its...
Page 232 IMITATION OF IABILITY TO THE FULL EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, 3COM ALSO EXCLUDES FOR ITSELF AND ITS SUPPLIERS ANY LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), FOR INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR FOR LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR...

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