3Com CoreBuilder 7000 manual

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    http://www.3com.com/ CoreBuilder ® 7000 Family ATM Switches Operations Guide Software Version 4.55 Base and Extended Part No. DOA3700-0AAA02 Published January 2000[...]

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    ii 3C om Corporatio n 54 00 Bayfr ont Pl aza Sa nta Clara, Calif ornia 95 052-8145 Copy right © 19 99, 3C om C orpor ation. Al l ri ghts reserve d. N o part of thi s docum entation m ay be reproduced in any for m or by any me a ns or us ed to make any deriva tive wor k (such as tran slation , transf orma tion, o r adapta tion) w ithou t writt en p[...]

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    C ONTEN T S A BOU T T HIS G UIDE Finding Specific Information in This Guide 14 Conventions 14 Doc umen tati on 1 5 CoreBuilder 7000 Family A TM Sw itch D ocuments 16 Related Doc uments 16 Documenta tion Road Map 17 Documenta tion C o mments 18 Y ear 2000 Compliance 18 1 AT M N ETWORK B AS ICS AT M O v e r v i e w 1 9 A TM Cell Struct ure 20 Advanta[...]

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    Integrated Loc al Management Interface (ILMI) 36 ILMI Mana gem ent I nformation Base (MIB) 37 A TM Interfa ce Management Entity ( IME) 37 Basic ILMI Functions 38 St atus Informatio n 38 UNI A ddress Regis tration 3 8 Ac ce ss t o Ser vi ce R egi str y MIB 41 ILM I C on n ect iv ity P ollin g 41 Automatic Con figuration Pr o cedur es 42 Auto-Discove[...]

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    Featu r es o f PNNI 68 Advantages of I mpl ementing a PNN I N etw ork 69 When to Use PNNI 69 PNNI v s. E-I I SP 69 PNNI Routing 71 Organizing a Ne twork Hiera rc hy 71 Peer Gr oup Leader 74 One Node’ s View of the N etwork 76 Information Exchange in PNNI 77 Peer Gr oup Leader Elections 80 Upl inks i n a Hi erar chic al Str uctur e 83 Configuring [...]

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    SE TUP Messa ge 1 06 CALL-PROCE EDING Messa ge 106 CONNE CT Messa ge 107 ADD P A RTY Me ssage 107 Signaling Pr otocol Profil e 107 Establishing a Virtual C hann el 108 Point-to-Point C alls 108 Point-to-Multi point Calls 109 Displaying C onnections 109 Signaling S equenc es 109 Signaling T i mers 111 T imer Resol ution 113 Signaling A AL 114 SSCOP [...]

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    6 AT M S WITCHING A T M Swit c hing 13 2 T raf fic Stat istic s 134 Genera l Sw itch St ati stic s 13 4 Phys ical Sta tistic s 134 A TM St atist ics 134 AAL5 C ontr ol Statis tics 134 Signaling Sta tistics 134 IFC C ommunications Statistics 134 T raffic Manage ment 13 5 Frame Disca rd Capability 135 EFCI 135 7 LAN E MULA TION V ERS ION S 1.0 AN D 2[...]

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    LAN Emul atio n Statisti cs Displ ay 152 LAN Em ulation Redun dancy 153 LANE Service s in t he CoreBuilder 7000 Family A TM Switch Card 154 Redundant LAN E Services 154 LECS Redu nda ncy Facility - Confi guring the LECS-Order Databa se 154 LES Redundanc y Facility - Configuring the ELA N T o pology Database 155 Selecting LAN Emul ation Redundancy M[...]

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    Set Default Hold ing T ime 176 Dis pl ay Cur r ent MP C C onfig ur ati on 177 Set Shortcut Se tup Frame Count 178 Se t Shortc ut Se tup Fra me Time 179 Set F low D etection Pr otocols 1 80 Se t I n it ia l R et ry T ime 18 1 Set Retry Time Maximum 182 Se t Hol d Dow n Time 182 8 V IRTUAL N ETWOR KS Virtual L AN Basics 185 VLANs in the Cor eBu ilder[...]

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    Summar y of I mp rov ed Switch Redu nda ncy F eatures in V ersion 4.5 207 Sys tem Requir emen ts 209 V ersion 4.5 Features 210 Identifying the A ctive Sw itching Module 210 Conditions for Switc h-over to Re du ndant Mod ule 210 Switch-over Reboot 210 Communi cations between Active and Redundant S witches 210 210 Switching Modul e Configuration Data[...]

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    B P RO T OC O L S AND I NTER FACES Phy sical L aye r 22 3 SONET STS-3 c Physical Layer Inte rface 223 DS-3 Phy sical La yer I nterface 224 A T M La yer 2 26 A TM C e ll S t r u ct ur e 2 26 The A TM L a yer 227 Operation & Maintenance (OAM) 229 A T M La yer O AM 229 A TM Adaptation Layer (AAL) 2 31 AAL1 231 AAL2 231 AAL3/4 231 AAL5 231 C C ORE [...]

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    A BOUT T HI S G UI DE The C oreBu ilder 7 000 Fami ly A T M Swi tches Oper ations Gui de provides all the inf orma tion yo u nee d to und er stan d the netwo rki ng pri nciple s o f the Cor eBuild er ® 7000 family A TM switch and how it is use d in an A TM net work. It is a pplica b le for bo th the Ba se and E x tend ed v ersions of the software.[...]

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    14 A BO UT T HIS G UI D E Finding Specific Inf or ma t ion in Th is Gui d e This tab le sh ows t he l ocati on of spe cific i nform ation in th is gui de: Con ventions Tabl e 1 t hrough Table 3 lis t conv ent ions tha t are used th r ough out thi s guide. If y ou a re lo o king for T urn to Infor mati on ab out ATM net work bas ics Ch apter 1 Infor[...]

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    Docume ntation 15 Do cum en tatio n This sect ion p r ovi des i nfor mat ion a bo ut supp or ting doc um entat ion, in c l ud in g : CoreBuil der 700 0 F amily A TM Sw itch Doc um ents Rela ted Docu me nts Ta b l e 2 T ext Conventions Conven tion Desc ripti on S cr ee n di spl ay s This ty pef ace repr es ents inf or mati on as it appear s on the s[...]

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    16 A BO UT T HIS G UI D E CoreBuild er 7 000 Fam ily A T M S wi tch Do cu men t s The CD-ROM t hat comes wi th your syst em cont ains on-l in e versio ns of the docum e nts: Cor eBuilder 7000 Family A TM Switches In stal lati on and Start up Gu ide This gu id e descr ibe s ho w to install a nd setu p a Co r eBu ild er 7000 fami ly A TM swit ch. Cor[...]

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    Docume ntation 17 Doc ume nta tio n Roa d Ma p The f ollo win g ta ble he lps y ou loc a te the inf orma tio n yo u n eed . CoreBui ld er 7200 Ethe rne t/ATM Interf ace Card Oper ati on Gui de DUA7200-0AAA01 CoreBui ld er 7400 Ethe rne t/ATM Int erf ace Card User Guide DUA7400-0AAA01 CoreBui ld er 760 0 Fast Eth erne t Inte rface Card User Guide DU[...]

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    18 A BO UT T HIS G UI D E Do cum enta tion Com ment s Y our s uggesti ons ar e v ery im port ant to us. They help us make our docum e n tati on m ore usef ul to yo u. Pl ease sen d e-mail comments abo ut th is guide to : sd te ch pu bs_ co mm en ts @3 Co m. com Pl ease incl ude the f oll owing info rmat ion when co mmenting : Document T i tle Doc u[...]

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    1 AT M N ET WOR K B AS ICS This ch apter provid es ba sic c onc ept s a nd inf orma tio n abo ut : A TM Overv iew A TM C e ll Struct ur e AT M L a y e r s Fu ncti onal Pl ane s Designi ng A TM N etw ork s A TM Network Ex amples A TM Ove rvi ew I n 1986, the Comité Consul a tif Internat ional Télég ra phique et Tél éphoniq ue (CCITT), now known[...]

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    20 C HAPTER 1: ATM N ETWORK B ASICS ove r comin g the pr ob lems th at exis t i n a shar ed-m edia n etwork ing techn ology , like Eth ernet, T oken Ri ng, and FDDI . A T M allows di ffe r ent types of p hysica l la yer tec hno logy to share the sa m e hi gher laye r — the AT M l a y e r. A TM Ce ll St ruct ure Unlike E thernet wh ich t rans fers[...]

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    AT M Layer s 21 Havin g all data in a fixed -l ength cell f ormat spee ds trans missi on dra matic ally b y el imina tin g the nee d for protoc ol recog nition a nd deco ding. A go od analo gy is cont ai nerised sh ip ping w here unifo rm shap e and weight o f contai ners an d standar diz ed lab elli ng consid erabl y ease and quic ken pr ocess ing[...]

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    22 C HAPTER 1: ATM N ETWORK B ASICS Phys ica l L aye r The physical lay er in A TM defines the mapping of cells, much in the same wa y tha t th e tr adi tion al OS I P hysical L aye r ha ndle s bit s, def ini ng p hysic al media c harac teristi cs, line codi ng and f ram ing. Th e A T M p hysi c al laye r tran smits an d r eceives A TM cell str eam[...]

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    Fun ctiona l Pl ane s 23 Figur e 3 U NI F unctional /Protoc ol Model Us er P l an e T ransf ers d ata for a user appli cat ion bet ween the dev ices. User applic ati on re fer s to a h ig h -l e ve l (hi g h e r t ha n A T M ) d a ta t ran s m i ss io n form at such as Ether ne t data trans mission, Fr ame Relay data tran smis sion, o r vid eo data[...]

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    24 C HAPTER 1: ATM N ETWORK B ASICS i mplemented by the ILMI — Integr ated Loc al Management Inter fac e. The ILMI is de scrib ed in t he f ollow ing se ction s. Desi gnin g A T M Net work s An A TM Net wor k use s t he fol low ing pie ces of equipm en t as basic buildi ng block s: Servers or e nd s tation s — These can be eq uipped wit h one o[...]

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    ATM Networ k Ex ample s 25 workst ati o ns to the A TM net wor k. Wo rkst ati ons with A TMLink A dapt ers supp orting con ne cti vity to S ON ET/ SD H f or S-BU S plat form can be co nnect ed d irectl y to t he Co r eB ui lder 7 000 fam ily A T M swi tch. The C oreBu ild er 7 000 Fam ily A TM Switc h with a Workgroup Using I P ove r A TM, you c an[...]

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    26 C HAPTER 1: ATM N ETWORK B ASICS Classic al IP A TM net wor k w hich may b e segmen ted in to IP su bnet s. A r out er su ppo rtin g A TM co nnec tivity wi th RF C-1 577 co mpl iance p r ovi des connec tiv ity between these s ubnet s. The NETBu ilder I I r o uter al so supp orts c onn ect ivity to non -A T M protoco l s through th e IP la yer by[...]

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    ATM Networ k Ex ample s 27 Figur e 5 M ult iple Swit ch IP Routed N etwork LA N Em ulatio n A TM Net wo rk s LAN Emulati on (otherwise kno w n as LANE or LE) pr ovides inter op erabilit y bet ween devi c es on A TM LA N s and tr adition a l LAN s su ch as Ethe r ne t, and su ppo rts co nf igur ations that co nnec t tr adi tional L AN s ov er an A T[...]

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    28 C HAPTER 1: ATM N ETWORK B ASICS Bu ild i ng LAN Em ul ation A TM Netw orks A LAN Emulation network p ro vides t he abil ity to run networ k appli catio ns over A TM and maintain the leg acy LANs’ well-esta blishe d envir onment. The f ollow ing n etw ork dev ices supp or t LAN Em ulati on: A Co reBuild er 70 00 A T M f ami ly swi tch p rovide[...]

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    ATM Networ k Ex ample s 29 CoreBuil der 700 0HD sw itch es to fo rm a r obust n etw ork co r e wi th a v ery high b andw idt h cap a ble o f serving t he e ntire hea dq uarte rs n etwor k. The r ed und ant link s b etwee n m embe rs of the co r e p r eve nt a single point of fa ilur e ; auto mati c activ at ion of b ackup LANE serv ic es en sur es [...]

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    30 C HAPTER 1: ATM N ETWORK B ASICS .[...]

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    ATM Networ k Ex ample s 31 Figur e 6 The CoreBu ilder 70 00 Fami ly Sw itch in a Hea dquarters Net work Regi o na l and B ranc h Of f ice s T he n etw ork s sho wn i n Fi gure 7 are install ed in a regiona l and br anch offic e of the enter prise. The ne tw ork core in t he b asem e nt da ta c ent er o f the regi onal o ffice co nsists o f tw o C o[...]

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    32 C HAPTER 1: ATM N ETWORK B ASICS[...]

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    ATM Networ k Ex ample s 33 Figur e 7 Regional and Br anch Networks VP T unne lin g ov er W AN The thr ee enterp rise n etworks ill ust rated ar e co nnect ed o ver a W AN V P sw itch b y m e ans of VP tunne li ng. The fu ll set of LAN E servic es a r e p r ovide d, includi ng broadc ast ser vices t o al l st ations i n the enter p rise. Figu re 8 s[...]

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    34 C HAPTER 1: ATM N ETWORK B ASICS Figur e 8 LA NE Ne tw or k o ve r W AN[...]

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    2 N ET WOR K I NTE RFACE M AN AGEME NT This ch apter provid es ba sic c onc ept s a nd inf orma tio n abo ut : Networ k Inter faces I ntegrate d Local Manag ement In ter face (ILM I) Basic I LMI Func tion s Autom a ti c C onf igur ation Procedures Netw ork I n ter fac e s T o e n abl e indi vidua l A T M de vic es to fu ncti on to g ether in a n A [...]

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    36 C HAPTER 2: N ETWORK I NTERFACE M ANAGEMENT Figur e 9 A T ypical Network Us er N etwo r k Inte rface A User Networ k Interf ace (UNI) o perat es between an A TM user and a pri vate A TM switch, or between a private A TM swi tch and th e public carr ier A TM network. T her e is v er y lit tl e d if fer ence between a public and a pri vate UNI . P[...]

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    Int egr at ed Loca l Manag ement I nt erf ac e (ILMI ) 37 The IL MI functio ns for an A TM interface p r ovide sta tus , config urati on, stati stics, and c ont rol info rma tion about ph ysical and A TM l aye r para met ers o f the A TM i nterf ac e. In add iti on, it pr o vi des fo r addr ess r eg istration a c r oss th e UN I. ILM I c omm unica [...]

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    38 C HAPTER 2: N ETWORK I NTERFACE M ANAGEMENT Basic ILMI Func tions This secti on discusses the foll owing ILMI services p r ovided by IME: Statu s In form ati on UNI Ad dress Re gistration Ac ces s t o Ser vice Re gi st r y MI B I LMI Connecti vity Poll in g S tatu s Info rm atio n The I ME extra ct s the fo ll owing s tatu s in form ati on fr o [...]

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    B asi c ILM I Fu nct ion s 39 of ad dressing inf orma tion betwe en the us er and t he ne tw ork at the UNI , at in iti aliz ati on and at ot her ti mes, as req uir ed . Add r ess registratio n is don e i n two pha ses. The net wor k side IME sup plies the netw ork prefix of t he address, and the user side IME ap pends th e user part t o it an d r [...]

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    40 C HAPTER 2: N ETWORK I NTERFACE M ANAGEMENT I nter national Code Designator is mai ntained by the Brit ish Standa rd s Institut e. T he l engt h o f this f ield is tw o o ctets. E.16 4 A TM fo rmat — speci fie s Integ rated Servi ces Digit al Netwo rk num ber s. A p ubli c netw ork addressi ng standa r d ut ilizing up t o a max imum of 15 d ig[...]

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    B asi c ILM I Fu nct ion s 41 r eg ister ed at the port , th e member ID c an be used t o access a v irtu al ch anne l to displ ay i nfor ma tio n abo ut cal ls on that ch annel. Acc ess to Se rvice Re gi st ry MI B I ME pr ovides a s ervic e to r ead the Ser vice R egis try T able to r et rieve t he LAN Emulat ion Config urati on Server (LECS) add[...]

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    42 C HAPTER 2: N ETWORK I NTERFACE M ANAGEMENT Au tom a ti c Con figuration Proc ed u res This section d iscusses t he following t opics: Au to-Di sc over y Auto- Con figur atio n Modi fic ation of Loc al A ttrib ute Con figu ring a P ort on Chan ge of A ttac hme n t Autom a ti c conf igur a tion r efe rs to the ab ility of t he CoreBu ilde r 70 00[...]

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    Automa tic Conf igur ati on Proce dure s 43 commands . The fo llowin g tab le shows t he var ious o perat ional stat es that can occ ur w hen y ou di sable eithe r a uto-d iscov ery or auto -conf igur ation : Auto -Dis co very The auto -disc over y pr oce dur e c onfig ur es th e two par ameter s: A TM I nterf ace type an d IME T ype. A TM Inter fa[...]

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    44 C HAPTER 2: N ETWORK I NTERFACE M ANAGEMENT The deter minat ion of th e A TM i nterf ace type and IME ty pe is disc ussed in th e fo ll ow i ng se ct io n s. Edg e-Dev ice Peer I f the peer d evi ce i s an edge-d evi ce or A TM en d- stat ion (us er) th e para meters ar e d eterm ined as follows : A TM i nt e rf a ce t yp e— t he A T M i n ter[...]

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    Automa tic Conf igur ati on Proce dure s 45 Ta b l e 8 sh ows t he p ossible r esults of aut o-discovery in this case. Auto-d isc over y sets t he IME type by comp ari ng the syst em ID of t h e loca l swit ch wit h that of th e peer swit ch. The swi tch with t he larg er sys tem ID i s set to user -side and the switc h with th e small er sys tem I[...]

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    46 C HAPTER 2: N ETWORK I NTERFACE M ANAGEMENT I f the peer is r unnin g E-IISP , the IME type is de te rmined auto mati cal ly as sh o w n in T abl e 11 but if t he peer i s running IISP you n eed to config ur e the loca l swi tch by LM A . Fo r m ore in form ation on c onf igur ing the l oc al switc h by LMA , see “D ispl ay Si gn aling Protoco[...]

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    Automa tic Conf igur ati on Proce dure s 47 I f the peer is r unning ILMI 4 .0, t he IME ty pe is det erm ined aut omati cally as sh ow n in T abl e 1 4 but if th e peer is runn ing ILM I vers ion 3 .0 or 3 .1 yo u need to con figur e the loc al swit ch by LMA. For more in format ion on co nfigu ring the loca l swi tch, se e “ Upda t e Sig nal in[...]

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    48 C HAPTER 2: N ETWORK I NTERFACE M ANAGEMENT a sum ma ry of the LMA settings (c olum ns 3, 4) n eed ed t o ach iev e a desired in terfac e ty pe a nd IME t ype (co lumns 1 ,2). Vi ew ing Au to -Disc o very Re su lts Y ou ca n view: I f auto -dis cov ery is enab led or not. I f auto -dis cove ry o r manual d isc overy was u sed. The I M E type and[...]

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    Automa tic Conf igur ati on Proce dure s 49 ILMI Version ILMI ver sio ns 3. 0, 3 .1, an d 4.0 are av ailabl e on th e C oreBuilde r 700 0 fami ly A TM swit ch. The ILMI versi on is selecte d to be ILMI 4.0 if both devic es supp ort ILM I 4. 0 protoc ol, ot her wise i t w ill b e set t o ILM I 3. 1. If you m a nual ly set the ILM I ve rsio n to I LM[...]

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    50 C HAPTER 2: N ETWORK I NTERFACE M ANAGEMENT 3 The local change of attr ibut e mechanism caus es the ILMI in b oth s witch es to r estart, an d the fla sh valu es—UNI 4.0 i n both switc hes —are loaded as cu rrent val ues. A u to-c onf igur ation now s ees t hat bo th A and B a re UNI 4.0 and m ak es no f urth er c hang e. The sa me m e thod [...]

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    Automa tic Conf igur ati on Proce dure s 51 4 Sends a coldSta rt T rap to it s pee r IME enti ty to indicat e th e inter fac e is r estarti ng. 5 Reinv okes any automatic c onfig urati on pr ocedu re. 6 Performs add r ess registration, if necessary . 7 Declar es ILMI Conne ctivi ty to be r e-establ ished. Co nfi guri ng a Por t on Change of Attachm[...]

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    52 C HAPTER 2: N ETWORK I NTERFACE M ANAGEMENT 5 Performs add r ess registration, if necessary . Y ou ca n cont rol th e se nsitivit y o f d etect ing a chang e of a ttachm ent by adjust ing the Link Man ag eme nt polling rat e thr ou gh the LMA (see “Up date I LMI C h annel Po lling I nterval ” on p age 1 39 in t he M ana gemen t Gu ide ). Y o[...]

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    3 E- II S P P RO T O C O L This ch apter provid es ba sic c onc ept s a nd inf orma tio n abo ut : I nt ro du c ing E n h a nc ed Int er im I nt erS wi tc h Pr otoc o l ( E -I I S P ) I ISP vs. E- IISP Hierar c hy in an E-II SP Netwo rk Pl anning a Ne twork wit h E-IISP E-IISP Hierar chical Routi ng Algorit hm Introducing Enha nce d Inter im Int e [...]

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    54 C HAPTER 3: E-I ISP P ROTOCOL W ith IISP , routing dec isions are made o n a switch- by-switch basis. One swit ch sends a r eq uest for an SVC to another , and the r eceivi ng swit ch sear c hes it s addr e ss tab le for t he dest inatio n addr e ss. The r equ est is passed o n t o ano ther sw it ch in the netwo rk if the destinat ion ad dress i[...]

  • Page 55

    Hiera rc hy in an E- I ISP N etwork 55 Hi erarc h y in a n E-I IS P N etw or k E-IISP a ls o i ntr o duced the co ncept o f h ier ar chy in a net work des ign. Using E -IISP , most 3C om A T M n etw orks ar e b ase d in the A TM address of 47. 0.0.0.0. 0.3c .0.0 .a * i.e., u til izing t he l ast four byte s of t he sw itc h po rti on of the A TM ad[...]

  • Page 56

    56 C HAPTER 3: E-I ISP P ROTOCOL Figur e 11 A TM Addr ess Component s The A TM addr ess has 20 byt es, which ar e divided into a 13-byte Netwo rk Pr efi x and a 7-by te User Par t. Thes e ar e fur ther divided into fiel ds shown in T a b l e 1 7 . The AFI and AFI-sp ecific fie lds sho uld be the sa me. The defa ul t value is 47. 00.0 0.0 0.00 .00. [...]

  • Page 57

    Hiera rc hy in an E- I ISP N etwork 57 Figur e 12 Fields A vai lable for Switch Addr es s Each o f the fi eld s RD an d A R EA i s two by tes long a nd a byt e i s r epr es en t ed by t wo he xad ec i ma l di gi ts 0 -F so th at fi e l ds R D and A RE A toget her ar e r e pr es ented by eight he xadecima l digi ts. These eig ht digi ts r ep r esen [...]

  • Page 58

    58 C HAPTER 3: E-I ISP P ROTOCOL Con fig uri ng N etwo rk A TM Addr esse s After t he addr essi ng schem e is estab li she d, you use ei ther t he I nteg rated Fast Setup proce dure or spe c ific L MA com man ds (se e “U pda te Netwo rk Pr ef ix” o n pag e 63 in th e M ana gement G uide ) to r egi st er the n etwork pr ef ixes at ea ch Cor eBui[...]

  • Page 59

    P lanni ng a Ne twork wit h E -II SP 59 LAN E r edu ndan cy Hie rar c hi cal T opol og y As di scusse d p r ev iously , the r outin g al gori thm of E-IIS P a ssumes that yo u have c ons tructed y our net wor k with a hierarchic al t opo logy . As an examp le, cr eate a hierar ch ical s witch to pology c onsist ing of thr e e tr ees. 1 I n the A tr[...]

  • Page 60

    60 C HAPTER 3: E-I ISP P ROTOCOL Figur e 13 Hierar chic al Swi tch Addres sing in Tr ee T opology After you hav e set up t he addressi ng sc hem e in this mann er , the r outing al gori thm ensu r es that an y s witch in th is netwo rk can f ind e very tr ee in it (an d ther ef or e the locatio n of every oth er swit ch) by firs t acce ss ing the r[...]

  • Page 61

    E-II SP Hier ar chical Rout ing Al gor ithm 61 The u ser part corr espondi ng to th e user p art of the A TM destin at ion address of t he recei ving A TM user . 2 The C oreBuilder 70 00 f amil y A TM sw itch c omp a r es the A TM dest ination address with t he full A TM add ress of each of its UNI nei ghb ors. If a ma tch is fo und , the SETU P me[...]

  • Page 62

    62 C HAPTER 3: E-I ISP P ROTOCOL is C.2.1 . A* l ooks a t i ts ne ighbo rs an d no tices t hat no ne of t hem begin w ith the C * prefix. T he on ly op tion is to use t he def aul t por t. Since B* ha s the short est net wor k prefix w h ich is not long e r than A* it is use d as th e de fau lt po rt. If no defau lt po rt is fo und , a RE L EAS E m[...]

  • Page 63

    E-II SP Hier ar chical Rout ing Al gor ithm 63 The c rankback mec hanism elimin at es the need for the orig inal tr a ns m it ti n g s t at i on t o rel e as e an d re-e s t a bl is h th e c al l. The cran kback mechanis m works as follows : If a virtu al channel fail s to be establ ished alon g o ne of t he l inks, a RELE A SE m essa ge wi ll b e [...]

  • Page 64

    64 C HAPTER 3: E-I ISP P ROTOCOL Figur e 14 Alternate Routes in an A TM N et work Alternat e ro utes ar e d esir able fo r the f ollo wing re asons : Divi ding the loa d b etwe en n odes ove r se ver al links r edu ces c ong es tion (see ne xt se c tion) I f one link fails , an alt ernate lin k can be used. If the no de c annot be f ou nd o r acces[...]

  • Page 65

    E-II SP Hier ar chical Rout ing Al gor ithm 65 Ro uti ng T ab le As t he routi ng algo rith m es ta blishe s the inter nal co nne cti ons, it also establi shes a routing tabl e. F or e ach c onn ectio n it establ ishe s, the al gori thm stor es a ltern ate l in ks that it mi ght ha ve used ins tead of th e on e i t did use. Th is tab le can be us e[...]

  • Page 66

    66 C HAPTER 3: E-I ISP P ROTOCOL L ANE Re dun danc y If yo u a r e go ing to pr o vide LA N E redun danc y in you r ne tw ork , pay spe c ial atten ti on to cr eating alternat e ro utes be tween nod es. Cor r ect E-I ISP planni ng fo r route f ailo ve r/redunda n cy is requ ired for LA NE r ed und an cy to w ork (for more inf orm ation a bou t plan[...]

  • Page 67

    4 P RIVATE N ET WOR K - TO -N ETWO RK I NTERFA CE (PNNI) V ERSION 1. 0 This ch apter provid es ba sic c onc ept s a nd inf orma tio n abo ut : In trod uci ng P N N I V ers i on 1 .0 PNNI vs. E-IIS P PNNI Ro uting Configurin g t he P NNI Net work PNNI Si gnaling Pr otoc ol PNNI is a vai lable i n ve rsion 4.5 ext ende d only . Introducing PNNI Ve r [...]

  • Page 68

    68 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 any one node. T h ese ar e th e addre sses of the n ode s that an y o ne n ode i s physi cal ly or l ogica lly c onn ect ed to . Q oS me tric s incl ud e in form ation on avail abl e bandwidth, guar anteed cel l delay , jitter , and other performan ce opti ons avail[...]

  • Page 69

    PNNI v s. E -II SP 69 Adv an tag es o f Impl ement ing a PNN I Ne two rk T her e ar e many advantages o f implem entin g a network with PNNI. F irst , it cr e ates a m or e stab le network. Si nce the n odes ar e awa r e of every netwo rk p r o blem (l ow b a ndwi dth, no c onn ect ion, e tc.) less t ime i s spen t in finding th e best route to th [...]

  • Page 70

    70 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 Figur e 15 Looping in e- IISP This figu re show s a sam pl e net work t op ology , in w hich the s igna l is sen t as f ollo ws: Swi tch E is trans mitt ing to Switch A. The si gnal i s sent from E t o C ( se e num be r 1 i n Fig ure 15 ). The l ink from swi tch C t[...]

  • Page 71

    PNNI Rou ting 71 Swi tch D now h as a dec isio n to make. It d oes not know t hat Swit ch B i s connected to Switc h A. Swit ch D can eithe r send t he signal t o Sw itch F or to Swit ch B. Shou ld i t choo se to se nd to F (as sh ow n in num be r 3), t hen S witch F will se nd th e sig nal to E (as s ho wn i n n um ber 4 ). Switch E do es not know[...]

  • Page 72

    72 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 Fo r i n f or m a t io n o n th e A TM a d dre ss fo rm at , re fe r t o " A T M A d d ress Fo rmat" o n p ag e 84 in the M ana gement G uide . Once th e node is p ut into a gr oup, the grou ps ar e lin ked an d a hierar c hy is create d. Each n ode and pe[...]

  • Page 73

    PNNI Rou ting 73 In F i gu re 16 , a fla t netw ork , wh ich ha s 17 n odes, i s sh own. E ach n ode is deno ted by a l et ter a nd 2 nu mber s (X .1.1 ). Figur e 16 A N et wo r k Wi t h No Hi e ra rc h y A.1 .1 A.1 .2 A.1 . 3 A.1 . 4 A.1 .5 A.1 .6 A.1 . 7 A.1 .8 A.1 . 9 A.2 .0 A.2 .1 A.2 . 2 A.2 .3 A.2. 4 A.2 .5 A. 2 .6 A. 2 .7[...]

  • Page 74

    74 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 In F i gu re 17 , the hi erar c hic al netwo rk is cr e ated with th e same nod es. Each n ode b elongs t o one o f t he pee r grou ps. Thi s ex am ple w ill al so b e used in lat er sec tion s to descr ibe t he di fferent aspe cts of PN NI. Figur e 17 Lowe st Le ve[...]

  • Page 75

    PNNI Rou ting 75 while complete info rmation is tr ansmitted d ownstr eam. This inf ormation is sto r ed in t he top ology d ataba se. In t his net wor k to polog y , yo u can also see t hat ther e ar e 14 bor d er nod es. Phy sic a l Link s and L ogic al L ink s I n the lowest leve l hierar chy , any connect ion bet ween two nodes i s a physi cal [...]

  • Page 76

    76 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 One Node ’ s View of the Netw ork In F i gu re 18 , t he n e twork view o f n ode A. 3.1 is sh own. T he sol id li nes i n the f igur e r ep re s ent phys ical con nectio ns. The d otted lin e r e pr esents how the gr ou p is sum marized in th e hier ar chy . The [...]

  • Page 77

    PNNI Rou ting 77 Inform ation Ex chan g e in PN N I Each n ode e x chan ges he llo pa c kets wi th i ts im media te n eighbo rs an d uses this in formatio n to determine its loc al state in formation. He llo M e ssa ge s In F igure 17 the r e ar e 3 pee r groups. A, B and C . Eac h group has different switc hes a nd workst ation s co nne cted to it[...]

  • Page 78

    78 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 Ta b l e 1 9 show s the list of in form ation nod e A.1.2 co llects f r om i ts neighb or s afte r the h ello p r oto cols are sent. The l ear ning does n ot stop h ere. Aft er the hell o m essage has bee n broadca sted, th e nod es in th e ne two rk sc an t he inf [...]

  • Page 79

    PNNI Rou ting 79 In F i gu re 20 , n ode A .1.2 will no t t ran smit info rmati on ab out A.2 .1, becau s e A.1.2 i s in pe er group A.1 and A .2.1 is in pe er group A .2. Afte r al l the PTSE info rmat ion has been exchan ged among all t he members of the peer g r o up, the topol og y dat abase s of e ach of the peer g r o up members are sy nchr o[...]

  • Page 80

    80 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 Figur e 21 Partial T opology Databa se Readout Pe er Group L ea der El e ct i on s After the topol ogy da ta base s of e ach peer g r o up ar e sy nch r oni zed, the nod es as k each ot her for the ir prior ity lev el. Th e netwo rk m an ager assi gn s a prio rity l[...]

  • Page 81

    PNNI Rou ting 81 hier ar chy lev el wher e i t will meet th e leaders o f B and C. Aggr egate d i nformatio n is exc hanged and eac h node will transmit down th e hierar c hy all tha t it ha s learn e d. At t his po int the c omp l ete t opo logy d ataba se f or each no de has bee n fill ed. Figu res 6 and 7 show t he ne xt two hi erarchical l evel[...]

  • Page 82

    82 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 Figur e 23 The Entir e Network At t his point, in form at ion fr o m eac h gr ou p is dis t ribu ted to the th ir d le vel hier ar chy . Each member in the 3 rd level tr ansf ers t he inf ormatio n as descr ibed p revio usly to t he o ther no de s in thi s hie rarch[...]

  • Page 83

    PNNI Rou ting 83 the hie rar ch y). T able 21 shows t he up dat ed to polog y da ta base that no de A.1 .2 will h ave af ter r eceivi ng th is n ew in form ati on. T able 21 Updated Databas e for N ode A.1.2 Up li nk s in a Hi er ar ch ic al S tr uct u r e When a hier ar chy is c r eat ed, upli nks fr om the lo west level t o the hig her l evels ar[...]

  • Page 84

    84 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 Con figuring the P NNI Ne two r k When config uring a PNNI network, it is essen tial th at each node has a uniq ue addr ess wh ich r epr esents a pict ur e of wher e the node is in th e hier ar chy . T op ics co vered i n thi s se cti on inc lude : A TM A ddress Fo [...]

  • Page 85

    Con figur ing t he PNNI N etwork 85 A TM Addr essi ng Exa mple If we t a ke pe er g r o ups A, B, and C fr om Fi gu r e 1 7 as an example, eac h nod e in t he grou ps wou ld ha ve the f ollow ing A T M a dd r esses a s pr esent ed i n T able 2 3 : The PTSEs an d the pr iorit y levels ar e cr eate d based on th is addr essing sch eme. Fo r inform at[...]

  • Page 86

    86 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 para mete rs that the A TM netwo rk must hav e to be able t o guaran tee t he signal estab lishm ent. Ca ll esta blis hment consi sts of two op era tions : Path se lection Con nect ion set up at ea ch point a long th e pa th Path select ion is m ade ba sed on i nfor[...]

  • Page 87

    PNNI S ign aling P rotocol 87 PNN I Sign aling Protocol This sect ion wi ll cove r PNN I sign aling . T o pics t hat will be cov ered inc lude : PNNI Si gnaling Estab lishin g a Channel in PNNI Cran kba ck and A lter nate Rout ing PNNI Signalin g As s tate d earl ier , PNNI is a signalin g p r ot ocol used between network s, not user s. Figu r e 26[...]

  • Page 88

    88 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 mechan isms th at ens ur e that th e data will be tran sfer r ed with out ha ving to send a disconne ct messag e to t h e sour ce. Esta bl ishi ng a Chann el in P NNI wi th a Fla t Ne tw ork In t his se ction, t he e x ampl e sho wn i n F igure 27 w ill be u s ed. N[...]

  • Page 89

    PNNI S ign aling P rotocol 89 co nnect ion is est abl ishe d and th e da ta is sen t. Thes e con ne ctions a re perman ent b ecause th ey ar e est abl ished adm inis trativ ely , rather th an on a deman d b a sis. If the signa l is t o be e sta blish ed b y dema nd , it i s kno w n as a soft PVC or soft PVCC. Alte rnat e Rout ing and C rankb ack Oc[...]

  • Page 90

    90 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 The si gnal be tw een no de s A.2 .3 an d A.2 .2 h as fai led. A . 2.3 w ill send a PTSE messa ge that wil l be flooded to all node s in t he networ k. At the same t ime , it wil l c rankb ack th e sig nal t o the sour ce, so that an al ternate r out e ca n b e ch o[...]

  • Page 91

    PNNI S ign aling P rotocol 91 Figur e 30 Alternate Rout ing Esta bl ishi ng a C hanne l in a Hierarch ica l Ne tw ork In t his se ction, t he e x ampl e sho wn i n F igure 27 w ill be u s ed. No de A.1 .1 want s to establi sh a c onn e ction t o send da ta to nod e A.2. 6. v X X v A. 1.1 A.1 . 2 A.1 .3 A.1 . 4 A.1 . 5 A.1 .6 A.1 . 7 A.1 .8 A. 1 .9 [...]

  • Page 92

    92 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 Figur e 31 Signal ing in a Hier ar ch ical Netw ork Ther e ar e many pat hs th at the sig nal ca n take. Base d on r eachab ili ty , Q oS metr ic s and curr ent in form ati on avail a ble abou t the li n ks, t he path fr o m A.1. 1 to A .2 .6 is c hose n . A DT L i [...]

  • Page 93

    PNNI S ign aling P rotocol 93 Alte rnat e Rout ing and C rankb ack Occas ion ally , after th e decisi on has been made by the switc h to open a ch anne l in a cer tai n direction, th e link m ay f ail o r t he a ttr ibut es ma y ch ange. W hen the swi tch d e tects t his ch ange, i t doe s not close t he co nnect ion and se nd a di sco nnec t me ss[...]

  • Page 94

    94 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0 Figur e 33 Crank back i n a H ierar chy In F i gu re 33 , the sig nal cr ankedbac k 1 hop. In a hi erar c hical n etwork the signal on ly has t o c rankb ack to t he fir st node it can find tha t has an al ternate path ava ilable. The hops in crankbac k ar e dec r e[...]

  • Page 95

    PNNI S ign aling P rotocol 95 Figur e 34 Alternate Rout ing in a Hiera r chy I n this exam ple a new DTL is gener ated as shown and the s ign al is sent. At no point in the pr ocess i s the call r elea sed. This sav es time and pr even ts h aving to cran kback comp lete ly to the sour c e, ther eb y savin g valuab le reso ur ces. This c hapt er pr [...]

  • Page 96

    96 C HAPTER 4: P RIV ATE N ETWORK - TO -N ETWORK I NTER FACE (PNNI ) V ER SION 1. 0[...]

  • Page 97

    5 E STABLISHING AT M C HA NNELS A TM is a connec ti on-or iented tr ansport serv ice , much like a t eleph one. Unli ke Ethe r ne t, w here da ta is sen t out on a com mon bu s, A T M requires that a path or virt ual ch anne l be establi sh ed to ca rry th e ca ll f r om the source stat ion to t he de sti nation station b e fore data tra nsm ission[...]

  • Page 98

    98 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S This se ctio n d iscusses t he ext er n al link, e sta blish ed by signal ing. For a discu ssion of the int er nal l inks , whic h a re establ ished b y rou ting, see “Ro utin g — I nte rna l Li n ks” on page 1 25 in the M an ag eme nt G uide . A simpl e example of a vi rtual channel is shown as a d[...]

  • Page 99

    Vir tua l Channel s 99 Ext er nal Links – A TM Con nect i on s Each external l ink, r efer r ed to as an A TM c onn e ctio n , is un iq uely cha racteriz ed by a pair of integers VP I and VCI call ed the V irtual Path I denti fie r an d V irtual C hannel Id entif ier . The def ault ran ge is VPI: 0-7; VCI: 32-51 1 V PI: 0-2 8 ; VCI : 0-2 16 . The[...]

  • Page 100

    10 0 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S S wi tch ed Vir t u al C hanne l s A vi rt ual cha nne l can be se t up ei t h er au t oma tic a ll y by s ig nal li ng, i n whic h case it is cal led a sw i t c he d v i rt ual ch an ne l (SV C), or , you c a n set it up manu ally t hrough L M A i n wh ich c as e it i s cal led a permanent vi rtual ch [...]

  • Page 101

    VP Tunnel i ng 101 . VP T unne lin g As m en tion ed previou sl y , a v irtua l pa th (V P) i s a se t of vi rtual ch anne ls wi th a commo n VP I value . A VP t unn el ( virtua l pat h t unn el) is a vi rtual path which h as been extended to include a signalin g c hannel and an ILMI channel, in addition to the call channels. Normally , this is acc[...]

  • Page 102

    10 2 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S On e VP t un nel per port ca n b e alloc a ted to poi nt-t o-mu lti point cal ls. Each of thes e VP tunne ls is as socia ted with a virt ual UNI; it has i ts own ILMI MIB , UME man age ment , and addressi ng o per ations (see “Vi rtual UNI” o n pa g e 104 i n the Ma nage men t Gui de ). The foll owi[...]

  • Page 103

    VP Tunnel i ng 103 hav e the same sou r ce and des tinat ion ar e as signed th e same VPI v alue, they ar e s wi tched mor e e f fi cient ly by th e VP swit ch. LANE over W A N The W AN VP switc h allo cates th e VPI values whic h ar e th en used to establ ish t he CoreBu ilder V P tun nel s. A CoreBu ilder 700 0HD V P t unn el is est ablish ed wit[...]

  • Page 104

    10 4 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S Figur e 36 LAN ov er W A N V irtual U NI As defined in th e basic UNI speci ficati o n, eac h ILMI MIB is i ntended to maintai n manage ment inf ormation abo ut a singl e inter fac e. Each i nterf ace i s assume d to connec t a sin gle use r to a singl e switc h port and al l ILMI informat ion is exchan[...]

  • Page 105

    S ignal in g — Extern al L ink s 105 Sign ali ng Pr oto col A TM u ses th e UN I signa ling st and ard proto col for dy namica lly establ ishi ng , mai nta inin g and cl eari ng SVC co nnect i ons betwe en endp oint s. The procedures a re defined in terms of message s and th e in fo rm ati o n e le m en ts t h a t ch a ra c t e riz e th e A T M c[...]

  • Page 106

    10 6 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S Each me ssage i s com posed of informat ion e leme nts that carry th e deta ils of th e messa ge. Di splayi ng S igna lin g M ess ag es T o displ ay signa ling m essag es statistic s, s ee “S ignal ing St atistics” on page 247 in t he M ana gem en t Gui de . SE TUP Me ssa ge Th e SETUP sign ali ng m[...]

  • Page 107

    S ignal in g — Extern al L ink s 107 CAL L-PR OCE EDI NG Sup pression” o n pa g e 208 in the Ma nage men t Gu ide ). CONN ECT M es s ag e The CO NNECT sign aling messa ge is sent in response to the SE TUP co mman d. It indi cat es th at the recei ving side of th e con ne cti on h as acc epted th e r equir emen ts a nd t he c all setup is comple[...]

  • Page 108

    10 8 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S Dis pl ay ing t he Sign ali ng Pr otocol P r of ile T o displ ay or upd ate the sig nalin g pr oto col pr o file, se e “Upd ate Signali ng Pr o tocol P rofile” o n pa g e 202 in t he M a nageme n t Gui de . Estab lishing a Vi rtua l Chann el Figu re 37 shows the st eps i nvolved in establi sh ing a [...]

  • Page 109

    S ignal in g — Extern al L ink s 109 Poi nt-t o -Mul ti point Calls A poin t- to-m ulti p oin t cal l is a col lec tio n of asso cia ted A TM VC or VP lin ks, with asso ci ated e n dpoin t node s. A c onn ection is d efined a s a se cti on of a call. A po int- to-m ultipo int cal l ha s the follow ing prop erties: The sou rce endp oi nt se rves a[...]

  • Page 110

    11 0 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S Figur e 38 Signaling Message Sequence for a P oint-to-Point Connec tion Poi nt- t o-Mul ti po int Conn ect ion Figu re 39 sho ws th e seque nce of signaling me ssages f or settin g up a point -to-mu l tipoint exter na l link (con ne ctio n) bet ween a r oot station a nd a set of destin ati ons (leav es)[...]

  • Page 111

    S ignal in g — Extern al L ink s 111 Figur e 39 Signaling Message Sequence for a Point-to-Multipoint Conne ction Si gn al i n g T i me rs Ea ch sign aling protoco l com e s wi th a set o f timer s, on e for each ty pe o f mess age in th e pr otoc ol. These tim ers d ete rmine when an expect ed r es ponse to a message is o ver d ue. They a re s et[...]

  • Page 112

    11 2 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S T able 28 Q.2931 W atc hdog Tim ers — User End Timer Name Default Time-out Star t Ti mer Stop Ti mer T301 180 ALER TING rece iv ed CONNECT receive d T303 20 SET UP sent CONNECT, CA LL PROCEEDING or RELEASE COMPLETE r ec eived T308 150 RELEASE se nt RELEASE CO MPLE TE or REL EASE re ceive d T309 50 SAA[...]

  • Page 113

    S ignal in g — Extern al L ink s 113 Tim er Resolution All the tim ers in th e Q.2931 an d Q.SAAL pr otoco l ar e based on a co mmo n t ime r tick- len gth cal le d th e ti m e r r e s ol ut io n . When the ti m er r es olutio n is ch anged, all t ime rs ar e af fected. The C o r eBuilde r 70 00 f amil y A TM switc h is shi pp ed wi th a def ault[...]

  • Page 114

    11 4 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S ( see “Up date P rotoc ol T i mer Resolut ion” on p a ge 21 2 i n the Ma nageme n t Gui de ). Signalin g A AL The sig nalin g descri bed p r evio usly ta kes pl ace in sign aling channe ls kept separ ate f r om the c hannels u sed for da ta tr ansmissi on. The SAAL (Sign ali ng AAL) is th e adaptati[...]

  • Page 115

    Signal ing AAL 115 SSCO P Timers Ta b l e 3 1 a nd T a ble 32 p r e sent t he S SCO P watc hdog t imers. Manage ment dat a trans fer MD Unassur ed t ran sf er o f manag ement data T able 30 SSC OP PDUs Ac cording t o T yp e Functi on PDU Desc ription T able 31 SS C O P T ime rs SSCOP Timer Descri ption Poll The m aximu m t ime be twee n tr ans miss[...]

  • Page 116

    11 6 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S For s tabil ity , the tim er No-Res ponse s hould be gr eat er t han the t imer Keep- Alive an d the ti mer No-R esponse s hould be gr eat er t han the ti mer Poll. T imer No-Re spon se a nd timer C C sh ould be set to a va lue grea ter than th e r o und trip delay . Th e t imer Idle m ay b e c onsi der[...]

  • Page 117

    Call Admissi on Cont rol 117 Ca ll Adm is s ion Con tr ol The C o r eBuilde r 70 00 f amil y A TM switc h u ses ca ll ad missi on cont rol (CAC) algori thms during th e establishmen t o f a vi rtual channel to det ermine whe the r a co nnec tion requ est shou ld be acce pte d or reject ed. A connectio n re quest is accepted only when the CAC determ[...]

  • Page 118

    11 8 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S Susta in ed cell rate ( SCR) — average cel l rat e over tim e, taking into ac co u nt b urst t ra ffi c The GCAC algorithm consists of the follo wing st eps: 1 Read th e peak cel l rat e (PCR) and t he susta ined cell r ate (SCR ) fr om the tr affi c c ont ra c t of the ca ll. 2 Add up SCRs of al l ex[...]

  • Page 119

    Call Admissi on Cont rol 119 Figur e 40 Switch Cel l Rate Ut ilizat ion for VBR and CBR Service C lasse s GCA C for AB R Serv ice Cl ass The GCAC for the ABR service is similar to that of the VBR servic e except that it is ba sed on the mi nimum cell rate (MCR) pa rameter r ead fr o m the tr affi c c ont ra c t. Figu re 41 s ho w s th e ce l l ra t[...]

  • Page 120

    12 0 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S UN I Sig na lin g 4 .0 Fe atur es This sec ti on descr ibes th e featur es ad ded in UNI Signal ing 4. 0 which ar e supp orted by t he C oreBui lde r 7000 fam ily A TM sw it ch. These in clu de: A T M An y cas t Ca pa b i l ity Si gnali ng of Indi vidual Q oS Parameter s Me ssage C onve rsio n Betw ee n[...]

  • Page 121

    UNI Signal ing 4. 0 Feature s 121 Si gna li ng of I ndivi dual Q oS Para meters The C oreBu ilder 700 0 switch l ets you indi cat e in dividua l qu ality of se rvice para meter v alues f or a specif ic ca ll. Th is info r mation take p r eced ence ov er the st andar d QoS par ameters an d is pa ssed ove r the netwo rk. If indi vi dual quali ty of s[...]

  • Page 122

    12 2 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S Mess ag e Conv ers i on Bet ween S igna li ng Pr o toc ol s In order to transm it a sign aling messa ge across interfac es which have dif ferent sig na ling protoc ol s at eac h end , th e CoreBui lder 700 0 swi tch per forms message c onve rsion. The co nv ersion h a ndles the f ollo w signal ing p r o[...]

  • Page 123

    Qual ity of Ser vi ce Pa ramet er s 123 The bandwid t h availa ble fr om the networ k may vary , but does not become less than M CR . The C o r eBu ilder 70 00 sw itch fo rwards t he AB R i nfor mation t o the end users. Thr e e info rmation elemen ts ar e i nvolved in the sig nalin g of ABR capabi lit y: 1 A TM tr affic desc riptor . inc lude s: P[...]

  • Page 124

    12 4 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S This c apabi lity app lies onl y when the SETUP message c ontain s a Broadb and be ar er c apabi lity , t hat is, w h en " ABR" is in dica ted in th e A TM tran sfer capabili ty fiel d. Const ant Bi t Ra te Serv ice Class CBR , or C onsta nt Bit Ra te Se rvi ce, is used by con nect ions w hich[...]

  • Page 125

    R outing — I nt ern al L ink s 125 Uns pe cif ie d Bi t Ra te Serv ice Class The Unspec ified Bit Rate s ervic e class is inten ded for non-r eal ti me applic ati ons. These ar e ap plic ati ons that d o not re q uir e tig htly co nstrai ned d ela y and d elay variat ion.E xam ple s of the se appli cat ions i nclude : file t ransfer and e- mail. [...]

  • Page 126

    12 6 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S The fo llow ing desc ript ion o f the routi ng m eth od assu mes t hat an exter na l link of a virt ual ch a nnel has a lread y b een establ ishe d to an inpu t p or t of the swi tch. In additio n, the call ’ s destin at ion addr ess, which was embedded in t he signal in g SETUP messa ge, i s ava ilab[...]

  • Page 127

    R outing — I nt ern al L ink s 127 but on a different br anch . I n case m ore than on e neighb or’ s add ress partia lly ma tches, the sh or test address i s ch osen. If neit her a fu ll or par tial ma tch is fo und, the algor ithm seeks a neighb or ’ s netwo rk prefix who se significant leng th is sh orter than that of th e sw itch i tself.[...]

  • Page 128

    12 8 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S No VCC availab le — Nu mber of VCCs exceed a limit No rat e availab le — No avai lable b andwidth Resou r ce s unav ailabl e — Nod e inter nal r eso urce problem The c rankback mec hanism elimin at es the need for the orig inal tr a ns m it ti n g s t at i on t o rel e as e an d re-e s t a bl is h[...]

  • Page 129

    Ph ysica l -Li nk Fa il ure Ind i cato r 129 The r eco very pr oc ess pr oceed s in the fo llowin g steps: 1 The li nk f ailu r e i s det ect ed a nd the s ystem soft war e i s n oti fied. 2 The ILMI servi ce delet es A TM addr esses of devices on the faile d link which were regist ered by I LMI . 3 The call c ontr o l softwar e r elea ses any call[...]

  • Page 130

    13 0 C HAPTER 5: E STABLISHING ATM C HANNEL S : T able 34 Par ameters in Sel ecting Link- Failur e Sensitivit y Sensit ivi ty Time (seco nds) Speed of Detection Certai nty of Detection High 5 High Low Medium 15 Medi um Medi um Low 30 Low High[...]

  • Page 131

    6 AT M S WI TCHI NG The pr ev ious two chapter s pr esented th e concept o f virt ual channel , what a vir tual c ha nnel i s and how it is bu ilt . This ch apter discu sses ho w A T M data travels , or is swit ched, over a virt ua l channel. This ch apter provid es ba sic c onc ept s a nd inf orma tio n abo ut : A TM Switchin g T ra ffi c Statis t[...]

  • Page 132

    13 2 C HAPTER 6: ATM S WITCHING A TM S wit ch in g A TM swi t chin g is per form ed at the A TM l ayer th r ough vi rtua l ch anne ls . Indivi du al cells are swit ched ov er the chan ne l th r ough t he ne tw ork base d on t h e cell header . Figur e 42 C e ll F low in A TM S w it ch i n g Figu re 42 shows how a call is tran sf erre d over a vi rt[...]

  • Page 133

    AT M S witc h in g 133 The c all is t ransfer r ed as fo ll ows: 1 The edge devic e tr anslates the Et hernet frames into A TM cells an d fo rw a rds t he m to th e A T M o u tp ut por t . 2 The A TM output por t writes the VPI / VCI value s for th e ex ternal lin k for the VC on the ce ll heade r and tran smits th e cells on th e line th at connec[...]

  • Page 134

    13 4 C HAPTER 6: ATM S WITCHING T raff ic St atis tic s The CoreBuil der ® 7000 famil y A TM swit ch provides th e following types of flo w sta t ist i cs Gene ral Swi tch St ati stics Phy sical Stat ist ics A TM Stat isti cs AAL5 Contro l Statist ics Si gnali ng Statist ic s IFC Co mm uni cat ions S ta tistic s Ge ne ral S wi tch Sta t i st i c s[...]

  • Page 135

    Traff i c Man agement 135 Tr a f f i c Ma n a ge me nt The C o r eBu ilder 70 00 f ami ly A TM swi tch p r ovi des se ver al tra f fic manag em ent serv ices for handl ing con ges tion includ in g: Frame Dis car d Ca pabil ity EFCI Fra m e D isc ard Cap ab ility The C o r eBuilde r 70 00 A TM sw itch c an di sc ar d cells at the f rame ( A AL proto[...]

  • Page 136

    13 6 C HAPTER 6: ATM S WITCHING The EF CI bit in the Pay load T ype I dentifie r (PTI) fiel d in the c ell head er i s set wh en c ongest ion i s en cou ntered. The EFCI bit i s set b ased on one o f the follow ing define d out pu t que ue l evel s: 20% f ull, 50% f ull , 80% ful l. These o utput queu e levels can be config ur ed only for t he Cor [...]

  • Page 137

    7 LAN E M ULATION V ER SI ON S 1. 0 AND 2.0 This ch apter prov ides a ge ner al o ver vie w of LA N E mula tio n inc lu ding t he followi ng topi cs: LAN Emulati o n Over view Emulate d LAN Components Emulate d LAN Connection s Operati o n of the L AN Emulati on LAN E mula tio n in t he Co reBu ilder 70 00 LAN E mula tio n Red unda n cy LA NE S e c[...]

  • Page 138

    13 8 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 st acks (i.e. APPN, Net B IOS, IPX , AppleT alk, et c.) as if t hey were runni ng over a t rad itional LA N. S ince the p r otoc ol st acks are co mmu nica tin g wi th th e MA C d river (i n laye r 2), LANE ser vice s h as to off er the same MAC Driver service primitive s, thus keeping the upp[...]

  • Page 139

    Em ul ate d L AN C o mp on e n ts 139 Figur e 44 LUNI Inter face i n Relation to L ANE Clients and Se rvices LAN Emu lat ion C li ent (LE C ) The L AN Emu lati o n Client (L EC) per forms data fo rwar d ing and add res s r es olutio n, pr ovi des a MAC level em ulated Et hernet serv ic e inter face to hig her lev el soft war e, an d implemen ts th [...]

  • Page 140

    14 0 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 LAN Emul at i o n Se r v er (L ES) The L AN Emu lati o n Server (LES) coo r dinates and cont ro ls an ELAN. It provid es the c e ntral “d irectory” se rvice of a n ELA N to wh ich a LE C can tur n to look up the A TM ad dre ss of a nothe r LE C. Th e LE S dire ctory co ntains a ta ble of L[...]

  • Page 141

    Emul ated LAN Conn ect io ns 141 Co nfi guri ng LAN E Int o Y o u r Ne t work LAN E can b e con figu red in an A TM ne tw ork in s eve ral w ay s : T o c on n e ct l eg a c y en d st at io ns d i r ec t ly t o ot he r l egac y syst ems , a s we l l as to s erver s, r out ers, s wi tches and oth er netwo rki ng dev ice s att ached to th e A TM n etw[...]

  • Page 142

    14 2 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Dat a V CC s Data VCCs carr y dat a fra mes between LECs and between a LEC and the BUS. U ni cast data is n or mally sent from on e LE C t o an oth er L EC by data -dire ct V CCs. Data dir ect VCCs ar e set up dynamicall y in a SVC env ir onment b y a trans mitt ing LEC aft er asc ert ainin g [...]

  • Page 143

    Emul ated LAN Conn ect io ns 143 Figur e 46 VCCs in LAN Emulat ion Components Fr am e O r der i ng Ther e ar e two pa ths for unicast f rames be tween a sendin g LAN Emulatio n Cli ent and a r eceiv ing client: one via th e BUS and one v ia a data d irec t VCC bet we en t hem. For a gi ven LAN de stin ation, a sending cl ie nt is expec ted to use o[...]

  • Page 144

    14 4 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Figur e 47 The Flush P rotoc ol Oper ation of th e LA N Em ulat i on The f ollo win g func tion s are pe rforme d b y the L AN Em ul ation. T he LA N Emulati o n Cli ents ( LEC) an d th e LAN Emulatio n Serv ers intera c t by way of a wel l-def ined int erf ace (L UNI). Connecti ng a LEC to an[...]

  • Page 145

    Op er ati on o f the LA N Em ul at io n 145 The est abl ishment of a c onnect ion to t he BUS by the L AN Emu l ati on Cli ent. The L E CS C o nnec t a nd Con figu rat ion p ha ses m ay be b ypasse d for cer tain appli catio ns. The R e gistra tion phase m a y al so b e byp asse d if the LE C perfor ms r equired ad dress r eg istration d ur ing t h[...]

  • Page 146

    14 6 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 r egi ster all LAN destinat ions for which it i s r esponsible, o r join as a pr oxy to othe r M AC add r esses. Addr es s Reso luti on Addr ess r eso luti on is the p r ocedur e b y which a LEC associat es a LAN destin ation with t he A TM address of ano th er LEC or the BU S. A ddress r es o[...]

  • Page 147

    LAN Emulati on i n the Cor eBu ilder 7000 147 . Updatin g EL AN P arame ters Thes e ELA N param e ters can be displa yed a nd u pdat ed by man a geme nt. Paral lel comm ands ex ist for this purpose in bot h the LE CS co mma n d set (see “Update ELAN Para meters in LECS Datab ase” on page 293 in the Ma nageme n t Gui de ) and in the LE S command[...]

  • Page 148

    14 8 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 standa r d a ddressing p r o tocol. T h is is d iscussed in mo re deta il in the ne xt section. When the connec tion of LEC to LECS is est ablish ed, the L ECS i dentifi es an appropria te LE S using the se arch policie s discu ssed be low an d tran sfer s the LES addr ess to th e LEC. A LECS [...]

  • Page 149

    LAN Emulati on i n the Cor eBu ilder 7000 149 The A TM addr ess o f the LES with whic h it wish es to commu nicat e over an EL AN The MAC addre s s of the LES wit h which it wish es to com municate over an ELAN The EL AN name of th e ELAN it wishes t o join Accor d ingly , ther e ar e three poss ible way s (sear c h pol ici es) th at the L ECS can [...]

  • Page 150

    15 0 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Figur e 50 LES and BUS Connections Addr es s Reso luti on When a LEC needs to fo r w ar d a unicast d ata fram e whose LAN dest ination is n ot fo und in its loc a l Forw arding D ata Base it a ttempt s t o l ocate a LEC that r epr ese nt s the LAN dest inatio n on the A TM network. T o do th [...]

  • Page 151

    LAN Emulati on i n the Cor eBu ilder 7000 151 desti natio n in its FDB ARP-cache. The way the L ES handles L E_ARP r eq uests ca n b e con figu red by ma nage m ent (see “Co nfigu ring LE S LE_A RP P o licies” on p a ge 15 1 ). Da ta -dir e ct V CC O n r ecei pt of the dest inati on LE C addr ess, the tr an smitti ng LEC est ablish es a data- d[...]

  • Page 152

    15 2 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 . LE_ A RP Res pon se Po l icy for Route De scr ipt o rs This is a n add itiona l pol icy for respo nding to LE_ ARP requ ests w h en t he spec ifi ed ELAN is a T oken Ring ELAN and when th e LAN destinat ion is a r out e de scri ptor . Thi s po lic y is use d in co njunc tion w ith the LE_ AR[...]

  • Page 153

    LAN E m ulation Redundanc y 153 LA N Em ulat i on Redund an cy This se ctio n d escribes the c on cept s and pl anning of r ed undan t L AN Emulati o n serv ices and is r elevant to ne tworks t hat have mor e than on e Cor eBuild er 7000 family A TM switch installed . The foll o wing top ics ar e included: LAN E Servi ces in t he CoreBui lde r 700 [...]

  • Page 154

    15 4 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 LAN E S ervic es in the CoreBuild er 7 000 Fa mi ly A TM Sw it c h Car d As disc ussed i n previous se ctions, th e LAN Em ulation serv ices provid ed by a Cor eBuild er 7000 family A T M switch c ard are: LAN Emu latio n Confi gura tion Serve r (LECS) — Each CoreBu i lder 7000 f a mi l y A [...]

  • Page 155

    LAN E m ulation Redundanc y 155 establi shed as the activ e LEC S by assoc iatin g its a ddress wi th th e “we ll-kno w n” address. Then , a LEC at tem pt ing to establ ish a co nnect ion to t he LECS via th e well-kn own addr ess is r edir e cted to est ablish a co nnect ion to the ne wly-a cti vat ed LE CS. Mu ltip le Act ive LE CS in a La rg[...]

  • Page 156

    15 6 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 about the LESs associa ted with each ELAN and can take over as the activ e LECS at an y time. LMA C omma nds T o enter t he pri mary LES b y LMA, see “Add EL AN” on page 301 i n the Ma nageme n t Gui de ; t o en ter a secon da ry L ES, see “Assign Redun da nt LES t o ELA N” on pa g e 3[...]

  • Page 157

    LAN E m ulation Redundanc y 157 Figur e 51 A TM Connections be tween LECS and LE S I f the primary LE S fo r an ELAN is marked operatio nal, the L ECS assig ns it as t he acti ve LES an d the seco ndary as th e r e dundant LES, oth erwise the seco ndar y LES is assi gned as ac tive. If both primary and sec ondary LES es ar e n ot op erat iona l, an[...]

  • Page 158

    15 8 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 : The L ECS has d eter mined t hat the pr imary LES, LES 1, is o perat io nal by connec ting to i t and has as signed i t t o b e the activ e LES i n th e ELAN. The co nnect ion ha s reported 20 LE Cs a ttach ed. Fai l ur e Recov e ry - T ran sfe rr ing Co nt r ol to t he Redund an t L ES A fa[...]

  • Page 159

    LAN E m ulation Redundanc y 159 same sec ondary LES to r ep lace a f aile d activ e primar y LES and the topolog y d ata base s remain t he sa me. The spli t ELA N is a n ex cept ion; it i s discussed in t he nex t section. If n eithe r prim a ry nor seco nda ry L ES can b e made ac tive, a n error messag e is iss ued to a LEC whenev er it tries to[...]

  • Page 160

    16 0 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Y ou ve rify i f th e LE CS -ba sed L A NE redund a ncy mo de i s en able d t hrough the LMA ( see “ Di spla y LE Servi ce R edun da nc y” o n p age 263 in t he Ma nageme n t Gui de). L ANE Re dun danc y Start-up D elay The L ANE r edundancy mechan ism does n ot begin oper ati ng at sys te[...]

  • Page 161

    LA N E Sec u ri ty 161 If possi ble , the pr ima ry LE CS sh oul d n ot be c onf igured o n a sw itc h wi th prim ary LE Ss. Do n ot cl um p too ma ny prim ary LE Ss on a singl e swi tch. Distr ibute LESs ac r oss th e backbone The re is a n impor t ant pre- co ndit ion f or LANE re du ndanc y t o o per ate co rrect ly . Un der some ci rcumst anc e[...]

  • Page 162

    16 2 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Secu rity check — Y ou can ru n a secur ity c heck o n an ind ivid ual L EC to if i t is au t h o r iz ed f o r an EL AN . LMA — The securi ty featur e is com ple tely manag ed by the LMA. Stati stics — Y ou can disp lay th e number of attempte d LEC co nnect ions that we re r eje cte d [...]

  • Page 163

    LA N E Sec u ri ty 163 hav e the jo in priv ile ge, the L ES pr ev ents th e LEC fr om joi ning t he ELAN by sendin g it an ACCESS_DENIED r esponse cod e. Bes t Matc h V er if i cat ion— Admi tt ing I nd i vidu al L ECs in a Gr o up The entr y in an ELAN securi ty tab le with the best (long est) matc h with a candi date LEC addr ess d etermi nes [...]

  • Page 164

    16 4 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 LEC 3 a nd LEC 4 are rejected be caus e there is no mat ch in th e tabl e, and th e ELAN default join pri vileg e is REJECT . Security Algorith m The algo rith m for allo wing a LEC to join an ELAN is sh own in F igur e 52 : Figur e 52 LEC Admission Algorithm Fac t ory D efaul t Co nfi gura ti[...]

  • Page 165

    LA N E Sec u ri ty 165 All se curi ty t ables ar e emp ty . Thus, if t he sw itch h as the fac to ry defaul t conf igur ation , all LE Cs ca n joi n al l ELANs. LMA Sec urity Command s This sec ti on pr esen ts an overv iew of t he LMA LANE security commands (see “L EC not i n EL AN Secu rit y L ist” o n pag e 356 in the M anage men t Gu ide ?[...]

  • Page 166

    16 6 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Res tor e Secu rity Co nf igur at ion This op eration restores t he se cu rity co nf igur ation f rom th e fla sh. It can al so be use d as an “undo” operatio n fo r any c hanges th at wer e not saved t o t he f la sh (see “R esto r e Se cu rity Co nf igura ti on” on page 37 0 i n the [...]

  • Page 167

    LANE Ve rs ion 2. 0 167 Mul ti Pr otocol ov er AT M ( M P O A ) The ma in obj ect ive of M POA is to provide a m e th od o f allow ing inter - subn et (o r int er -ELA N) comm uni cati on w ithou t r equ iring t hat eve ry pack et suffer t he l atenc y a nd del ay t hat ca n be indu ced b y a la yer th r ee r outer . The two device t ypes MPS (MPO [...]

  • Page 168

    16 8 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Sel ectiv e M ulticas t Gr oup s LANE ver sion 2.0 has the abilit y to hav e multiple mult icast gr oups o n a part icul ar ELAN. In LANE 1.0 ther e is only a sing le BUS whic h is used fo r the t ransm issio n of all br o adcas t, u nknown and mult icas t tr aff ic . Ever y LEC h as to r ec e[...]

  • Page 169

    LANE Ve rs ion 2. 0 169 traf fic for eac h ELAN, th e dir ec t data VC s en capsul ate each p acket with an LLC hea der that in clu des the ELAN ID for each pac ket. Th is fe atur e r equir es new frame en capsulati o n for mat to be used by LANE 2.0 that was no t u sed i n LA NE 1.0 . Thi s fe ature has a sp e cial TL V i n register a nd ARP . Fig[...]

  • Page 170

    17 0 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Figur e 54 LANE LC C Multi pl exed D ata F r ame F ormat (LA NE 2.0 only) Bac kwar d Com patib ilit y an d Mixture of LECs of Both LA NE V ers ions 1. 0 and 2.0 LECs with LA NE version1 and L ANE versi on 2 can exist in the same ELAN. The LEC w ith L ANE v ersion 1.0 w ill receiv e som e LE c [...]

  • Page 171

    MPOA Devi ce s Config ura tion 171 MP OA De v ices Con figuration The swit ch allows confi guratio n of MPOA entit ies: MPS and MPC. The conf igur ati on is general s o that al l M PSs and MPCs that req uest conf igur ati on re ceiv e the s ame parame ter s. Dis pl ay Curr ent MP S Co nfi gura ti on Display s all the cu rr e nt sett in gs of the MP[...]

  • Page 172

    17 2 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 MPOA Se rver Con fig urat ion Para met ers . S et Ke ep-A liv e Ti me Sets the MPS- p1 keep-al iv e time pa rameter . Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult S et Ke ep -Alive Lifetime Sets the MPS- p2 keep-al iv e lif etime param ete r . T able 43 MPOA Ser ver Configur ation Pa rameter s Name De[...]

  • Page 173

    MPOA Devi ce s Config ura tion 173 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult S e t I n te rnet w o r k Laye r P ro t ocol s Sets the MPS- p3 pr o tocols p aramete r . En ter m enu seq uence: (2 ) LE M: LA N Em ul at io n ( 5) M PA : M PO A De vi ce s Co nfi gu ra ti on (1 ) MP S: MP OA S er ve r Co nfi gu ra ti on (3 ) MP 2 : Se t ke ep -a li ve li fe t[...]

  • Page 174

    17 4 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Set Init ial Ret ry Ti me Sets th e MPS- p4 ini ti al r e try ti m e paramet er . En ter m enu seq uence : (2 ) LE M: LA N Em ul at ion ( 5) M PA : M PO A De vi ce s Co nfi gu ra ti on (1 ) MP S: MP OA S er ve r Co nfi gu ra ti on (4 ) MP3 : Set int ernet w[...]

  • Page 175

    MPOA Devi ce s Config ura tion 175 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Set Retry Time Maximum Sets the MPS- p5 r etry time ma ximum param eter . Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult S et Give Up Ti me Sets th e MPS-p6 gi ve-up t ime par ameter . En ter m enu seq uence: (2) LE M: LA N Em ul at io n ( 5) M PA : M PO A De vi ce s Co nfi gu ra ti on ([...]

  • Page 176

    17 6 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Set Defau lt Holdin g Ti me Sets the M PS-p 7 d efault holdi ng time param ete r . En ter m enu seq uence : (2 ) LE M: LA N Em ul at ion ( 5) M PA : M PO A De vi ce s Co nfi gu ra ti on (1 ) MP S: MP OA S er ve r Co nfi gu ra ti on (7 ) MP 6 : Se t gi ve -u[...]

  • Page 177

    MPOA Devi ce s Config ura tion 177 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Display Current M PC Co nfi gura ti on Disp lay s all t he cu rr e nt s ett ings o f the MPC v ariab le s. Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Exa mpl e Ente r: 2 5 2 1 The foll owing informati on is disp layed: En ter m enu seq uence: (2 ) LE M: LA N Em ul at io n ( 5) M PA :[...]

  • Page 178

    17 8 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 MPOA Cl i ent Confi gu rati o n Para meter s . Set Shortcut Setu p Fra me Count Sets t he M PC- p1 s hor tcut -setup f r ame co unt pa ra met er . M PO A Cl ie n t Co nf ig ur at io n -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- MP C- p1 sh or tc ut -s et up fr am e co un t: 1 0 (a n umb er ) MP C- p2[...]

  • Page 179

    MPOA Devi ce s Config ura tion 179 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Set Shortcut Setup Fram e Ti me Sets the M PC- p2 s hortc ut-se tup f ram e tim e param eter . En ter m enu seq uence: (2 ) LE M: LA N Em ul at io n ( 5) M PA : M PO A De vi ce s Co nfi gu ra ti on (2 ) MP C: MP OA C li en t Co nfi gu ra ti on (2) MP1: S et sh ortcut-s etup f r[...]

  • Page 180

    18 0 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Set Flow D ete ctio n Pr o toc ol s Sets the M PC- p3 fl ow d etect ion p rotocols p ara met er . En ter m enu seq uence : (2 ) LE M: LA N Em ul at ion ( 5) M PA : M PO A De vi ce s Co nfi gu ra ti on (2 ) MP C: MP OA C li en t Co nfi gu ra ti on (3) MP 2: [...]

  • Page 181

    MPOA Devi ce s Config ura tion 181 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Set Init ial Ret ry Ti me Sets th e MPC-p4 ini tia l r et ry ti me pa rameter . En ter m enu seq uence: (2 ) LE M: LA N Em ul at io n ( 5) M PA : M PO A De vi ce s Co nfi gu ra ti on (2 ) MP C: MP OA C li en t Co nfi gu ra ti on (4 ) MP3 : Set flo w det ecti on pr otoco ls Ent [...]

  • Page 182

    18 2 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Set Retry Time Maximum Sets the M PC- p5 retry time m a ximu m p aramet er . Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult Set Hold D own Ti me Sets th e MPS-p6 hold d own ti me paramet er . En ter m enu seq uence : (2 ) LE M: LA N Em ul at ion ( 5) M PA : M PO A De[...]

  • Page 183

    MPOA Devi ce s Config ura tion 183 Co mmand Ac ti ons Co mmand Re s ult En ter m enu seq uence: (2 ) LE M: LA N Em ul at io n ( 5) M PA : M PO A De vi ce s Co nfi gu ra ti on (2 ) MP C: MP OA C li en t Co nfi gu ra ti on (7 ) MP 6 : Se t ho ld dow n t im e Ent e r a p a ra me t e r at t h e pr om pt Parame ter Fo rmat or Range hold down ti me 3 0 -[...]

  • Page 184

    18 4 C HAPTER 7: LAN E MUL ATION V ERSIONS 1. 0 AND 2.0[...]

  • Page 185

    8 V IR TUA L N E TWORKS This ch apter discu sses vi rtual net wor ks a nd their impl eme nta tion in the Cor eBuild er ® 7000 family A TM switch. The foll o wing to pics ar e d i scussed : Vi rtual LAN Ba sics VLANs in t he Cor eBuild er 7 000 V irt u a l L AN s fo r Thre e Wo rk gro u p s Vi rtual LA N Ba sics Just as an Et hernet LAN enables a g[...]

  • Page 186

    18 6 C HAPTER 8: V IRTUAL N ETWORKS or rem o v ed fro m V i rt u al L A N s b y s of tw a re w ith out reg ard to th e ir l ocati on; th er e i s no need to chang e phys ical co nnecti ons . The or gani z ation o f the n e two rk int o VLA N s also reduc es con gestio n fro m broadca st fr ame tra nsm issions. Broad cas t fra mes a re now sent o nl[...]

  • Page 187

    V LANs in the Cor eBu ilder 7 000 187 VLANs in the CoreBuilder 7 0 00 A VLAN i n t he C oreBuilde r 70 00 f amil y A TM sw itc h is def ine d simp ly a s an Emul ated LAN tog ether wit h a ll Ethernet s egment s and serv ers attac hed t o it. The Ethernet segments are r epr esented in th e ELAN b y LECs . Figure 55 shows a diagra m of such an A TM [...]

  • Page 188

    18 8 C HAPTER 8: V IRTUAL N ETWORKS Ethe r net, T oken Ring, FDDI a nd VL T (Virtual L AN T r unk) so that VLANs can in c lu d e th ese t yp e s o f LA N s. Through the Integr ated Fast Setup facilit y of the CoreBuilder 7000 f amily A TM swit ch, V LANs c an b e se t up “c hassi s-wide” . Ea ch port o f eac h inter fac e card i nsta lled in th[...]

  • Page 189

    V LANs in the Cor eBu ilder 7 000 189 VLANs in a CoreBuild er 7 600 Car d As an examp le, this sectio n discu sses how VL ANs ar e defin ed in the CoreBuil der 760 0 Fa st Ethe rn e t inte rface ca r d of th e CoreBui lder 700 0 fami ly A TM swit ch. Co nnec t ing Eth e rnet S egme nt s to a VLAN A VLAN will u sually contain s ome local Eth ernet s[...]

  • Page 190

    19 0 C HAPTER 8: V IRTUAL N ETWORKS . Figur e 56 VLAN Connectivity thr ough 7600 Cards 7600 Card 1 Switch Card 7600 Card 2 Bri dge 1 Bridge P or ts: 12 3 12 B r i d g e 2 LE Client 1 (ELAN 1) LE Cli ent 1 (ELAN 2) LE C lient 2 (EL AN 1) L E Cl ie n t 2 ( E LA N 2) Br idge 1 Br idge 2 Fa s t E th e r ne t P or t s: 12 3 45 LAN s: Fa s t E th e r ne [...]

  • Page 191

    V LANs in the Cor eBu ilder 7 000 191 Figu re 57 sho ws a different w ay of v iewing th e relation bet ween E LAN and V LA N. The VLAN i s base d on the EL AN. Figur e 57 ELAN-Based Virtual L AN CB 7600 Modul es Mark e t in g Mark e t in g Vir tua lL A N Em ulat ed L AN CB 7600 Modul es LEC2 L EC3 LES2 BUS2 7 000 Chassi s Core Buil der Core Buil de[...]

  • Page 192

    19 2 C HAPTER 8: V IRTUAL N ETWORKS Vi rtua l LA Ns fo r Thr ee Workgroups Figu re 58 sh ows a n etwor k d ivid ed int o t hree VLAN s : M arket ing, F ina nce, and A dmini strat ion. E ve n thou gh t hese wo rkgrou ps are distr ibute d ov er dif ferent fl oors, L AN Em ulati on allows t hem to be m a naged a s if the user s wer e in th e same phys[...]

  • Page 193

    9 D EVI CE M ANA GEME NT This c hapt er expl ains how to access the CoreB uild er ® 7 000 fam ily A TM swit ch for admin istr ati on and manage ment. Th e follo wing to pics ar e discussed in this ch apter: n Over view n Lo cal Man age ment Ap pl icati on (LMA ) n SNMP Agent n Chassis M ana gem e nt — S ing le IP n Ethe rnet Encapsulat io n T yp[...]

  • Page 194

    19 4 C HAPTER 9: D EVICE M ANAG EMENT n Vie wing the even t log Co m m u nic a ti o n Me thod s Lo cal Ma nage m ent can ope rat e via a termi nal , wor kstat io n o r PC run ning a term ina l emu lation prog ram, and can use th e fol lowi ng co mm unica tio n r esources (see F igure 59 ): n RS- 232 serial link. n RS- 232 serial link + mo dem (f or[...]

  • Page 195

    SNMP Agen t 195 SN M P A ge nt Si mple Net w or k Management Pr otoco l (SNMP) is a stan dar d manag em ent protoco l for m ul ti-ve ndo r IP n etw ork s. Ea ch CoreBuil der 7000 fam ily A TM swit ch has one SNMP agent th at moni tors obj ects on the switch and ma y r epo rt da ta to one o r more ne tw ork mana g eme nt systems. Man ageme nt Inf or[...]

  • Page 196

    19 6 C HAPTER 9: D EVICE M ANAG EMENT Ma nagi ng by SN MP Y ou ca n m ana ge t he Co reBui lder 7 000 fam ily A T M sw itc h vi a SNM P-base d ext er nal ne tw or k mana g eme nt a pplica tio ns runn in g on a workst ati on ( see F igur e 6 0 ). Th e 3Com T rans cend © En te rpris e Mana ger is the r ecomm ended gr aphica l use r i nterf ace to ol[...]

  • Page 197

    Chassi s M anag ement — S ing le IP 197 Sec urity SNM P secur ity is currently provide d through co nfigu rab le c omm un ity strings, one f or Read a n d on e fo r Write. T he de faul t com mun ity strin gs ar e: n Read—“Pu blic” n Wr it e — “P ri v at e ” Figur e 60 SNMP Manager (T ranscend A TM M anager ) Chassi s Ma n a ge me nt ?[...]

  • Page 198

    19 8 C HAPTER 9: D EVICE M ANAG EMENT A single IP supports the chassis- wid e a ctivities: n SNMP via Si ngle IP n Mast er/Su bag ent ar c hitec tur e n I ntegrati ve di splay for c hassi s in T r anscend TE M 5.0 n TF TP Up loa d/Do wnl oad v ia Sing le IP n Unif ied sof tware dow n load f or a ll insta lled ca r ds n Co nf ig ur a ti on u pl oad/[...]

  • Page 199

    Chassi s M anag ement — S ing le IP 199 100 elan93 02_0 159 1516 9702400 47 00 00 00 00 00 3c 00 00 a0 00 00 00 00 c0 da 60 24 56 00 16 resi de nt ELANs 101 elan93 02_1 159 1516 9702400 47 00 00 00 00 00 3c 00 00 a0 00 00 00 00 c0 da 60 24 56 01 115 elan93 02_15 159 1516 9702400 47 00 00 00 00 00 3c 00 00 a0 00 00 00 00 c0 da 60 24 56 0f 200 LAN [...]

  • Page 200

    20 0 C HAPTER 9: D EVICE M ANAG EMENT In addi tio n, if yo u are w or king i n t he Si ngle -IP m ode , y ou can rese t the Cor eBuild er 7X00 car ds v ia the NCD Chassis private MIB in the ncdch assPh ysMod ul eT able tabl e Com pat ibility w ith P revi ou s V ers io ns The si ngle- IP fe ature of v ersi on 4.0 is suppo rte d b y versi on 5.0 o f [...]

  • Page 201

    Chassi s M anag ement — S ing le IP 201 RM O N H is t ory As an ot her e xamp le of c ha ssis m ana geme n t via singl e-IP , y ou can use t he Tr a n s c e n d TM LAN Sentry TM facili ty to r eque st R MON His tory Eth ernet fl o w st atist ic s for t he enti r e Co reB uil der 70 00 chass is v ia the RMON MI B in the CoreBuil der 700 0 swit ch [...]

  • Page 202

    20 2 C HAPTER 9: D EVICE M ANAG EMENT n Short sampl ing T y pe s o f S t atist i cs Y ou can r eq ues t the fo ll owi ng ty pes of st ati stic s fo r a por t: n DropEv ents — T h e tota l num ber of e vent s in wh ic h p ackets we re droppe d. n Oct ets — The to ta l number o f octet s of d ata r ec eived on t he networ k i nterf ace. n Packet [...]

  • Page 203

    Chassi s M anag ement — S ing le IP 203 n th e po r t of th e in sta l led ca rd w h o se s t at i s tic s y ou wa nt to vi ew — in this case one of the Fast Ether ne t ports of a n inst alled CoreBui lder 7600 Fast Eth ernet Inter fac e car d n th e ty pe o f st a ti s tic s you wa nt to vie w n th e sa m pl i ng rat e Figur e 61 RM on History[...]

  • Page 204

    20 4 C HAPTER 9: D EVICE M ANAG EMENT Figur e 62 RM on History of Bytes Se nt Eth e r net Enca psul ation T ype As me nti o ne d p r e v i o usl y , th e Et h er net port on th e fr ont pa n el o f th e Switch modul e is pr ovid ed for the managem ent of t he CoreBuil der 700 0 fam ily A TM swit ch eit her by Loc al Ma nag e ment via T el net or by[...]

  • Page 205

    Servi ce Con sol e 205 Con figu r e the Co reBuild er 70 00 famil y A TM switc h t o ac cept the encap s ulation ty pe be ing se nt to it by the man ag ing d evi ce. T o pe r form this setup , use t he sy stem mana g ement setu p m enu (see “ Updat e Eth er net Enca p sula tion T ype” on page 8 3 in t he M a nagem ent Gu id e ). Service Cons ol[...]

  • Page 206

    20 6 C HAPTER 9: D EVICE M ANAG EMENT[...]

  • Page 207

    10 S WITCH R ED UNDA NCY Th i s c h ap ter co ver s th e fo llow i n g to pic s: Sw itch Redu ndan cy Ov ervie w System R equir em ents Summary of Im pr oved Swit ch Redun dancy Featu re s i n V ersion 4. 5 V ers ion 4.5 Feat ur es Up to V ersi on 4 .0 Fe atures Switch R edu nda ncy Ov er vi ew A r edun da nt switchi ng mo dule i s a ba ckup sw itc[...]

  • Page 208

    20 8 C HAPTER 10: S WITCH R EDUNDANCY PVC r obu stness , i. e., PVC connec tions are n ot los t durin g the swit ch-over . Single cel ls ar e lost. A switch is r eady to re- estab li sh SVC con nec ti ons afte r no more th an 7 seconds. Ma nual da ta base co nfigu rati on is n ot r equ ired. Fu ll conf igur ation sto r ed in th e a ctive switch ing[...]

  • Page 209

    S ystem Requir ement s 209 Fo r prop er func tion in g of sw itch r edun dancy i n bo th ba se a nd en hanc ed mo des, bo th sw itc h eng ines must be H D (5 Gb ps) r unn ing t he same softwa re ver sio n 4. 50; Rev- C ca nn ot be th e red und a nt sw itch of a n HD . Sy st em Requirement s Har dwar e and So ft war e Requi r e me nts f o r Migr at [...]

  • Page 210

    21 0 C HAPTER 10: S WITCH R EDUNDANCY If one of t he 4- port mod ule s or th e 720 0 m odu les is i nsta lled in th e CoreB uild er 7 000 chassis, t hen th e Co reBu ilder 70 00H D swi tch wi ll onl y wor k w ith a maxi mu m c apaci ty of 2. 5 G bps. V er sio n 4. 5 Fe at ure s Ide ntifying the A ctive Swi tc hi ng Modu l e Duri ng p owe r up, bot [...]

  • Page 211

    Versi on 4. 5 Feat ure s 211 Pr otocol St ack A UDP/IP pr oto col sta ck is implemented as a simulat ed Ethernet network ove r the c ommunica tion ch annel descri be d above. The s mall si ze of the messages t ransmitted n e cessitates fragmen tation and r eassem bly . Fra gmen tat ion is per form ed on a full Et her n et f ram e pr ior to sen ding[...]

  • Page 212

    21 2 C HAPTER 10: S WITCH R EDUNDANCY Switc h Re dun danc y Limita tions Hot r emo val of the act iv e switc hing m odule fr o m the ch assis i s not perm it ted. Switc h-o ver wil l not occ ur in such a case. The s witch car d may be remov ed on ly when it i s in redun da nt mo de . I nterf ace ca rd hot inse rti on/e xtra ct io n is al lowed on l[...]

  • Page 213

    Up to Ver si on 4.0 Feat ure s 213 S wi t c h- o ve r Ph as e s S w it ch -o ve r is ca rr i e d ou t in th re e ph a s es: Resett ing and upl oading the soft ware to t he 4-por t an d 8-po rt mo dules. Initia lizing 4- po rt a nd 8-por t modu les. Reset ting and init ializin g the 7X modules. Duri ng the swit ch- ove r , th e redunda n t switchi n[...]

  • Page 214

    21 4 C HAPTER 10: S WITCH R EDUNDANCY Ma nual co nf igurat ion o f t he r edun dant sw itch p ara met ers li sted in t he tab le abo ve m ust be do ne on a Cor eBuild er 7 000 othe r th an th e a ctive one. On ly upo n c onf igur ation co mpl etion ca n the redu ndan t swi tch be utilize d in th e act ive Co reB ui lder 7 000. Inform ation Based o [...]

  • Page 215

    Up to Ver si on 4.0 Feat ure s 215 Publ i shi ng t he Ne w MAC Addr ess A r edun dant swit ch that ha s bec ome activ e sends a r everse ARP (R ARP) to pub lish its M AC ad dress to th e netw ork d e vices. F or de vic es th a t do no t l e ar n MA C ad dre ss e s fr om a RAR P , y ou wi ll nee d to r eset th e IP ad dress entry of th e Cor eBuil d[...]

  • Page 216

    21 6 C HAPTER 10: S WITCH R EDUNDANCY Switc h -ove r Exa mple in Co reBuild er 7 000 Assum e a CoreBuilde r 700 0 c onsi stin g of t wo sw it ching mo dule s as shown in Figure 63 . Figur e 63 Core Buil de r 70 00 with two s wit chi ng mod ule s (A - Act iv e, B- Redun dant ) The L ANE paramet ers ar e ev al uated by th e activ e switc h and sto r [...]

  • Page 217

    A T ECHNI CA L S UPPO RT 3Co m p r ovi des e asy a c cess t o te chn ical supp ort inf or mat ion t hrough a vari ety of s ervic es. This appen dix de scrib es th ese serv ic es. Infor mation co ntai ned in this app endix i s corr e ct at ti me of publica ti on. For the most r ecent inf ormati on, 3Com r ecommen ds tha t you access t he 3Com Cor po[...]

  • Page 218

    21 8 A PPENDIX A: T ECHNI CAL S UPPORT 3C om F TP S i t e Down load drivers, p atches, s oftware, and MIBs across the Inter n et fro m the 3 Com publ i c F T P si te . This ser vi ce is av aila bl e 24 ho ur s a day , 7 day s a week. T o c o n ne ct to th e 3C o m F T P si te , e n te r th e fo ll ow i ng in fo rm ati on into yo ur F T P client : H[...]

  • Page 219

    Su pport fr om Your Netw ork Suppl ier 219 Ac ce ss by Dig ita l M o de m ISD N user s can dia l in to th e 3Com BB S using a di gital mo de m for fa st access up t o 6 4 K bp s. T o a ccess t he 3 C om BBS u s ing IS DN, ca ll the followi ng nu mber : 1 8 47 2 62 6000 3Com Fa c ts Autom ated Fax Se rvice The 3Com Facts automa ted f ax servi ce pr [...]

  • Page 220

    22 0 A PPENDIX A: T ECHNI CAL S UPPORT When you co nt act 3Com f or assistance , have the fol low ing inf or mat ion r ead y: Pr o duct m odel n ame , par t num be r , a nd serial num ber A lis t of system hardware and so ftw ar e, inc ludi ng r evision le vel s Diagno stic err or me ssages Detai ls a bou t recen t c onfi gura tion ch ange s, if ap[...]

  • Page 221

    R eturni ng Pr oducts for Re pair 221 Retu rni ng Products fo r R ep ai r Bef ore you send a p roduc t di r ec tly to 3 Com fo r repair , you m ust first obta in an a u thoriz ation n um ber . Produc ts sen t to 3Com w ith out aut horiza tion num ber s w ill b e r et urn e d to t he se nd er u nopen e d, at the sender ’ s ex pense. T o obtai n an[...]

  • Page 222

    22 2 A PPENDIX A: T ECHNI CAL S UPPORT[...]

  • Page 223

    B P RO T O C O L S AN D I N TERFACES This appe n dix p r ovi des yo u w it h basi c con cept s and in fo rmati on ab out i nt erf a ce s a n d ma n ag e me nt pr ot oco l s use d in th e A TM s y ste m i n cl udi n g th e fo ll ow i ng to pi cs : Phys ic al L a yer AT M L a y e r Op erat ion & Ma int ena nc e (OA M) A TM A da pt ation La yer (A[...]

  • Page 224

    22 4 A PPENDIX B: P RO T O COL S AND I NTER FACES Cell Deli neatio n: This fu ncti on pe rmits t he id enti fic at io n of cel l bound arie s in the pay load. It uses the Header Er r or Co ntr ol ( HEC) fiel d i n the cell h eader . Path Sign al Identif ication : A n int egr ity c heck is p e rforme d o n t he end- to-en d signa l. Cell M appi ng :[...]

  • Page 225

    P hys ic al L aye r 225 Cell Sc ramblin g: P ro vides a so luti on to bi t patte r ns in th e A TM cell payloa d (mu ch like i n the SO NE T). Ce ll scram bli ng ca n be en abl ed or disabl ed. PLC P Fr ami ng and C el l De lineat ion: M appi ng of A T M ce lls in to the DS -3 i s a cco mp li sh ed by in s e rt in g t h e 53 b y te s o f A T M ce l[...]

  • Page 226

    22 6 A PPENDIX B: P RO T O COL S AND I NTER FACES A TM La yer A TM Ce ll St ru c t ure T he A T M ce ll is 4 8 b yt es of payloa d and 5 by tes of h ead er , info rmati on total ing 5 3 by tes. The hea der co ntains enoug h i nfor ma tio n to a llow t he networ k to forwar d eac h cell to its pr oper destin ati on. The cel l he ader also prov ides [...]

  • Page 227

    ATM L ayer 227 The A TM cell header co nsi sts o f the foll owi ng fi elds : Th e A TM La y er A T M is based on a l ayer ed ar chit ectu r e. In th e pr oto col stac k, th e A TM laye r sits di rectly a bov e th e phy sica l lay er . Man y p hysic al laye rs can be specif ied, i nclud in g sev eral fo r 1 00 to 155 M bps. In th e protoco l hier ar[...]

  • Page 228

    22 8 A PPENDIX B: P RO T O COL S AND I NTER FACES This l ayer d oes no t r et ransm it lost or c orrup ted informa ti on. The A TM l ayer also pr o vid es th e ca pabil ity to in di cate th e los s pr iorit y of t he data carr ied in each ce ll (C LP). The A TM layer r el ies on the p hysic al lay er to pro vid e for th e tran spor t of A TM cells [...]

  • Page 229

    Oper ation & M ain ten ance (OAM) 229 Operation & Ma i n t e na nc e (OAM) The Oper ati on and Mai ntenanc e (OAM) functi o ns asso ciated wit h the 155 Mbps UN I provid e fo r tran smission a nd re ce ptio n of m a intenan ce and lo w level link pe rfor manc e moni tori n g between A TM devi ces. Th e func tion s of th e OAM are han dled a[...]

  • Page 230

    23 0 A PPENDIX B: P RO T O COL S AND I NTER FACES UNI while PT 101 is used t o identi fy the con necti on between user en d stations. End-to -en d O AM c ells a re passed by a ll inte rme diate n odes. T he n odes i n the pat h may monit or these c ells. They can only be r em oved by the endp oint of the VPC (F4 flow ) or VC C (F5 flo w). U ser to [...]

  • Page 231

    ATM Adapt ation L ayer (AAL) 231 A TM Ad ap tati on La yer ( AAL) A TM A da pta tion Laye rs (AAL s) d efi ne ho w to de al wi th th e con ten ts of cell s. The AAL perf orms Segmentati o n and Reassemb ly (SAR) on cel ls. It f ormats data in to the 4 8-byte A TM c el l pa yload , in ef fe ct a dapti ng applic ati ons to the cell- based A TM laye r[...]

  • Page 232

    23 2 A PPENDIX B: P RO T O COL S AND I NTER FACES errors. It is p added to align to 48 byte s (see Fig ure 68 ). T o ind ica te f ram e bou ndari es an d d eterm ine w hen to reassemb le and w h en to st op r eas sembli ng, th e spac e bit fo r Payloa d T ype ( PT) in th e cell header is zer o exc ept fo r the last cel l in th e packet (when it i s[...]

  • Page 233

    ATM Adapt ation L ayer (AAL) 233 Figur e 67 Servi ce Class es a nd AAL T ypes Figur e 68 AAL5 Fr ame F ormat Figur e 69 Segmentatio n — Converting an A TM Frame to C ells[...]

  • Page 234

    23 4 A PPENDIX B: P RO T O COL S AND I NTER FACES[...]

  • Page 235

    C C OR E B UILDE R ® 70 00 F AM ILY AT M S WI TCH S P ECIFICATIONS Ph ysical Di mensi ons Height : 38.8 c m ( 15. 3 in) Width: 3.81 cm (1. 5 in) Depth: 32. 7 cm (12 .8 in) Weig ht: 1.7 kg (3.7 4 lb) En vironm enta l Re quirements Ope rat ing Tem perat ure 0° to 40° C (32° to 104° F) Operat i ng Humidit y 10 t o 90% relat iv e humi dity, non- c[...]

  • Page 236

    23 6 A PPENDIX C: C OR E B UILDER ® 7000 F AMILY ATM S WITCH S PECIFICATIONS Po wer S upply AC Li ne Fr equ ency 47 to 63 Hz Input Vol tage Opti ons 110/ 220 Vol t Auto sel ec tab le Curr ent Ra ting 5/2.8 amps t ypi ca l Re dundancy ( opt ional ) dual power suppl i es Standar ds sup port ed SNMP MIB II (R FC 1213) AToM MI B (RFC 1 695) AT o M 2 ([...]

  • Page 237

    237 CoreBui l der Management an d Inte rfa ce LEDs Swi tch Modul e PWR - Power indi ca ti on (Green ) FAIL - Modul e fail indic ation ( Red) AC T - Ac ti vi ty, m odu le ac ti ve and r u nn i ng (Y e llo w) 10BAS E-T s tat us - E the rne t por t st atu s (Gr een) Servi ce por t s tatus - RS -23 2 ( Gre en) Control port st atu s - RS-232 (Gr een ) I[...]

  • Page 238

    23 8 A PPENDIX C: C OR E B UILDER ® 7000 F AMILY ATM S WITCH S PECIFICATIONS[...]

  • Page 239

    D S AFETY I N FORMA TION This ap pendix contai ns saf ety in form ati on about t he CoreB uild er ® 7 000 fami ly A TM swit ch, including: Gu ide lines f or Av oiding Bod i ly Ha rm Gu ideline s for Avoidi ng Equi pm ent D ama ge Gu ide lin es fo r A voiding Bo dil y Har m T o av oi d b odily h arm a s we ll as p ossibl e dama ge to you r C ore Bu[...]

  • Page 240

    24 0 A PPENDIX D: S AFETY I NFORM ATION 3Co m recom me n ds tha t you do not look int o the La ser wh ile it is powere d o n, eith e r by t he n aked ey e or through a ny ma gn ifying devi ce. Class 1 l ase r products incl ude A TM Si ng le Mo de Int erfac e (O C-3 , O C12) 8-Por t Boar d A T M Inter face Module 4-Por t Boar d A T M Inter face Modu[...]

  • Page 241

    Schä den am Gerä t 241 When ha nd ling r ep lace ment par ts, 3C om recom mend s th at y ou alway s use a wr is t strap co nnec ted t o a pr o per ground. Thi s h elp s prevent t he pa rt from bein g d ama ged b y el ectrostat ic disc harg e. Add itional ly , whe n n ot in use, the m odu le sh ould be st ored in a n anti stat ic bag . Cover every[...]

  • Page 242

    24 2 A PPENDIX D: S AFETY I NFORM ATION[...]

  • Page 243

    G LOSSARY A ABR Ava i l ab l e B it Ra t e . A n A T M l a ye r se rv ic e ca te g o ry fo r whi c h th e lim i t in g A TM layer tr an sfer ch aracter ist ics p r ov ided by the netwo rk may change subseq uent to co nnec tion establ ishm e nt. addr ess pr efi x A string of 0 o r more bi ts up to a ma xim um o f 152 bits that i s the lead port ion [...]

  • Page 244

    24 4 G LOSSARY AT M Asyn chron ous T ran sfer Mode . A tra nsfe r me thod use d for LA N a nd W AN. A TM c a rries voic e, video, a nd data a t spe eds up t o 2.2 Gbp s and can i nte grate geogr aph ica lly di sta nt di spar ate ne tw orks. A lso c a lled cell r elay . A TM A dap tation Layer (A AL) A set of protoc ol s tha t tran slate use r tra f[...]

  • Page 245

    G LOSSARY 245 C cal l An asso cia tion bet ween two or m ore users or betwee n a user and a networ k e ntity that i s established by the use of network capabilit ies. Thi s as soc iat ion m a y h ave zero o r m ore co nnecti on s. cel l An A TM L aye r proto col d ata u nit (PD U ) ch arac ter ized by f ixe d, ra ther than v ariable , length payl o[...]

  • Page 246

    24 6 G LOSSARY co nnect i o n- ori e n te d com munic ati on s A for m o f p ack et-sw itc hing t hat requires a predefine d cir cui t from source to destination to be estab lished befor e data can be transferred. cr ankb ack A mechanism u sed b y A TM net works when a connecti on set up r equest is bl ocked . T he pa th i s rolle d bac k to a n in[...]

  • Page 247

    G LOSSARY 247 quali ty of se rvice c lass m akes use of exp licit f orw ar d con gestion in d i ca t io n. Eth ern et A CS MA /C D, 10 M bp s, l ocal area data n etwo rk, d eve lope d by Xerox Corpor atio n. I t is one o f the m ost po pular base band LANs in use. ELA N name The name assi gned an ELAN (Emulate d Local Ar ea Net work). ES I End Syst[...]

  • Page 248

    24 8 G LOSSARY I E EE 80 2 . 3 IEEE s tandar d for Eth ernet lo cal ar ea n etwork s . I EEE 802 .1D IEEE s tanda rd for b ridg ing. IFC Com municati on s Inter fac e ca rd comm uni cati ons is the com m un ication s prot ocol bet ween the swi tc h card and the ins tal led inter fac e car ds. in-b and T r ansmi ssion o f auxil iary inf orma tion, e[...]

  • Page 249

    G LOSSARY 249 LEC ID LAN Emulati on Client Ident ifi er: Thi s ident ifi er , contain ed in the LAN Emulati on h eader , in dicat es t he ID of th e A TM hos t or A TM-LAN br idge. I t is unique for every A TM Client. LE CS LA N Emul at ion Co nfig urat ion S er ver . This is t he se t of func tion s th at provid es an edg e devi ce w it h inf or m[...]

  • Page 250

    25 0 G LOSSARY L UNI L AN Emulati on User t o Network I nterf ace. The sta ndar diz ed int erfac e betwe en a LE cli ent an d a LE serv er (LE S, LECS and BU S). M M axC R Maximum Cell Rate . This is the maximum capacity usable by co nnect ions belo nging t o the spec ifie d ser vice c ate go ry . MIB Mana gemen t Inf orma tio n B ase. A da ta base[...]

  • Page 251

    G LOSSARY 251 Op eration and Maint ena nc e ce ll (OA M) A c ell t hat con tains A T M LM infor mat ion. It do e s not for m p a rt of t he up per lay er in format io n tran sfer . ou t-of - band T r ansmission o f auxiliary informa tion e.g ., m anageme nt m essages, ov er a med ium othe r than th at us ed by th e syst em users . P p ee r grou p A[...]

  • Page 252

    25 2 G LOSSARY QoS (Quality o f Se rvi ce) Qual ity of se rvice is de fin ed o n an e n d-to- end basi s in terms of the followi ng attr ibutes of the en d-e nd-to -end A TM co nnect ion: Ce ll Loss R ation , Cel l T ran s fer D elay and C ell D elay Va r i a t i o n . Qu ality o f Se rvice (QoS ) m etrics Param eter s that ar e def ined by t he ne[...]

  • Page 253

    G LOSSARY 253 summa r y addr e s s An ad dress prefix tha t t ells a no de h ow t o su mmar ize reacha bility in fo rm ati on . Sup erStack II S witch 2 700 3Com Eth ernet-t o-A TM swit ch us ed to conne ct Eth ernet networ k devic es to e ach o ther a nd to a n A TM bac k bon e. SVC Sw itch ed V irtua l Co nnec tion. A st anda rd sig nalin g proto[...]

  • Page 254

    25 4 G LOSSARY exper ien ced by a UBR con ne cti on, or as t o t he cell transf er d elay exper ien ced by c el ls on t he c onn ectio n. UNI User -Network In terfac e. An inte rfa ce point between A TM end users and a pri vate A TM switch, or between a privat e A TM switch and the publi c car rier A TM n etwor k de f ined b y p hysi cal a nd proto[...]

  • Page 255

    I NDEX 255 I NDEX Numbers 3Com bull et in boar d ser vice (3Co m BBS) 21 8 3Com Kno wled geba se W eb Se rvic es 217 3Com T ranscen d M anage r 196 3Com URL 217 3ComF acts 219 A AAL, se e A TM Adaptat ion La yer ABR, se e A v ail abl e Bit Rate AC lin e fr eque ncy 23 6 AC pro tec tion 235 acces s met hods SNMP 196 acc e ss to s er v ic e regi st r[...]

  • Page 256

    25 6 I NDEX esta blis hin g at UNI 38 A T M e d ge d e vi ce LE C in 1 39 A TM Inte rface Manage me nt Enti t y , see I ME AT M l a y e r AT M c e l l s 2 2 8 funct i ons 228 in pr o toc ol stack 227 loss pr ior ity 22 8 mu lt iple x ing 2 28 OA M c ells 2 2 8 traf fic man agemen t 228 A TM networ k alt ernat e r ou tes in 63 clas si ca l I P 24 co[...]

  • Page 257

    I NDEX 257 databa se s ync hr on izati on 79 defaul t EL A N jo in p ri vi le ge 162 ELAN par amet ers 146 vir tua l LA N 188 Desig nat ed T rans it Li st (D TL) 86 docum entati on co mmen ts 18 rel at e d 1 6 Dommage c aus é à l' équi pemen t 241 Dommage s cor por els 240 downloa din g sof twa r e fil es fr om act i ve t o re dundant sw it[...]

  • Page 258

    25 8 I NDEX ne twork 35 Int er im L o cal M anag em en t Inte r fa ce, s e e ILM I IP add r es s 214 J ji tter 6 8 K Körper l iche Sc häde n 240 L L A N emu l ati o n ad dres s r e sol ut ion 146 ad dres s r e sol utio n pr ot oc ol 152 A TM networ k 27 br oadc ast fr ames 15 2 co mponent s s ee L E co mponent s co nfigur ing i nto A TM n etwork [...]

  • Page 259

    I NDEX 259 M MAC addr ess 214, 216 pub lishi ng new 215 MA C d r iv er in te r fa ces in A T M st a tio ns 1 37 mana gement co nnector s 237 overv ie w 19 3 Manag ement Inf orm ation B ase , s ee MIB manua l conf igu rati on 50 manua l dis cov ery 47 member ID 40 mess age conv er sion betw een signal i ng pro t ocol s 122 MIB bro w sing 198 SNMP 19[...]

  • Page 260

    26 0 I NDEX prio rity out put queue s 136 Pri vat e Net work to Ne twor k I nte rf ace , see P NNI pr otoc ol flus h 143 stac k 211 stan dar d a ddr e ssing 1 48 PTS E, see P NNI T opology Sta te E leme nt (PTS E) pub lic UNI DS -3 ph ys ic al la ye r inte rf a ce 22 4 PVC 10 0 ABR CBR co nnec tions 2 08 nrt- VBR 124 rt -VB R UBR Q Q.2931 wat ch do[...]

  • Page 261

    I NDEX 261 SE TUP sign al ing messa ge 106 sh ar ed LES 156 signa li ng 10 4 AAL 11 4 mess age s 105 pro toc ol 1 05 QoS p ara m ete rs 12 1 SS COP mess age s et 114 timer s 111 UNI versi on 49 signa li ng me ssa ge ADD P AR TY 107 CALL-P ROCEEDING 106 CONNECT 107 se quence 109 SE TUP 106 signa li ng p rot ocol pr of il e 107 signa li ng p rot ocol[...]

  • Page 262

    26 2 I NDEX pa ths 143 unk nown fram es 152 Unspec if ied Bi t Ra te (UBR) 125 URL 2 17 User Ne twork I nte rface , s ee UNI V V a r ia bl e Bit Ra te s erv ic e ca teg ory 1 17 VBR , see V ariab le Bit Rat e VCCs co ntr ol 141 co ntr ol dir e ct 149 co ntr ol distr i bute 149 da ta 141, 142 d at a di re c t 151 mu lt ic ast f o rwa rd 1 49 point -[...]

  • Page 263

    3Com C orpor at ion L IMITED W AR RANTY The du ration of t he warr anty f or the Co reBuild er 7000/ 7000HD C hassis and Swit ch E ngine is: Enhanced O ne- year Limit ed -— return to factory fo r free repair. One y ear wa rrant y with 90 d ays of Advance Har dwa re Replacem ent service, subject to availab ility. The dur atio n of the war ranty fo[...]

  • Page 264

    (DOA) and a replacement shall be provided by advance replacement. The replacement product will normally be shipped not later than three (3) business days after 3Com’s verification of the DOA produc t, but may be delayed due to export or i mport procedures. When an advance replacement is provided and Customer fails to return the defective product [...]