3Com 7000 manual

http://www.3com.com/ CoreBuilder ® 7000 Family ATM Switches Installation & Startup Guide Software Version 4.55 Base and Extended Part No. DUA3700-0BAA06 Published January 2000[...]

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C ONTENT S A BOUT T HIS G UIDE Finding Specific Information in This Guide 9 Conventions 10 Doc umentat ion 1 1 CoreBuilder 7000 Family A TM Switch Documents 11 Related Doc uments 12 Documenta tion Road Map 13 Documentat ion Comments 14 Y ear 2000 Compliance 14 1 O VE R VI E W CoreBuilder 7000 Family 16 CoreBuilder 7000 Switch 16 CoreBuilder 7000HD [...]

T able T op Installation 25 Distribution Rac k Installation 26 Unit and Rack Prepar ation 26 Mounting the CoreBuilder 7000 Family A T M Switch 28 4 I NSTALLING AN D C ONNEC TING C OR E B UIL DER M ODUL ES Safety Pr ecauti ons 29 V ors ich ts m aß na hm en 3 0 Mesures de séc urité 3 0 Power Supply Module 30 Installing a Power Supply Module 31 Rep[...]

DS -3 St a tus LE D s 52 6 C ONFIGU RING THE C OR E B UI L D ER 700 0 F AM IL Y AT M S WI TC H Logging in to the LMA 55 Integrated Fast Setup 56 Se tu p Mo de s 58 Setu p Procedur e Secti ons 59 Entering Data 60 Navigation A ids 6 0 Integrate d Fast Setup Oper ation 60 Additional Swi tch C onfiguration 72 Viewin g Network Statisti cs 74 Storing and[...]

8 T ROUBLESHOO TING Solving Common P roblems 93 Power Supply T r oubleshoo ting 94 Related Diagnostic Procedures 9 5 A A TM S WITC H F A/24 C EL L S WITC HING M ODULE S PECIFICATION S B S AFETY I NFORMA TION Bodily Harm 101 Körperliche Schäden 102 Dommages co rpor els 102 Equipment D ama ge 1 02 Schäden am Gerät 10 3 Dommage causé à l'é[...]

V erifying Modal Bandwidth 115 Single Mode Fiber Standards 115 Comparing F iber to Specifications 116 V erifying Max imum Attenuation for Mix ed Fibers 118 DS -3 Coax Ca bles 118 Etherne t Cabling 118 Cable Pino uts 119 E T ECHNIC AL S UPPORT Onlin e T e c hnic al Se rv ices 123 Worl d Wide Web Site 123 3Com Knowl edgebas e Web Se rvices 123 3Com F[...]

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A BOUT T HI S G UI DE The Core Builder ® 7000 F ami ly A TM Sw itches Instal lation an d St artup Gu ide provides all t he i nform ation yo u nee d for inst alling an d pow ering up the CoreBui lde r 7000 f amily A TM sw itch in A TM netwo rki ng envi ron ments. It is applica ble for b oth the Base and Exte n ded vers ions of th e sof tw a re . Th[...]

10 A BOU T T HIS G UI D E Conve ntions Table 2 and Ta ble 3 l ist conv ention s tha t are used through out th is gui de. How t o conf igur e the CoreBuil der 70 00 famil y ATM swit ch Chap ter 6 How to use the Fas t Setup pr oced ure Chap ter 6 Inst alli ng a redundan t power suppl y Chap ter 7 Inst alli ng a redundan t switc hing mod ule Chap ter [...]

Documenta tion 11 Do cum enta tion Thi s sect ion p rovides i nfor mation a bou t suppo rti ng d ocume nta tion , in cl u d in g: ■ CoreBui lder 700 0 Fam ily AT M Sw itch Do cum e nts ■ Rela ted Docu ment s ■ Do cu me nta ti on Roa d M ap CoreBuild er 7 000 Fam ily A T M S wi tch Do cumen ts The CD-ROM that comes with you r system co ntains [...]

12 A BOU T T HIS G UI D E ■ CoreB ui lde r 7000 Fa m ily A T M S wi tche s Ma nage m ent Gu ide This gu id e expl ains ho w to co nf igure th e CoreBuil der 700 0 fami ly AT M s w i t c h . ■ CoreBuil der 7000 Family A TM Switches Opera tions Guid e This gu id e con tains a d etail ed exp lanat ion o f the C oreBuil der 7000 fam ily A TM S w it[...]

Documenta tion 13 Doc ument atio n Road Ma p The f ollo wing t abl e hel ps you l oc ate t he inf orma tio n yo u need . DS -3 Inte rf a ce M odu l e Inst a llati o n Gu id e DIA00DS- 1AAA01 FastB US B oard Us er Guide DUA37FB-1AAA0 1 SuperSt ack I I S witch 2700 Operat ion Guide DUA2700-0AAA02 SuperSt ack I I S witch 2700 Ins tallat ion & Setu[...]

14 A BOU T T HIS G UI D E Do cumen tati on Comme nts Y our suggesti o ns ar e very importan t to us. Th ey help us make our docum en tati on m ore usef ul to yo u. Pl ease send e- mail comments ab out th is guide to : sdte ch pu bs_ co mm en ts @3 Co m.com Pl ease incl ude the f ollowing in format ion when co mmenting: ■ Documen t T itle ■ Docu[...]

1 O VE RV IEW This c hapter c ontai ns an overvi ew of the Cor e Builder ® 7 000 fam ily A TM switches inc luding: ■ CoreBuilder 700 0 F amily ■ Component S ummary ■ Inst alling the Cor eBuilder 7000 Family A TM Switch ■ Start ing up th e C or eBuild er 7000 Fami ly A TM Switch ■ Redu ndanc y in the CoreBuil der 700 0 Family A TM Swi tch[...]

16 C HAPTER 1: O VERV IEW CoreBuilder 70 00 Fam ily The Co reBuilder 7000 f ami ly A TM switc hes are mod ula r , high-pe rfo rm ance A T M sw itc hes de sign ed t o inc r ea se t he ca pac ity a nd manag eab ility of ente rprise ne tw orks. The CoreBu ilder 7000 f ami ly A TM switch es allow yo u to scale y our network perfo rmance to extr emely h[...]

Compone nt Summary 17 Compon ent Su mm ar y Figu r e 1 shows the com pon ents of the CoreBuilde r 7000 fami ly A TM switch. Figure 1 Components of the Cor eBuilder 7000 F amily A TM Switch Enclo s ur e The housing for the CoreBu ilder 7000 fami ly A TM swi tch con tains 2 slots for swit ching mo dules and 4 slot s for interfac e ca rds, 2 pla ces f[...]

18 C HAPTER 1: O VERV IEW The sw itchi ng mod ul e is th e core swi tching engi ne of the Co reBuild er 7000 f ami ly A TM swi tch, c ont r o lling and m onit orin g passive back plane and A TM act ivity . The switc hing mod ule has a con trol po rt fo r conn ection to a te rmi nal, a m anage men t p ort for co nnec tion to a netw ork manag em ent [...]

Compone nt Summary 19 St art ing up th e CoreBuild er 7 000 Fa mi ly A TM Sw itch The Co reBuilder 7000 f ami ly A TM switc h is po we r ed on an d c onfig ured acc or ding to th e stages s hown in T abl e 7. Redu ndanc y in th e CoreBuild er 7 000 Fa mi ly A TM Sw itch The Co reBuilder 7000 f ami ly A TM switc h is desi gn ed to m eet the r eq uir[...]

20 C HAPTER 1: O VERV IEW[...]

2 U N PACKI NG I NST RUCT IONS This cha pter de scrib es how to unpack the CoreBuil der ® 7000 f ami ly A TM swit ch and cont ains th e following topi cs: ■ Unpac king t he Co r eB uild er 7000 Fa mily A TM Sw itch . ■ T a ki ng In ven t or y Unpac king t he CoreBuilder 70 00 Fam ily A T M Sw itch Before unp ack ing the CoreBuild er 70 00 fami[...]

22 C HAPTER 2: U NPACKING I NSTRUCTIONS Save th e pack aging in th e event that you mus t retu rn the Co reBuil d er 7000 F a mily t o 3Com or yo ur di stribut or . T aking Inv entory The Cor eBui lder 7000 fam ily A TM switch package s hould contai n the i tems descri b ed in the fo llowing list . Check thes e items again st the packi ng slip . Co[...]

3 I NSTALLING A C OR E B UILDER 700 0 F AMIL Y AT M S WITCH Th is ch ap te r co n tai n s in str u c ti on s fo r i nst a l lin g th e Co reB ui l de r ® 7000 fam ily A T M sw it ch on a table top o r in a di stribut ion rack a n d m aking the necessa ry h a r dw are co nnec tion s. T he t opic s cov ered i n thi s ch apter in cl u d e: ■ Safety[...]

24 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING A C ORE B UILDER 7000 F AM ILY AT M S WITCH ■ The syst em h as a redunda nt pow er sup pl y option . Disco nne cting one power sup ply c ord disconn e cts one p ower supp ly mo dule on ly . T o isolate the un it comp let ely from the mains, discon ne ct a ll pow er supply co r ds. V orsich tsma ßnahm en Lesen Sie die f[...]

P repara tion 25 ■ Le CoreBuil der 7000 fa mily A T M sw itch d'alim entat ion inter ne perm et une sél ecti on au toma tiqu e de 10 0 - 120 V AC ou 2 00- 240 V AC, 60/50Hz co mm e stipu lé su r le l abe l de sé cu rité pl acé pr ès de l'ouv erture d'a lime nta tion. V eille r à c e que le v oltage du sec teur soi t bien com[...]

26 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING A C ORE B UILDER 7000 F AM ILY AT M S WITCH T o pr ovide a fir mer bas e for the u nit, yo u can choose to attac h four rubb er feet to the swi tch chass is. Use the ru bber feet and th e four M4 x 8 Phil lips scr ews included in t he hardwar e kit. T o in sert th e powe r sup ply , sw itchin g m odules, and i nterf ace c[...]

Distr ibut ion Rack I nstal lati on 27 Figure 2 Universal Mounting H ole Pattern 4 From th e to p of t he un ive rsal mo unti ng h ole pa tter n, inser t “G” cl ips in the hol es de sign ated f or the un it m ode l. 5 Rep eat steps 3 and 4 for th e rig ht rail . Ensu re th at you st art on th e same hole s pace. Y ou a re n ow re ad y t o m oun[...]

28 C HAPTER 3: I NSTALLING A C ORE B UILDER 7000 F AM ILY AT M S WITCH Mounti ng th e CoreBuild er 7 000 Fa mi ly A TM Sw itch Once the dist ribu tion ra ck is ready , you c an m oun t the Co r eB uild er 7 000 fam ily A T M swi t ch in to th e rack . T o m ou nt th e CoreBuil der 700 0 fam ily A TM sw itch in to th e di stribut ion rac k : 1 Car e[...]

4 I NSTALLING AND C ONNECTING C OR E B UILDE R M ODULE S This c hapter des cribes how to instal l and re place t he CoreBu ilder ® 7000 fami ly modules. The follo wing module s ar e cover ed. ■ Powe r Supply Module ■ S w it ch M od u le ■ 4-Por t Inter face Module ■ Fan T ray ■ Connec ti ng to Ne twork Dev ice s The instal lation proc ed[...]

30 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES V orsich tsma ßnahm en Wenn S ie Ersa tzteil e ha ndha ben, be nutzen S ie imm er ei n Band am Handg elen k, daß g ut geerd et ist . Das h ilft ve rmeiden , daß da s Ersatzt eil durch elekt rostat ische E ntla dun g besc hädigt wi rd. Darü ber hinaus so llte ein M odu l, we [...]

Power Suppl y Modul e 31 Ins tallin g a Po wer Supp ly M od ule T o in stall a power sup ply m odu le: 1 Orient the module so that its sides en ter th e guides on eit her sid e of the chassis slot. 2 Sli de t he m odu le i n to th e c ha ss is un til th e fa c e pa ne l i s fl us h w i th th e encl osur e. 3 Secure t he screw s on either side of t [...]

32 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES Figure 3 Hot-Swapping a Redundant P ower Supply Sw itch Mo du le The CoreBu ilder 70 00 fa mil y A TM sw itch provid es for a redund ant switch modul e to ensu r e c onti nued oper ation shou ld the main sw itch m odu le fai l . Fo r m ore i n fo rm a ti on o n the o pe r at i on[...]

Sw itch Modul e 33 3 I nsert the c ard into th e chassis b y placin g it between the gui des of the selected slot and sliding t he c ar d until it stops. 4 Grab bot h inject han dles and push th em inwar d. This lo cks th e car d into the cha ssis. Y o u m ay ha ve to a pply con side rable pre ssure to t he hand l es. An au dibl e “cli ck” indi[...]

34 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES Figure 4 Hot-Swapping a Swit ch Module or Interfac e Module Settin g up Switch Modu le Redun dancy This se ction d escribe s pr oce dures for i nsta lling an d set ting up bot h a main a nd redunda nt sw itch mo dule t oget her . T wo different setu p proce dures are de scrib ed.[...]

Sw itch Modul e 35 Settin g up Switch M od u l e H a rd w are Redun danc y Use the fol lowing proc edure to se t up t he sw itch mod ule hardware r ed und an cy . 1 Designa te a nd m ark t he m ain a nd redu ndant sw itch m odu les. 2 Insert t he swi tch m odu le you ma rked as “redund ant ” in slot 2. Do n ot insert t he sw itc h m odule y ou [...]

36 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES Gen era l De scr ipt ion of th e Pr ocedur e The f ollo wing i s a ge nera l de scri ption of the proce dure for orient ation purpo ses onl y . Whe n you p e rform t he proce dure, use t he d etailed step s in t h e fo ll o w in g s ec t i o ns . 1 Install both switch es in ch as[...]

Sw itch Modul e 37 2 V erif y that at least one in terfa c e car d of any ty pe is in stall ed in the CoreBuilder chassis in any interface c ar d slots 3 -6. Data is transferre d betw een sw itch modul es via a c omm unic ations chi p on an inter face ca r d . 3 V erify tha t the E the r net m ana gem en t por ts in both sw it ches a re conn ected [...]

38 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES e T ransfer the RS -232 ca ble t o t he ser vice po rt of the redund ant switch modul e. f Repeat s tep d) g T ransfer the RS -232 ca ble t o t he co nsole port of t he m ain switch modul e. Har dwar e Re dundan cy Se tup 2 Set up th e main switc h module using t he Integrat ed F[...]

Sw itch Modul e 39 ELAN names y ou h ave sele cted. Y ou wi ll need the m for setting u p t he other switch mo dul e. 13 When fin ished, clo se the Backb one and Servi ces window . 14 W ait one mi nute to allo w the LECS o rd er data base to t ransfe r to th e other switch mo dul e. The L ECS ELAN databas e does not trans fer auto matically . 15 Re[...]

40 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES This item cou ld be d one t hroug h t he LM A but it is pre fe rred t o do so thro ugh the NM S sin ce t he L MA will no t sh ow an y r edund ant LES tha t exist s. 22 Rebo ot the sw it ch using t he L MA menu seque nce : (1) SYS / (7) R BO. The purpo se of this step is t o m ak [...]

4-Por t Inter face Modul e 41 4-P or t Int e rf ac e Modu le This se ctio n cont ain s the follo win g topi cs: ■ A TM Inter face Daughter Car ds ■ I nstalli ng the A TM Interf ace Daught er Card s ■ I nstalli ng a 4-Port Interf ace Modul e ■ Replac ing a 4-Por t Inter face Module A TM I nterface Daug hte r Car ds Each of the fo ur A TM int[...]

42 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES Figure 6 D S-3 Daughter C ard Figu r e 7 show s the E-3 d a ugh ter ca rd. Figure 7 E-3 Daughter Car d[...]

4-Por t Inter face Modul e 43 Instal lin g the A TM Interfac e Dau ghte r Car ds The 4- po rt A TM in ter face m odu le can h ol d up t o f our A T M inter face daug hter c ards. The inst allation proc edure of the 4- por t A T M i nte rface module c omprises t wo stages. F irst, you install t he A TM interfac e daug hter ca rds in the 4-po rt A TM[...]

44 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES 4 Grab bot h inject han dles and push th em inwar d. This lo cks th e car d into the cha ssis. Y o u m ay ha ve to a pply con side rable pre ssure to t he hand l es. An au dibl e “cli ck” indica tes that t he co nnec to rs ha ve eng ag ed. 5 Tighten the c ard ’ s sec uring [...]

Connect i ng t o Ne twork Device s 45 Four type s of co nne ction s a r e requi red: ■ Connec ti ng to an A TM Optic al I nterf ace ■ Co nn ec ti ng th e C on tr ol T er mi na l ■ Connec ting to the Eth ernet Port ■ Connec ti ng to th e Power Sour ce Connec ti ng to an A TM Op tic al Inte rface T o con ne ct a CoreBuilde r 70 00 f amil y A [...]

46 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES Conne cti ng th e Cont ro l T erminal The Co reBuilder 7000 f ami ly A TM switc h ca n be c onfi gured via the LM A using the Admin istrati on Console term ina l (VT1 00) or termina l emulat or (W ind ow s). T o co nnec t a termin al to the CoreBui lder 70 00 fam ily A TM switch [...]

Connect i ng t o Ne twork Device s 47 In case you ha ve inst alle d a re du ndant switc h m odu le, its E the rne t port must als o be connec ted di rectl y to the T ransc end NMS terminal . Another wa y of co nne cting th e E ther net port to an o ut-o f-ba nd E ther ne t networ k is to connect it to a Core B uil der 7200 Et hernet/A TM Interf ace[...]

48 C HAPTER 4: I NSTALLING AND C O NNECTING C OR E B UIL DER M ODULES Pl uggin g i n the Uni t T o pl ug in th e un it : 1 Pl ug the power cor d into the power sou rc e. 2 Plu g t he ot h er e n d of th e co rd i nt o t he A C i nl et l o c ate d in th e to p mo s t secti on of the Cor eBuilder 7 000 family A TM switch fr ont p anel. Make sure the [...]

5 P OWER -O N This c hapter des cribes th e system states of the Cor eBuild er ® 70 00 family A TM swit ch inc luding pow er -o n and some b asic diagnost ic inf orma tio n to help y ou v erif y norm al oper ation of your C oreBui lder sy stem . This c hapt er descr ibes th e foll owing to pics: ■ System States ■ System Po wer -on ■ 4-Por t [...]

50 C HAPTER 5: P OWE R -O N on the lef t side o f the L ED pan el. T able 9 sho w s the co rrelation b e tween the cu rren t syste m state and SYS LEDs d isplay . For examp le, duri ng normal o perati on the P W R L ED i s on , the F AIL L ED is off a nd the ACT L ED is flas hing . The LED s on the r ight side of t he pan e l indica te the sta tus [...]

Syste m Powe r-on 51 Sys tem Po w er -on This sec tion de scrib es th e stages of s ystem power -on of the Cor eBuilder 7000 f ami ly A TM swi tch. Softw are L oad ing and Di agno stic s Appl y electric al power to the sy stem by in serting th e power cor d in the power sup ply unit. The pow er supp ly indi cat or lig hts a nd the CoreBuilde r 7000[...]

52 C HAPTER 5: P OWE R -O N Figur e 10 Interface Module LEDs DS-3 Statu s LEDs The DS -3 st atus LEDs are found on the front pan el o f the D S-3 p i ggy . T able 13 list s the LE Ds o f the D S-3 piggy . T able 11 Description of Inte rface Module L EDs LED Color Desc ription Source PWR ( Power) Green DC p ower i nput a ctive. Hardware FAI L Red CP[...]

4-Por t Inte rface Module LE Ds 53 Figur e 11 D S -3 St at us LE D s T able 13 DS -3 S tatus L EDs LED Color Desc ription LOS Loss of Si gnal Green On: The r e is a si gnal on Rx (n ormal st ate ). Off: No si gnal on Rx (p roblem w ith Rx) . FER F Far End Rx Fai lur e Signal Yello w On: FE RF in inco ming frame s ( the peer rep orts about it s Rx p[...]

54 C HAPTER 5: P OWE R -O N[...]

6 C ONFIGURING THE C OR E B UILDE R 7000 F AM I L Y AT M S WITCH This cha pter descr ibes the in itial confi guratio n of th e C or eBuil der ® 7000 fam ily A T M sw it ch . Us i ng th e te r mi na l co nne c te d to th e co n trol p or t, you log int o the sy stem and a ssign net wor k addresses to the CoreBuilde r 7000 fam ily A T M swit ch. Thi[...]

56 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH T o log in to the LM A: 1 Ente r your ac cess l evel (def ault is ad min) 2 Enter y our passwo rd After a succ essful login the LM A Main M enu is displayed as sho wn in F ig ur e 12. Figur e 12 LMA M ain Menu Int eg rat ed F as t Set u p This se ctio n d escribes the Int[...]

Int egr ated Fas t Setup 57 I n certain cases you will need t o use the Fast Setup pr o ced ur e of i ndividua l Cor eBuil der 7X00 i nterf ace car d s, in additio n to th e Int egrated Fast Setup proc edure, t o co rrectly c onf igure yo ur syste m. This s ecti on pr esents th e Inte grated Fa st Setup of the Cor eBuil der 7000 fami ly A TM switch[...]

58 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH house d in t he sam e Co reBu ilder 70 00 famil y A T M sw itch c hassi s, ov e rri ding any e xi st in g ad mi n VL AN nam es . Setu p Mode s The Inte grated Fa st Setup pr ovides two s etup mode s: the “Ful l” setu p mode and the “ Sw itch” set up m od e. Full S[...]

Int egr ated Fas t Setup 59 If F u ll s etu p i s s ele c te d, th e p ara m ete r s in th e i nte r fa c e ca rd s re ve rt t o thei r defau lt val u es. Setting Spe cia l Param eters If one or mo re ind ividual int erface cards requ ires one of th e spe cial si tua t io ns refe r red to in t h e p rev io u s se ct io n o r n eed s to rem a in una[...]

60 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Ente ring Data The Integr ated Fast Setup pr o cedur e runs seque ntial ly thr ough the r ele vant d ata for all o f the sec tion s, displ aying a prompt for ea ch da ta item and a d efaul t va lue . If yo u want t o cha nge the d e fault , ent er t he desired va lue in p[...]

Int egr ated Fas t Setup 61 Rout ing Mode Sec ti on I n this section yo u are promp ted to se lect PNNI or E-IIS P as the routing protoco l to be use d. Enter 1 for P NNI or 0 for E-IISP . PNNI i s availab le in v ersion 4.5 exte nded only . Netw ork Prefi x Se ction I n this se ction you ar e prom pted for th e networ k p r efix of th e swit ch. E[...]

62 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH PNNI Para me ter Secti on If PNNI w as sel ecte d as t he routing m ode , in thi s sectio n you are pr ompted to ente r the PNNI node lev el, i.e., the hierarch y l evel of th e pe er group to w hich it the no de be lon gs. E nte r a value in t he r ange 0 to 10 4. LE Pa [...]

Int egr ated Fas t Setup 63 In PNNI m ode, t his sect ion is n ot rel evant and a n app ropria te messa ge is displa yed. FastBU S C onfi gurati on Se ction T his sect ion prom pts yo u t o conf igur e the FastBUS module. If no FastBUS module is i nstalled, th is sectio n is sk ipped by the I n tegra ted Fa st S etup . T o configur e the FastBU S: [...]

64 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Fast B US Co nf ig ur at io n =--- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- -- - Fa st B US st at e (1 -E nabl e, 0- Di sa bl e) : 0 1 2 Fa st BU S b an ks a va il ab le. S el ec t ba nk 's ca pa city : Opti on s: 1- 6* 10 MB /s 2-3* 20 MB /s 3-2* 30 MB /s 4-1* 60 MB /s Bank 1 , slo t [...]

Int egr ated Fas t Setup 65 Interfac e T ype S ecti on Th is se ct io n pr omp ts yo u for t he A TM in te rf ac e type c onf igura tion of th e por ts on t he I nte rface Mod ule s whi ch a r e inst alled in the Cor eBuilde r 7000 family A TM switch chassis. Ther e ar e four in terfa ce types : UNI, E-IISP , IISP and PNNI. Th e UNI type is normall[...]

66 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH 3 The L MA aut omatical ly pr ompts you t o enter A TM addr esses fo r the ports that you have s pecified as IISP . These ar e A TM address es of net work devi ces t hat yo u wa nt t he I ISP p or t to recogniz e for rou ting purp oses. They ar e placed in the r o uti ng [...]

Int egr ated Fas t Setup 67 the seq uential number of the ELAN. Thi s is the fo rm you need to use for ELANs th at you enter i n thi s section ( except f or the admin ELAN). Y ou are fi rst pro mpted for the name of th e admin VLAN. The defa u lt name d ispl ayed is the na m e of th e ad min VL AN of the CoreBu ilder 7X00 which is in stalled i n th[...]

68 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Virtual Network Co nfig ura tion Sec tion Thi s sect ion prom pts you for the vi rtual net wor k con figu ratio n. In this se ction , yo u assi gn Ether net port s to th e E LANs you e ntered in the L E Cl ient C onf igura tion sect ion. The Et hernet ports o f the Cor eB[...]

Int egr ated Fas t Setup 69 T able 16 lists th e shor t-cu t cha racter s you can use to move bet ween sectio ns o f the Vi rtual Netw ork Con figurat ion proce dure: The f ollow ing sh ows a t ypic al virt ual ne twork c onf igura tion. T able 16 Virtual Network Configur ation Pr ocedure N avigation Aids Type: To perform : }G Jump t o group #G. * [...]

70 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Vir tu al Ne tw or k Co nf ig urati on =-- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- ----- -- Fas t E the rn et <4 .1 > be lo ng s to V N # ( 1- 17 ): 1 < A dm in VN > Fas t Et her ne t <4 .2 > be longs t o VN # ( 1- 17 ): 2 Fas t Et her ne t <4 .3 > be longs t [...]

Int egr ated Fas t Setup 71 Admi n VN Man agement Conf igura ti on Se ction In this sectio n you ar e pr omp ted fo r t he Ad min VN Ma na ge men t Co nf ig ur ati on param eter s: IP a ddress, slot I P a ddress, N MS ad dress, def ault g atewa y , and s ubnet m ask. Enter value s as ap propria te. Th ese p aram ete rs suppor t an NMS (Net work Man[...]

72 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Ad dition al Sw itch Config uration The Inte g rated Fast Setup configu res a minimum se t of netwo rk param eter s - enoug h to g e t you st arte d. I f you need to make change s or to per form additio nal config uratio n tas ks, use indiv idual items of the LM A menus. [...]

Addit ional Swit ch Conf i gura tion 73 Conf igur in g SVCs CoreBuilde r 700 0 f amil y A TM switc hes use sta ndard U NI 3.0, 3.1 or 4.0 sw it ch ed vi rt u al c hann el ( SVC ). S VC mo de c an be use d w he n C or eBu il der is in a bac kbone o r wo rkgroup t op ology , wi th PV C used w hene ver necessar y . ILMI ena bles automa tic add r ess r[...]

74 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH in fo rm a ti on to th e o t he r p or ts ( sla v e por ts ) . Fo r m ore in fo rm a ti on , se e “Set and S ave C lo ck Syn chroniz ation M ode” on page 12 0 i n the Ma nageme n t Guide Vie win g Net wor k Sta ti s ti cs At any tim e after c onfigur ing the Cor eBuil[...]

Stor ing a nd Retri eving Confi gur ation Paramet ers 75 Storing and Retrieving Config uration Para meter s This se ction d iscusse s the co nf igur ation upload/ dow nlo ad fac ility and in clu d es th e foll o wi ng to pi cs : ■ Co nf ig urat i on U pl oad/ D ow nl oad ■ Organi z ing Co nfig urati on File s ■ Activ ating th e Downloaded Con[...]

76 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Y ou ca nnot up load or do wnl oad c onfi gura tion par ameter s t o a swi tch card wh ile it is in stalled as a red undant switch card. Y o u need to r emove the car d from t he cha ssis, install it in a differe nt switch c hassis as th e acti v e swit ch card and then p[...]

Stor ing a nd Retri eving Confi gur ation Paramet ers 77 Activ ating the Dow nlo ad ed Conf igur ati on When the co nfigur ation fi les are do wnloaded in to flash memory , they overw rite the previous info rmati on. Th e ne w p arame te rs are no t acti v ated i mmediat ely , b ut rather after the n ext r eboot when th ey ar e r ead fr om the flas[...]

78 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH 7<LE CS To po logy > 8<LE CS Or de r List > 9<O th er> Sele ct F ile t yp e: Enter t he nu mbe r of the type of c onfi gura tion para meter s yo u wa n t to up loa d. F or e xa mpl e, if yo u w ant to u pl oa d a ll c onf igur ati on pa ra met ers , sel [...]

Stor ing a nd Retri eving Confi gur ation Paramet ers 79 For lo ading a sing le item you ca n enter a full f ile name. 6 Star t up loa d to 1 00 .0 .0 .111, f il e na me swit ch /c fg/ bo x_ pr of .c fg , Box P ro fi le ( Y/ N)? y Load p ro ces s st ar te d. . . Loading the “O the r” Data T ype The “Ot her” item allo ws you to specif y a fi[...]

80 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Sel ect the ap pr opriate c ard fr om the list —for examp le, if y ou want to down loa d the conf igur ation of the ac tive switch card, sel ect 1 from the menu . Ma ke sure y ou select a t ype of ca rd t hat m atc hes t he co nfig urati on da ta on the fil es you wa nt[...]

Stor ing a nd Retri eving Confi gur ation Paramet ers 81 Load in g, fi le n am e sw it ch/cf g/ 24 _7 _c fg .1 , f il e ty pe B ox Prof il e Load p ro ces s of f il e ty pe Bo x Pr of il e co mpl et ed s uc ce ss fu lly 7 V erify the suc cess st atu s of th e down loa d by the LM A menu item: (1) SY S: ( 3) L OA : ( 1) STS The download status is[...]

82 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Runni ng a Batc h Fil e T o ru n a ba tc h f ile ( .ba t) on your Cor eBui l de r 70 00 f ami ly A TM swi tch , do th e fo llo wi ng : 1 Perfo rm the me nu item: (1) SY S (3 ) LO A ( 3) L CL 1 2 Rebo ot th e CoreBui lder 700 0 fam ily A T M sw itch. 3 Conne ct yo ur P[...]

Upgradi ng from E-I ISP to PNNI 83 Met hod 1 - S hift “O” 1 Rebo ot th e sw itch 2 W it hin 3 secon ds of reboo ting press Shi ft “O” 3 Perfo rm the me nu item (1) SY S (3 ) LO A (3 ) LCL 0 The sy stem is now in oper ational m ode. Met hod 2 - db gof f. bat 1 Run th e ba tch f ile dbgo f f.ba t: a T ype dbg off.bat b T ype the approp r[...]

84 C HAPTER 6: C ON F IG URI N G THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Migr ating from E- IIS P to PN NI In order to migr ate su cc ess fully to P NN I, th e ne two rk m anage r mu st r ev iew th e network ad dr ess schem e that wil l be used. Ther e are t wo pos sible ap pr oaches to implementi ng addr ess change: ■ Derivi ng a PNNI peer [...]

7 R EDU NDANCY IN TH E C OR E B UILDE R 7000 F AMILY AT M S WITCH This ch ap ter de scribe s p owe r supply redund ancy i n the CoreBu ilder ® 7000 f ami ly A TM swi tch . T he o perat ion o f ea ch redun da nt de vic e is descri bed. For inf orma tion on in stallin g redun dant devic es, se e Chapte r 4 . F or furthe r in form ation on swi tch re[...]

86 C HAPTER 7: R EDUNDANCY IN THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH The Co reBuilder 7000 f ami ly p ower supp lies are shown in T able 19. Power S uppl y Opera tion Loa d Sharing The po w er su pplie s can oper ate i n load- shar ing m ode ; two 90A powe r supplie s can produce up to 1 80A. Providi ng tha t t he powe r c onsu mpt ion of th [...]

Redundant Power Suppl y 87 CoreBui lder 7000HD R edundant Swi tchi ng Card 3C37032 8.1 4-port and 8-port ATM In terfac e C ards CoreBui lder 7000 4-port ATM inte rface card wit h ■ 4 O C- 3c m ul tim od e f ib e r inte rf a ces 3C37052 5. 4 CoreBui lder 7000HD 8 - port inte rface car d wi th ■ 4 OC- 3 mu lt imo de A TM inte rf ace s in st alle [...]

88 C HAPTER 7: R EDUNDANCY IN THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH CoreBuil der 74 XX Ethernet/ ATM I nterfa ce Card 7400 Ether net/AT M inte rface card with ■ 24 Ether net ports (2 RJ- 21 conne ctors ) ■ ATM i nterf ace rece ptacl e unocc upied 3C37400 4. 5 7412 Ether net/AT M Expans ion Modu le with ■ 12 Ether net ports (1 RJ- 21 co[...]

Redundant Power Suppl y 89 Re qu ire d Po we r Suppl y for V ariou s Cor eBu ild er Ins talla tions T able 21 , which is calcu late d from T a ble 2 0, sh ows t he nu mbe r of po wer supplies required (Singl e o r Dua l) for v ariou s CoreBuil der 700 0 i nstallat ions . The fi rst c olu mn descri b es th e partic ular co mbinati on o f car ds in s[...]

90 C HAPTER 7: R EDUNDANCY IN THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH Providin g Redun dancy for V ario us P owe r Loa ds This se ction d escribe s when redun dant swi tch c ar ds and redun dant power supplies ca n be used in a CoreBuilde r switch . In order to det erm ine wheth er a redu nda nt sw itch c a r d and/o r an r ed und ant power su[...]

Redundant Power Suppl y 91 Power S uppl y Spec ifica tio ns 90 A AC Powe r S upply 40 A DC Powe r S upply T able 22 CoreBuilde r 7000 ( 3C37010 A) Enhanced Power Supply Specifica tions Parame ter Channel 1 Channel 2 Nominal output volta ge (V) 5 12 Output vol tage ra nge (V) 5 +/- 5% 12 + /- 3 % Maxi mum out put c urren t (A) 90 2 Minimum output cu[...]

92 C HAPTER 7: R EDUNDANCY IN THE C ORE B UILDER 70 00 F AMILY ATM S WITCH 40 A DC Powe r S upply Effi ci ency (% ) 76 Max power i npu t (W) 295 P.S He at Diss ipati on ( W) 71 Heat Di ssi patio n (BTU) 1005 T able 24 Co reBuild er DC ( 3C37027 ) Power S upply Specific ations Parame ter Channel 1 Channel 2 Nominal output volta ge (V) 5 12.3 Output [...]

8 T R OUBLESH OOTI NG This ch ap ter e xplai ns how to t roubles hoot speci fic prob lem s you may enco unte r dur ing p ow er -on and syst em op erat ion. I t a lso show s how to perform related diagn ostic tasks, such a s replacing f uses or cleaning f iber optic c abl es. If you ex pe rience problems t hat a r e n ot ad dressed in t his cha pter[...]

94 C HAPTER 8: T ROUBLESHOOTING Po we r Su pply T roubleshoot ing This se ction di scusses com mo n p r obl ems relate d to the CoreBu ilder 7 000 family A TM switch pow er supply . I nte rf ac e Ca rd f ails I f on e of th e inte rface car ds fail s, us e t he Ini tial ize I nter face ( INI) optio n in the Sy stem (SYS) me nu , In terf a ce (IF C)[...]

Relat ed Diagnos tic Pr ocedure s 95 Related D ia gnosti c Proc ed u res When troubl eshoot ing problems o cc ur , you m a y hav e to per form mino r proced ures to help c orrect the problem . T hese proce dures are de scrib ed below . For mo r e c om plex op e ratio ns on the CoreBuilde r 70 00 f amil y A TM switc h, cont act 3Co m T e chni cal S [...]

96 C HAPTER 8: T ROUBLESHOOTING[...]

A AT M S WITCH FA / 2 4 C ELL S WI T C HI NG M ODULE S PECIFICATIONS Physi cal Di mensi ons ■ Height : 38. 8 cm (15. 3 in) ■ Width: 3.81 cm (1.5 in ) ■ Depth: 32. 7 cm (12.8 i n) ■ Weight: 1.7 kg (3.7 4 lb) Envir onmenta l Requir ements Ope rati ng Temper ature ■ 0° to 40° C (32° to 104° F) Operat ing Humidi ty ■ 10 to 90% relat ive[...]

98 A PPENDIX A: ATM S WITCH FA/24 C ELL S W ITCHING M O DULE S PECIFICATIONS Power Suppl y AC Li ne Frequ ency ■ 47 to 63 Hz Input Voltag e Options ■ 110/220 Vol t Auto sel ectab le Curr ent Rati ng ■ 5/2 .8 am ps t ypica l Redunda ncy (opt ional ) ■ dual pow er s uppli es Standar ds sup ported SNMP ■ MIB II (R FC 1213) ■ AToM MI B (RF [...]

99 CoreBui lder Ma nagement an d Inte rfa ce Connec tors Manage ment ■ Manage ment - RJ-45 - Stan dard Ethe rne t con nector ■ Servi ce - RS -232 - 9 pi n D-type-s tandar d DCE . ■ Control - RS-232 - 9 pin D-ty pe standa rd DCE. Inte rfaces ■ ATM po rt OC- 3-SC c onnect or M ultimo de fi ber ■ ATM port OC-3- SC conne ctor Singlem ode fib [...]

100 A PPENDI X A: ATM S WITCH FA/24 C ELL S W ITCHING M ODULE S PECIFICATIONS[...]

B S AFETY I N FORMA TION This ap pendix con tai ns safety inform ation ab out the Cor eBuild er ® 7000 fami ly A TM switch F A/24 Cell Swi tching Module , inclu ding: ■ Gui delines for avoi ding bodily harm. ■ G ui del ine s f or a v oi di ng eq ui pme nt da mag e. Bod ily H ar m T o avoi d bodily harm a s well as p ossible damage to your C or[...]

102 A PPENDI X B: S AFETY I NFORMATION 3Com recom men ds tha t you do not look i nto t he L aser w h ile it is powered o n, e ith er b y the n aked ey e or t hrough any magn ifying devic e. Class 1 l aser p r o ducts include ■ A TM Sing le M o de Int erf ace (O C-3, O C12) ■ 8-Por t Boar d A TM In terface Module ■ 4-Por t Boar d A TM In terfa[...]

Schäden am Gerät 103 ■ When ha ndling replac ement par ts, 3Com recom me nd s tha t you alway s use a wr ist st rap co nne c ted to a proper ground. T his h e lps prevent t he pa rt from bein g d amage d b y ele ctrostatic disc harg e. Additi onall y , whe n not in use , the m odu le sh ould be st ored in an anti stat ic bag . ■ Cover eve ry [...]

104 A PPENDI X B: S AFETY I NFORMATION[...]

C S ITE R EQU IR E MENT S This ap pendix ad dr esses th e variou s r equir ements to be met when pr eparin g the CoreBu ilder ® 7000 family A TM switch site. This incl udes the f ollowin g elements: ■ Perf ormi ng all nec essary p lan ning, ordering , inst alling, and maint enanc e. ■ When r equir ed, contactin g the appr opriat e facili tie s[...]

106 A PPENDI X C: S ITE R EQUIREMENTS ■ Powe r requiremen ts: 115- V olt s AC p ower , 15 -Am p servi ce r ec eptac les, type N5/1 5 or NE MA 5 -15 R (for U.S.) o r 220 V olts AC f or Europe. Th er ma l Recom menda tions This se c tions cont ain s reco mmen dation s f or ha ndli ng t he h e at gener ated by th e CoreBui lder 700 0 fam ily A T M s[...]

Distr ibution Rac k Requir ements 107 ■ Ensure t hat all wiring cl oset s have d oor s wi th l ocks to preve nt un aut hor ize d acce ss. ■ Pr o vide ad equate over head li ghting in the wiri ng close t for easy maint enanc e. ■ Ensure tha t eac h wiring close t ha s a su itable ground. All m etal r acks, enclosu res, boxe s, and race wa y s [...]

108 A PPENDI X C: S ITE R EQUIREMENTS ■ Use an open s tyle, 19- inch rac k. The rack st yles shown in Fig ur e 16 faci litate eas y main tenance and pr ovid e excell ent ventilat ion. ■ The r ack sh ould use t he univer sal moun ting r ail hole pattern id entifi ed in IEC S tan dard 297. ■ The r ack sho ul d be m ade of st eel. ■ The r ack [...]

D C ABL I N G R E QUIR EME NTS This ap pend ix ad dresses many a spec ts of i nstallin g op tical fibe r ca bling t o suppor t the Co r eB uilde r ® 700 0 f amil y A TM switch env ironment . It also deals wi th mode m c abl es and Etherne t and cont rol cab les for manag em ent . The f oll owing t op ics a r e c ove r ed: ■ I nst all i ng N ew C[...]

110 A PPENDI X D: C ABLING R EQUIREMENTS ■ make chang es quickly ■ i solate fa u lts in the di stri butio n system Cons ult the c abl ing sy stem pl an t o set up t he c abl e lab eling a nd reco r d keepi ng system best suited to the enviro nment. Also consider t he following recom mend ations: ■ I dentify cables by sec ur ely att achi ng a [...]

ATM C ab ling 111 3Com su ppor ts mu lti-m ode f iber ( MMF -PMD ) 62.5 /12 5 µm and Ca tegory one ( 1) sing le m ode f ibe r (sho rt reach) (S MF -PM D). Whe n de cidi ng whet her to u se multi-mo de or singl e mo de f iber , de termine the m aximum inters tati on dista nc e (the distan ce from the Co r eBu ilder 7000 t o any poten tial en d stat[...]

112 A PPENDI X D: C ABLING R EQUIREMENTS Multi- m ode Fibe r Standa rds The MMF-PMD standar ds define the req uir ements fo r an A TM cab le plant to supp or t an in ters tation d ista nce of up t o 2 ki lometer s (1 .25 miles) of multi -mode fib er . The c ab le pl ant inc ludes a ll fiber op tic c om pon ents betwe en any two communicat ing A TM [...]

ATM C ab ling 113 *Maxim um attenuatio n includes c able atten uation and th e loss in duced by ot her c om pone nts such a s co nnec tors, sp lic es, and t he m a ting of unlik e fiber t ypes. A ltho ugh some 2 km c a ble pl ant s have a tot al atten uati on of less th an 11.0 dB, the 2 km inter stati on distan ce must be ma i n t a in ed t o c o [...]

114 A PPENDI X D: C ABLING R EQUIREMENTS Exam pl e Supp ose t hat a link c onsis ting of o ne k m o f 62.5 /125 fiber wi th a max imum att enuat ion r ating of 1.75 dB /k m is t ransm ittin g into o ne km of 50/ 125 fiber wi th a max imum atten uat ion r ating of 3 dB /k m. The fib ers are jo ined using a fusion s plice rated at 0.3 dB and the link[...]

ATM C ab ling 115 Becau s e th e resulting v a lue, 7.8 5, do e s no t ex cee d the m aximum atten uati on value , no adjust ments ar e needed in the t ypes of fib ers joined or how they ar e conne cted. T he link m eets all of th e speci ficat ions of the MMF-P MD. V erifyin g Modal Band widt h The bandwid th of an optical fiber is the lo w es t f[...]

116 A PPENDI X D: C ABLING R EQUIREMENTS bet ween any two com mu ni catin g A T M de vice s an d t heir c onn ect ors at each end. T o determine whe ther t he cable pl ant compl ies wit h the SMF-PMD standa r d , do the followi ng : 1 Compare the specif icatio ns of the fib er you ar e u sing to standar d specif ication s, as de scribe d in T abl e[...]

ATM C ab ling 117 * Maximum dist ances assu me cable wit h one splice every 2.2 km with 0.3 dB lo ss ea ch, an d wit h no pat ch panel s or me c hanical spli ces. ** Maxi mum a tt en ua ti on in cl ud es c abl e at t enu at io n an d t he lo ss in du ce d by ot her c om pone nts such a s co nnec tors, sp lic es, and t he m a ting of unlik e fiber t[...]

118 A PPENDI X D: C ABLING R EQUIREMENTS V erifyi ng Ma ximu m Attenuatio n fo r M ixed F ibers If you m i x Cat egory 1 a nd Catego ry 2 rece iver s and tra nsmit ters, use T able 30 to veri fy th e maximum atten uation f or each possi b le co mbina tio n. *This combinatio n is disper sion- limited r ather tha n loss-l imited. The expect ed maximu[...]

Etherne t Cabli ng 119 ■ Use two twis ted-pair s fo r each li nk. ■ Use t wiste d-pa ir wire that is 22-2 6 AWG (0.5 mi llim eter ) in dia met er . ■ Use tw isted- pai r wire w ith an impe d ance be twe en 8 5 a nd 115 ohm s. ■ M ake s u re t ha t t he m a xi mu m tw i st e d- p a ir l in k len gth fro m th e s yst em to any pot ent ial wor[...]

120 A PPENDI X D: C ABLING R EQUIREMENTS T able 32 correlat es th e cabl e pi nout s bet ween th e CoreBuil der 7000 a nd a 9-pin and 25-pin PC-A T seri al interf ace. Unspecif ied p i ns are unuse d. T able 33 correlat es cabl e pi nout s bet we en th e CoreBuil der 700 0 and a mode m int erface . T able 31 Serial Port Pi nout and Their F unctions[...]

Etherne t Cabli ng 121 T able 33 Cable Pinouts to a Modem Interface CoreBuil der 7000 Seri al Port 9-pin Male To Modem Port 25-pin Male Sc r ee n Shell Shell Sc re en Tx D 2 2 Rx D Rx D 3 3 Tx D RT S 8 4 CTS CTS 7 5 RTS DSR 4 6 DTR GND 5 7 GND RT S 1 8 DCD DTR 6 20 DS R[...]

122 A PPENDI X D: C ABLING R EQUIREMENTS[...]

E T ECHNI CAL S U PPO RT 3Com provide s ea sy ac cess t o te chn ical supp ort infor mat ion t hrough a vari ety of servic es. This ap pendi x describ es these s ervic es. Inform ation con tai ned in th is ap pend ix is correct at time of pu bl ication . For th e most r ecent info rmatio n, 3Com r eco mmen ds t hat you access th e 3Com Co rp orati [...]

124 A PPENDI X E: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT 3C om F TP S it e Down load drivers, p atches, s oftware, and MIB s across the Inter n et from the 3Com publi c F TP site . Thi s se rvice is av aila ble 24 hours a day , 7 day s a week. T o c o n ne ct to th e 3 Co m F T P si te , e n te r th e fo llo wi ng in fo rm a ti on in to your F TP client : ■ Hostnam[...]

Suppor t from Your Net work Suppl ier 125 Acce ss by Dig ita l M o de m ISDN users ca n dial in to th e 3Com BB S usi ng a digital mo dem for fa st access up t o 6 4 Kbp s. T o a ccess t he 3 Com BBS u s ing IS DN, ca ll the followi ng numbe r: 1 847 2 62 6000 3Com Fa cts Autom ated Fax Service The 3Com Fa cts automated f ax service pr ovides tec h[...]

126 A PPENDI X E: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT When you co ntac t 3Com f or a ssistance, ha ve t he f ollow ing inf orm atio n r eady: ■ Product m odel n ame, pa rt num ber , and se rial num be r ■ A list o f system hardwa re and so ftwa r e, inc luding revision leve ls ■ Diagno stic err or message s ■ Detail s abou t recen t conf igur ation ch ange[...]

Retu r ning Pr oducts for Repai r 127 Retu rni ng Products fo r Rep air Before you se nd a p roduct directly t o 3C om for repai r , you m ust first obtai n an a u thoriz ation n um ber . P r oduc ts sent to 3Com w ith out author iza tion num be rs will b e retur ne d to t he se nd er unope n ed, a t th e sender ’ s e xpe nse. T o obtain an au th[...]

128 A PPENDI X E: T ECHNICAL S UPPORT[...]

G LOSSARY A ABR Ava il a bl e B it R at e . A n A T M l aye r se rv ic e ca teg ory fo r w hi c h th e lim it in g A TM layer tr ansfer character istics pr ov ided by the netwo rk may chan ge subseq uent to co nne ction e stabli shm ent. addr ess pr efix A st ring of 0 o r more bi ts up to a maxi m um of 152 bits that is the l ead portio n of o ne [...]

130 G LOSSAR Y AT M Asyn chronous T ransfer Mode . A transf er m ethod use d for LA N and W AN. A TM c a rries voic e, vide o, and data a t spe eds up t o 2.2 Gbp s and can i ntegr ate ge ogra ph ically dist ant dispar ate ne tw orks. A lso c alled cell r elay . A TM A dap tation Layer (AAL ) A set of protoc ols th at tran slate use r tra f fi c fr[...]

G LOSSARY 131 C call An a sso ciation bet ween two or m ore use rs or betwee n a user and a networ k entity 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 nnec tion s . cell An A TM L aye r protocol da ta u nit (PD U) ch a rac terize d by f ixe d, rath er than v ariable , length payl oad[...]

132 G LOSSAR Y co nnecti o n- ori e nt ed communi c ation s A for m o f pa cket- switc hing t hat requires a prede fined ci r cui t from source to destination to be estab lished befor e data can be transf erre d . cr ankb ack A mechanism used b y A TM networks wh en a connecti on setup r equest is block ed . The pat h is roll ed bac k to a n inte r[...]

G LOSSARY 133 quali ty of se rvice c lass m akes use of exp licit f orward con ges tion in d i ca t io n. Eth ernet A CSMA/C D, 10 M bps , local area da ta n etwo rk, d eve lope d by Xerox Corpor atio n. It is one o f the most po pular base band LANs in use. ELA N name The name assi gned an ELAN (Emulate d Local Area Net wo rk) . ESI End System Ide[...]

134 G LOSSAR Y IEEE 802 .1D IEEE s tandar d fo r bridg ing. IFC Com municati ons Inte rfac e ca rd comm unic ations is the com mun ication s prot ocol bet ween the swi tch car d and the in stalled interfac e car ds. in-ban d T ransmi ssion o f auxi liary i nfor matio n, e.g ., m anage men t m essage s ove r the med ia also use d by the sy stem user[...]

G LOSSARY 135 LE CS LAN E mulat ion Co nfig urati on Ser ver . This i s the set of f unction s tha t provid es an edg e de vice wit h i nfor mat ion rega rding t he loc a tion of th e other LAN E mulatio n Ser vices, that i s LES and B US. LES LAN Emulati o n Server pr ovides ad dr ess r esolu tion for th e LECs wit hin an Emula ted LAN. A n LES r [...]

136 G LOSSAR Y M M axCR M aximu m Cell Rate. This is t he maximum capac ity usable by conne cti ons belongi ng to t he spec ifi ed ser vice c atego ry . MIB Mana gemen t Infor mat ion B ase. A data base of net wor k mana g ement inform ation that d escribe s the spe cifics of indi vidu al ne two rk co mpo ne nt s. mu ltica sting The trans mit opera[...]

G LOSSARY 137 out -of- band T ransmission o f auxiliary informat ion e.g ., mana gemen t me ssages, ov er a medi um other th an that u sed by th e syst em users. P pe e r gr ou p A set of logi cal no des w h ich are group ed for purpo se s of creating a r o uti ng hierar c hy . PTSEs ar e exchang ed among all members of th e group. pee r g ro up l [...]

138 G LOSSAR Y Qu ality o f Se rvice (QoS ) metrics Param eters th at are defin ed by the networ k manager and i nclude inform ation on ba ndwi dth, gua rant eed cell delay , j it ter , and other perf ormance o ptions av ailabl e for esta b lishi ng a new A TM connecti on. R reachab ility info rmatio n A list of reacha ble addres ses for any o ne n[...]

G LOSSARY 139 SVC Switch ed V irtua l Co nnec tion. A sta ndard sig naling prot ocol that autom atical ly defi nes connec tion s as they ar e needed, and discar d s th e m w h en co mpl e te. switc h ed virtu al LAN A l ogi cal net work con s ist i ng o f seve ral d if fer e nt LAN Emu lat ion dom ains co nt r o lled throu gh an i ntellig ent manag[...]

140 G LOSSAR Y A TM For um UNI do cum ent s. The st anda rd adopt ed by the A TM Forum to defi ne connec tions bet ween users or end stations an d a local swi tch. V VBR V ari ab le Bi t Ra te . An A T M Fo ru m d efi ne d s e rv ice ca teg ory w hi c h sup ports var iable bit r ate data traf fic with av erage and peak t raff ic para m ete rs. VC V[...]

I NDEX 141 I NDEX Numbers 10Base- T cablin g 118 25-pi n se rial in terfa ce 12 0 3Com bull etin board service (3Com BBS) 124 3Com Kno wledgeba s e W eb Serv ices 123 3Com URL 123 3ComF acts 125 4- port i nterf ace car d inst alli ng 43 LED s 52 power consumpt io n 87 8- port i nterf ace car d power consumpt io n 87 9-pi n seri al int erfa ce 120 A[...]

142 I NDEX sing le mod e fibe r speci fic ations 117 cate gor y 2 accep table c able pl an ts 118 sing le mod e fibe r speci fic ations 117 changi ng UNI ve r sion 73 coa xia l c abl e 118 DS- 3 in terf ace 41 comp aring f iber to spec ific atio ns sing le-mode f iber 116 comp onents en closur e 17 fan 1 8 gener a l 16 inte rface modul e 18 powe r [...]

I NDEX 143 E-3 dau ght er c ard 42 E-II SP 61 inte rface ty pe 65 loopi ng 135 upgradi ng to PN NI 83 enabl e LEC S 62 LE S 62 enclo sur e 17 envir onmental req uir ements 97 sa fety 10 5 speci fic ations 105 equipme nt dama ge 102 Ethernet ca bling 118 Ethernet port confi gurin g 57 connec t ing t o 46 F fa n tray repl ac in g 4 4 fa ns genera l 1[...]

144 I NDEX IISP 6 5 PNNI 65 UNI 65 inve ntory 22 K körpe r lic he schäd en 102 L labe ling c ables 109 L AN em u l at i on confi gurat ion 6 2 typi cal c lient confi gurat ion 67 LAN E red undancy 39 NMS- based se tup 38 LE CS en ablin g 62 LECS add ress confi guri ng 62 LE D acti ve 49 fail 4 9 powe r 49 syst em st atus 49 LED in dicat ors 49 4-[...]

I NDEX 145 P peer gr oup 62 physi cal di mens ions 97 ph ysic a l lay er stat istics 74 Physi cal M edium Dep enden t laye r multi -mode fi ber 110 singl e mod e fiber 110 pinout s for ser ial p ort 119 pluggi ng in t he unit 48 PMD se e Physi cal Medi um Depe nden t laye r PNNI 61 inte rface ty pe 65 leve l indi cator 135 node le vel 62 pa ra me t[...]

146 I NDEX OC-3 41 sing le-I P mode 75, 77 sing le-mode f i ber comp aring f iber to spec ific atio ns 116 stand ards 110, 115 si te req u ire me n ts cabl ing cons i dera tions 106 dist ribut ion r ack r equir e ments 107 sof tw a re loa din g 5 1 speci fic ations 97 ambi ent ai r tempe rature 105 cate gor y 1 si ngle m ode fi ber 117 cate gor y 2[...]

I NDEX 147 se tup 39 vir tual L AN cha s si s- w id e 57 confi gurin g 68 vorsi chts maßnah men 24 W wiri ng clos et co nsider ation s 106 te mperatu re 106 venti lat ion 106 Wo rld Wide Web (WWW) 123[...]

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3Com C orpor ation L IMITED W ARRANTY The du ration of t he warr anty f or the Co reBuild er 7000/ 7000HD C hassis and Sw itch E ngine is: Enhanced One- year Limited -— retur n to factory fo r free repair . One year w arrant y with 90 day s of Advan ce Har dware Rep lacemen t service, s ubject to ava ilab ility. The dur atio n of the war ranty fo[...]

(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 pr oduct, but may be delayed due to export or i mp ort procedures. When an a dva nce replacement is provided and Customer f ail s to return the defective pro[...]