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    Octal T1-10/100 RIOP Installation Guide Comp atible Systems C orporati on 4730 W alnut Street Suite 1 02 Boulder , Co l or ad o 80301 303- 444- 9532 800- 356- 0283 http://www.compatible.co m[...]

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    Octal T1-10/100 RIOP Installation Guide, V ersion 1.0 Copyri ght© 1999 , Compat ible Systems Co rporat ion All rights reserved. VSR, VSR-2, MicroRouter and CompatiV iew are trademarks of Compatible Systems Corpor ation. Other trademarks are the p roperty of their respective holders. FCC Notice: This product has been cer tified to comply with the l[...]

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    T able of Cont ents iii Introduction to the Octal T1-10/100 RIOP 1 Chapter 1 - Network Installation 2 Connec ting t he Octa l T1-10 / 100 to the Et hernet 2 Connec ting the Octal T1-1 0/100 to a T1 Li ne 2 Conne cting a M anagem ent Co nsole 3 Power ing Up th e Router 3 Chapter 2 - Quickstart Instructions 4 E THERNET I NTERFA CE C ONFIGURATION 4 IP[...]

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    T able of Cont ents iv IP Prot ocol 8 Required for IP Numbere d Interface 8 Required for IP Unn umbered Interface 8 Suggested fo r IP 8 IPX Pr oto col 9 Required for IPX 9 Suggested fo r IPX 9 Apple Talk Prot ocol 9 Requ ire d for Appl eT al k 9 Suggested fo r AppleTalk 9 DECnet P rotocol 9 Required for DECnet 9 SMDS Co nf iguratio n 10 WAN Link Co[...]

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    Introduction to the Octal T1-10/100 RIOP 1 Introduction to the Octal T1-10/100 RIOP The Octal T1-10/100 Ro uting Input/Output P rocessor (RIOP), as part of th e VSR multigigabit switching router , allows yo u to connect a local Ether net and up to eight remo te corporate networks. Ea ch of the T1 interfac es has a data capacity of 1.54 4 Mbps, whil[...]

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    Chapter 1 - Network Instal lation 2 Chapter 1 - Network Installation Octal T1-10/100 RIOP Front Panel This section of the manual will help you in stall th e Octal T1-10/100 RIOP to connect a local Ethernet and up to eight remote corp orate networks. Thes e connections can be m ade to other Compatib le Syst ems devi ces or in ternetwork ing equipm e[...]

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    Chapter 1 - Network Instal lation 3 v Note: The Octal T 1-10/100 RIOP includes loopback feat ur es which can be used to check the functionality o f your T1 lines. Before attempting to r oute network t raffic, use these featur es to check each line ’ s basic in tegrity . Conne cting a Man agement Console If you w ish to co nnect an out -of-band ma[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 4 Chapter 2 - Quickstart Instructions This Quickstart chapter briefly discusses the m ajor parameters that must be set in order to use the Octal T1-10/100 RIOP as part of your VSR m ult igigabit switching router . Detailed information on the meaning of the router ’ s parameters is provide d in the Compa- tiV i[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 5 • IP static routes CV : Use th e TCP/ IP Routing: Ethernet 0 Dialog Box to set RIP , and the IP Static Routing Dialog Box (under Global/IP S tatic Routes ) to set sta tic routes . OSPF ca n only be configure d using t ext-based configur ation. TB : Use co nfigure and set either the RI PV ers ion keyword or t[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 6 W AN Interface Configuration The default setting for all W AN interfaces on your Octal T1-10/100 RIOP is Off for all p roto- cols and for the l ink configu ration. In ord er to use a W AN interface, you may f irst need to set some phy sical paramet ers and t hen set up t he link and protocol parameters. T1 Phy[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 7 TB : Use configure and set either the R IPV ers ion key word or th e OSPFEnabl ed ke ywor d in the IP W AN 0 (and /or any o ther port y ou wish to configur e) section. Add static routes and a default router using the edit config IP Static command. v No te: Due to the complexity of BGP , configuration p aramete[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 8 TB : Use config ure and then set the Mode and ConnectMode keywords in the Link Co nf ig W AN 0 (and/or any oth er port yo u wish to configure) sectio n. Suggested fo r Dedicated Line Operation Dedicated l ine operati on generally does n ot require addi tional pa rameters for o peration. Frame Relay DL CI Ma pp[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 9 Box (und er Global/IP S tatic Routes) to set static routes. OSPF and BGP can only be config- ured using text-b ased configuration. TB : Use configure and set either the R IPV ers ion key word or th e OSPFEnabl ed ke ywor d in the IP W AN 0 (and /or any o ther port y ou wish to configur e) section. Add static r[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 10 W AN interfaces which are set for Frame R elay operation do not n eed any additional p arame- ters se t in order to functi on. • Set DECnet o n (globall y , and for t his port) CV : Use th e DECnet Routing Dial og Bo x (under Global/DECn e t Ro uting) and the DECnet: W AN Dialog Box. TB : Use config ure and[...]

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    Chapter 3 - Shipping Def aults 1 1 Chapter 3 - Shipping Defaults Ethernet Interface IP Routing Defa ults • On • Addr ess: 198. 41.12 .1 • Subnet Mas k: 255.255.2 55.0 • Broadcast Address: 198.41. 12.255 • IP RIP of f IPX Routing D efaults • 802.3 on , autoseed ing • 802.2 on , autoseed ing • T ype II on, non seeding • 802. 2 SNAP [...]

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    Chapter 3 - Shipping Def aults 12 IPX Defaults • On • Unnumbered interface AppleT alk D efaults • On • Unnumbered interface DECnet Defaults • Off T1 CSU/DS U Defaults • Full T1 • Slave clock • B8ZS encoding • ESF framing • PRM transmi t • Accept V .54 or line loo pback commands f rom remote W AN 1 - 7 Inter faces IP Defaults ?[...]

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    Chapt er 4 - LED Pat terns 13 Chapter 4 - LED Patterns Some of the LEDs on the front of the VSR multig igabit switching router serve dual functions. In addition to indicating certain router -wide operating conditions, they may also display port- specific information. v Note : Any continuo us flashi ng pattern not not ed in this chapter may be cause[...]

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    Chapt er 4 - LED Pat terns 14 Octal T1-10/100 RIOP LED Patterns The follo wing LEDs and light pa tterns pro vide infor mation about th e Octal T1-10/100 R IOP interfaces. Ethernet T raffic Indicator s Scan from 1 to 3: Ethernet transmit packet Scan from 5 to 3: Ethernet receive pack et T1 Indicators Tx - W AN transmit packet Rx - W AN receive packe[...]