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    Octal V .35 - 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 .35-10/100 RIOP Installation Guide, V ersion 1.0 Copyright© 1999, Compatible Systems C orporation All rights reserved. VSR, VSR-2, MicroRouter and CompatiV iew are trademarks of Compatible Systems Corporation. Other trademarks are the proper ty of their respective holders. FCC Notice: This product has been certified to comply with the limi[...]

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    T able of Contents i Introd uction to t he Oc tal V. 35- 10 /100 RIOP 1 Chapter 1 - Network Installation 2 Connec ting t he Oc ta l V.35 -10/ 10 0 to th e Ethe rnet 2 Telco Li ne Conne ction Req uiremen ts 3 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 In[...]

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    T able of Contents ii Required for IP Unn umbered Interface 8 Suggested fo r IP 9 IPX Pr otoc ol 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 rotoc ol 10 Required for DECnet 10 SMDS Co nf igur at io n 10 Link Co nfigur ation 10 SMDS Addressing 10 S AVIN G A C ONFI[...]

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    Introduction to the Octal V .35-10/100 RIOP 1 Introduction to the Octal V .35-10/100 RIOP The Octa l V .35-10/100 R outing In put/Outpu t Proces sor (RIOP ), as part of the VSR mu ltigi- gabit switching router , allows you to connect a local Ethernet and up to eight remote corpo rate networks. Ea ch of the V .35 interfaces h as a data capacity of u[...]

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    Chapter 1 - Network Instal lation 2 Chapter 1 - Network Installation Octal V .35-10/100 RIOP Front Panel This section of the manual w ill help you install the Octal V .35-10/1 00 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 eq[...]

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    Chapter 1 - Network Instal lation 3 T elco Line Co nnection Requir ements The Octal V .35-10/100 is not a line commun ications device. In order to conn ect each V .35 port to a wide area tr ansmission line, yo u must use a 56K CSU/DSU, ISDN T erminal Adapter , or T1/E1 CSU/D SU. Whic h of these dev ices you use depends on t he type of t elco line y[...]

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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 -10/100 RIOP as pa rt of you r VSR mul tigigabit switching r outer . Detailed information on the meaning of the router ’ s parameters is provide d in the Compa-[...]

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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 information, routing can take place. • Set IP RIP 1, I P RIP 2 or OSP F (Open Shortes t Path First) • IP static routes CV : Use the TCP/ IP Routi ng: Eth ernet 0 Dialog Box to set[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 6 In CompatiV iew you must set a global p arameter and a port-specific p arameter . Suggested fo r DECnet Setting the parameters abo ve s hou ld be adequ ate for most installations . W AN Interface Configuration The default setting for all W AN interfaces on your Octal V .35-10/100 RIOP is Off for all protocols [...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 7 ured using text-b ased configuration. TB : Use configure and set either the R IPV ersion keyword or the OSPFEnabl ed keyw ord in the IP W AN 0 (and/or a ny other p ort you wish to confi gure) sectio n. Add st atic rout es and a default router using the edit config IP Static command. v No te: Due to the complex[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 8 W AN Link Configur ation Required for Dedicated Line Operation Frame Rel ay i s pr esen tly sup po rt ed i n the Oc t al V .35-10/100 RIOP only via synchro nou s d edi- cated line operation. • Set Dedicated connection • Set Frame Relay connection CV : Use the Link C onfigurati on: W AN Dial og Box. TB : Us[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 9 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 information, routing can take place. • Set IP RI P 1, IP RIP 2, OSPF (Open Shortes t Path F irst) or BGP (Bo rder Gate way Proto col) • IP static routes CV : Use the TCP/ IP Ro ut[...]

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    Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 10 TB : Use config ur e and set ke ywords i n the AppleT alk W AN 0 (and/or any other port you wish to configure) section. DECnet Protocol Required for DE Cnet In order t o be used, D ECnet must be turned on both globally and fo r a parti cular port. W AN interfaces which are s et for Frame Relay operation do no[...]

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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, nonseedi ng • 802. 2 SNAP [...]

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    Chapt er 4 - LED Pat terns 12 Chapter 4 - LED Patterns Some of the LEDs on the front of the VSR multig igabit switching router serve dual functions. In addition to i ndicating certain ro uter-wide o perating conditions, they may als o display port- specific information. v Note : Any continuo us flashi ng pattern not noted in this chapter may be cau[...]

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    Appendix A - Connector and Cable Pin Outs 13 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 interfa ce 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 o[...]