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Compatible Systems OCTAL V.35 manual

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    Octal V .35 - Quad 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 V .35-Quad 10/100 R IOP Instal lation Guid e, 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 Corporation. Other trademarks are the p roperty of their respective holders. FCC Notice: This product has been cer tified to comply [...]

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    T able of Contents i Introd uction to the Oc tal V. 35-Quad 10/100 RIOP 1 Chapter 1 - Network Installation 2 Connecting the Octal V. 35-Quad 10/100 t o the Ethe rnet 2 Telco Li ne Conne ction R equiremen ts 2 Connecting a Line Device to the V.35 Interfa ces 3 Conne cting a M anagem ent Co nsole 3 Power ing Up th e Ro uter 3 Chapter 2 - Quickstart I[...]

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    T able of Contents ii IP Prot ocol 9 Required for IP Numbere d Interface 9 Suggested fo r IP 9 IPX Pr oto col 10 Required for IPX 10 Suggested fo r IPX 10 Apple Talk Prot ocol 10 Requ ire d for Appl eT al k 10 Suggested fo r AppleTalk 10 DECnet P rotoc ol 10 Required for DECnet 10 SMDS Co nf igur at io n 11 Link Co nfigur ation 11 SMDS Addressing 1[...]

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    Introduction to the Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 RIOP 1 Introduction to the Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 RIOP The Octa l V .35-Qu ad 10/100 Routi ng Input/ Output Pro cessor (R IOP), as part of the VSR multigigabit switching r outer , allows you to connect up to fou r local Ethernets and up to eight remote corpor ate networks. Each of the V .35 in terfaces h[...]

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    Chapter 1 - Network Instal lation 2 Chapter 1 - Network Installation Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 RIOP Front Panel This section of the manual will help you in stall the Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 RIOP to connect up to four local Ether nets and up to eight r emote corpo rate networks . These c onnections can be made to other Compat ible Syst ems devices o r[...]

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    Chapter 1 - Network Instal lation 3 The Octal V .35 -Qua d 10 /10 0 RIOP is ship ped with two “ Quad ” cables. These cables have a single V ery High Dens ity D-Sub connector wh ich plugs into o ne of the Quad V .35 interface ports on the front of the device and then divides into four sepa rate High Dens ity D-S ub ( HD D-Sub) female interface c[...]

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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 V .35-Quad 10/100 RIO P as par t of your V SR multigig abit switchi ng rout er . Detailed information on the meaning of the router ’ s parameters is provide d in the [...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 5 Suggested fo r IP These parameters h elp supply infor mation about the segmen t that the interface is conn ected to. W ith this info rmation, routing can take place. • Set IP RIP 1, I P RIP 2 or OSP F (Open Sh ortes t Path Fi rst) • IP static routes CV : Use the TCP/IP Routi ng: Eth e rnet Dialo g Box to s[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 6 DECnet Protocol Required for DE Cnet The router ’ s ship ping conf iguratio n does not have DEC net turned o n. In order to b e used, DECnet must be turn ed on both glo bally and for a pa rticular port. • Set DECnet o n (globall y , and fo r this port) • Set DECnet area • Set DECn et node CV : Use the [...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 7 IP Protoc ol Required fo r IP W AN interfaces which are set for PPP operation do not ge nerally use an IP ad dress. They ar e set to act as an “ unn umbered in terface. ” In this mo de of operation, there are no required settings. Suggested fo r IP These parameters h elp supply infor mation about the segme[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 8 In CompatiV iew yo u must set a global parameter and a port-specific parameter . Suggested fo r DECnet Setting the parameters abo ve s hou ld be adequ ate for most installations . Frame Relay Configuration This section covers the settings requ ire d for Fram e Relay oper atio n of the V .3 5 W AN inter- faces.[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 9 IP Protoc ol There are two ways to set up Frame Relay . One is to s et the W AN interface as a “ numb ered interface. ” This means that the in terface (and thus the Frame Relay network) will have an IP address, subnet mask, etc. The o ther is to set it as an unnumbered interface and specify that the link i[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 10 IPX Pr otoco l Required fo r IPX Frame Relay operation requ ires that the W AN interface be set as a “ numbered interface. ” This means that the inter face (and thus the Frame Relay ne twork) mus t have an IPX network numb er . • IPX numbered interface • IPX ne twor k nu m ber CV : Use the IPX Routing[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 1 1 SMDS Configur ation This section covers the settings require d for SMDS (Switch ed Multi-megabit Data Service) operation of the V .35 W AN interfaces (IP on ly). SMDS is a connectionless, pack et-switched service that of fers LAN-to- LAN connectivity across a wide area at up to 1.544 Mb ps. SMDS addresses an[...]

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    Chapter 3 - Shipping Def aults 12 Chapter 3 - Shipping Defaults Ethernet Interfaces IP Routing Defa ults • Off, all in terfaces IP Bridging Defaults • On, all interfaces • 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 , autoseeding, all interfa[...]

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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 o perating conditions, they may also display port-specifi c informat ion. v Note : Any continuo us flashi ng pattern not not ed in this chapter may be cau[...]

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    Appendix A - Connector and Cable Pin Outs 14 Appendix A - Connector and Cable Pin Outs Pin Outs for HD D-Sub Male to V .35 Male Cable 1 Unused by the V .35 interface circuitry . 2 Receive Line Signal Detect (RLSD) must be asserted b y the CSU/DSU when the W AN line is operational. The CSU/DS U should be configured to have (RLSD) follow the state of[...]