Using the SuperStack NETBuilder SI Bridge/Router
 Electromagnetic Compatibility Information
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 Contents
 Mounting Kit Installing on a Tabletop
Isdn U
 Setting Up Security
Configuring Serial Ports with DTEs Where to Go From Here
Paths, Ports, and Virtual Ports Paths and Ports
Multiple Static Paths per Port Virtual Ports
 Configuring Bridging and Routing
Configuring X.25 Scenario 1 Multiple Destinations, Nonmeshed
 Using the Monitor Utility 121 Boot Configure Flash Load 122
113 Dialing the Same Phone Number Multiple Times
116
122 Display Files Dump
 148 Verifying the Memory Dump Procedure 149
Reloading the Software Load Errors
125 LAN LEDs
143
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180
 194
Ordering Dutch Isdn BRI Services 195
RS-530 DTE Cable Pinouts
 About this Guide
Conventions
List conventions that are used throughout this guide
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Compliance
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Text Conventions
 Features and Specifications
Features
Features of the SuperStack II NETBuilder SI Bridge/Router
Feature Description
 Back and Front
Panels
 Model
 DIP Switches
Front panel and are for 3Com use only
 Requirements
Reset Button
Serial Device
 Features and Specifications
 Using the BRIDGE/ROUTER Your Network
Using Ethernet LAN
Overview
Ports
 Using the BRIDGE/ROUTER in Your Network
 Telco Services
 Packet-Switched Services
Using PPP on Dial-Up and Leased Lines
Using Packet-Switched Network Services
 Telco Services
 Using the BRIDGE/ROUTER in Your Network
 Installing the Hardware
Required
Equipment
Bridge/router
 Environmental
For more information on cables, see Appendix D
Provides the environmental requirements of the SuperStack
Bridge/routers
 Brackets, or mount the bridge/router in a rack
Mounting
Bridge/Router
 Brackets
Stacking Bridge/Routers
 Mounting the Bridge/Router
 Connectors
Cabling
Following WAN ports Isdn S/T 43x and 53x, Isdn U 44x
Functional
 Model 44x and 54x Isdn U
Connector Model 43x and 53x Isdn S/T
Models 44x and 54x bridge/routers have an Isdn U connector
 Model 46x and 56x T1/FT1
T1/FT1 Telco port uses an RJ-48 connector
Model 45x and 54x 56/64K CSU/DSU
 Model
 Redundant Power
Redundant Power System RPS
Attaching a
System
 Power switch
Characteristic Setting
Shutting Down
Turn on the device
 Installing the Hardware
 Cover
Installing or Removing AN Interface Module
Removing
 Remove the cover
 Removing an
Existing Module
Model
These steps
 Reinstall the cover and the cover screws
 Remove the screw from the standoff if necessary
Move the jumper to the right-hand set of pins
Module Model
 Insert the new module
 Removing an
 Front panel Move the jumper to Left-hand set of pins
 Installing a New
5xx
Steps
Remove the screw from the standoff if necessary
 Front panel Connectors
 Installing a New Module Model 5xx
 Installing or Removing AN Interface Module
 Logging on and Performing Administrative Tasks
Administrative Task Summary
Turning on
Other end to the RPS
 LED Status at Successful Startup
Status
 Attaching a Console
Logging on to
 Logging on and Performing Administrative Tasks
 If you have not selected a particular service, enter
To use the command-line interface, follow these steps
To use the menu-driven interface, follow these steps
Interface
 For more information on syntax, see Appendix C
 Password
Accessing and executing software commands and parameters
Changing the Root
Return key
 Default Console
Changing
Port Baud Rate
Adding User
 Information
Setting the Time and Date
Setting System
 DELete -SNMP COMmunity anycom ADD -SNMP COMmunity anycom RO
 Basic Configuration of Ports Paths
Relationship Between Physical Paths and Logical Ports
 Port and Path Options
Option Description
 Topologies that Require Virtual Ports
Node That Virtual Ports
 Virtual Ports over Frame Relay
 Protocol Technique
Virtual Ports over PPP
Connectivity in Partially Meshed and Nonmeshed Topologies
 Parent Ports for Frame Relay
 Path and Port
Numbering
SuperStack II bridge/router
Path and Port Numbering for Model 43x , 44x, 53x,
 Configuring Ethernet Paths Ports
Configuring Isdn
On the WAN Port
43x, 44x, 53x,
 Configuring Isdn Europe, Australia Asia
 Isdn Switch Types Supported
SwitchType Setting Country or Region
 Example
Toggle the respective paths by entering
 Configuring the T1/FT1 RJ-48 Telco Port Model 46x
Re-enable the path by entering
Configuring the 56/64 Kbps CSU/DSU WAN Port Model 45x
 Re-enable the path using
Set the baud rate 56 or 64 kbps for the DS0 channel using
Set the path clock using
 Set the owner of the serial port using
Line type leased
 Where to Go From
Here
Routing
Port and path configuration
 Basic Configuration of Ports and Paths
 Bandwidth Management Feature Description
Advanced Configuration Ports and Paths
Bandwidth Management Features for Dial-Up Lines
 Isdn on the WAN Port 43x, 44x, 53x
 Scenario 1 Using Each B Channel Separately
Start here
 Scenario 2 Using Both B Channels Together
Scenario 3 Connecting to Multiple Destinations
 Call
 Berkeley
 Multiple destinations connect with a dial pool
 128 K 28.8 K
Scenario 1 Single Destination per Port
 PaloAlto
Scenario 2 Multiple Destinations
 Andover Princeton
 Set the normal bandwidth if required using
Management for PPP Setting Normal Bandwidth
Kbps. Show the normal bandwidth for a port using
 Enabling Dial-On-Demand
Using Manual Dial
Place the call using
 Configuring Bandwidth-On-Demand
 Configuring Disaster Recovery
Enable disaster recovery using
Configure the back-up line for disaster recovery only using
Configure the dial number list for the back-up line using
 Site B Site C
Configuring Frame Relay
 Port !5 path
 Traffic from one site to another over the same parent port
 Site a
 Configuring X.25
 311041501111
 Configure other protocols, see Using Enterprise OS Software
See to configure bridging, IP routing, and IPX routing. To
 Advanced Configuration of Ports and Paths
 Configuring Bridging Routing
 To enable bridging, enter
Configuring IP Routing
 Enable IP routing by entering
IP Routing
 To delete a static route, use
Routing Between Gateways
 Subnet Masks
Adding a Route Statically in a Subnet Masked Environment
 To enable Ospf on a specified port, use
Override Option
 Ospf over Dial-On-Demand Dial-Up Lines
Using a Static Route
Using Ospf
 SHow -IP NETaddr
 Configuring IPX
Routing
 Defining a Default Route
 To provide a name for your path and port, use
Customizing Your Software
Naming Paths and Ports
 Module Autobaud Feature
 Working with Dial
Number Lists
 Phone number is case-sensitive and must be matched exactly
 Using Statistics on
56/64 Kbps
CSU/DSU Port
45x
 Using Statistics on the T1/FT1 RJ-48 Telco Port 46x
Network Statistics
 Displays similar to the following will appear
 Display similar to the following appears
Displays similar to the following appear when you enter
Statistics
 Show all T1/FT1 parameters configured using
Configuring Data
Compression
T1/FT1 Parameter
 Customizing Your Software
 Troubleshooting
Using the Monitor
Boot
Utility
 Configure Flash Load
Clear Eeprom
Display Files
Dump
 Repeat Last Command
Reset
Flash Load
Help
 Normal LED
Meanings
Bridge/router LEDs
System LEDs The following figure describes the system LEDs
 WAN
LAN LEDs The following figure describes the LAN LEDs
 Meaning file system is empty Action
Meaning
Action Reload the software. See Appendix B
Reload the software. See Appendix B
 Default path is
Image names do not match
Action Follow these steps At the monitor prompt, enter
Meaning File too large Action
 Meaning Unspecified fatal error Action
Meaning File read or decompression error Action
Meaning File checksum error Action
 Meaning Unable to transmit Bootp request Action
Configuration and verify the media access control MAC
Connected correctly to the Ethernet network
Be present or is incorrectly configured
 Power off and then on again to retry the system software
Be incorrectly configured
Configured
Load. If the load is unsuccessful, contact your network
 Contact your network supplier
Phase
Eeprom checksum test failed
 WAN
 Performing
Loopback Tests
 Configure the ports for loopback testing by entering
To dial path 3.1 from path 3.2, enter
 Start the DLtest using
Stop the DLTest by entering
Disconnect the call by entering
Change the port owner from loopback to PPP by entering
 To stop the loopback test, enter
To disable V.54 detection, enter
Start the loopback test by entering
 Select the loopback test mode by entering
CSU/DSU Port 55x bridge/router 45x
Performed
Set the owner of the WAN port to loopback by entering
 Specify the number of seconds that the test should run using
Stop the loopback test by entering
 Enable the port by entering
To turn on autobaud, enter
 Start remote loopback test using
To start the remote CSU loopback test on path 2, enter
To start the remote DSU loopback test on path 2, enter
To view the status of the loopback test in progress, enter
 T1/FT1 Port 56x bridge/router
46x
 Reenable the WAN port by entering
Enable V.54 signal detection by entering
T1/FT1 Port
Supports ATT
 On the T1/FT1 Port
 Performing a Loopback Test on a Serial Port
Start the serial loopback test by entering
 Memory Dump
Stop the serial loopback test by entering
 Select Dump Destination Following options are available
 SysInfo
 See the Unix system documentation if you have any problems
To create a memory dump file, follow these steps
 System responds with the following information
 Appendix a Troubleshooting
 Software
Reloading the System B Software
Reloading
 Load Errors
 Syntax Conventions
Full Form Syntax
 Symbols
Command syntax. These symbols are summarized in Table
Command Syntax Symbols
SymbolDescription
 Examples
Full
Abbreviated Syntax
 Command Syntax
Variations
 Using Aliases
Service Names
Command Lines
Entering
 Command History
Substitution
 Privilege Level
ISDN-Related
Syntax Variation
Models 43x
 Getting Help
Asterisk, for example
With different options as described in Table
Online Help Syntax Summary
 SYS?
 Appendix C Syntax Conventions
 Connectors and Cables
Console Connector
Cables
PC Cable
 Pin to 25-pin Terminal Cable Null Modem-Type
 LAN Connector
Ethernet Connector
Either 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX cabling
To full router software, the second port will be functional
 Cabling Standards
Creating a Valid Network
Cable Support and Emissions Compliance
Emissions Compliance
 Shows examples of collision domain diameters
 For expanded guidelines, refer to the Ieee Standard
Collision Domain Diameter with No Repeater
 Collision Domain Diameter with Two Repeaters
 Maximum Cable Length in Example Collision Domain Diameters
 Shows the pin assignments of the Isdn S/T cable
 Shows the pinouts of the Isdn U cable
 CSU/DSU Cable
 Serial Connectors Flex-WAN Cables
RJ-48S male shielded Name Abbr
 Connecting the Bridge/Router to a DTE Using a DCE Cable
 10 ft
Flex-WAN Cables
Cable Length Cable Type Part Number Pinouts
 Pinouts
RS-232 DTE Cable Pinouts
 Flex-WAN and RS-232 DCE Connectors
Flex-WAN Connector Signal Pin Direction Twisted Pair
 Flex-WAN and V.35 DTE Connectors
35 DTE Cable Pinouts
 Flex-WAN and V.35 DCE Connectors
35 DCE Cable Pinouts
 Flex-WAN and X.21 DTE Connectors
21 DTE Cable Pinouts
 Flex-WAN and X.21 DCE Connectors
21 DCE Cable Pinouts
 Flex-WAN and RS-449 DTE Connectors
RS-449 DTE Cable Pinouts
 Flex-WAN and RS-449 DCE Connectors
 Flex-WAN and RS-530 DTE Connectors
RS-449 DCE Cable Pinouts
 Flex-WAN Connector RS-530 DTE Connector Signal Pin Direction
 Canadian Isdn BRI Services
Provisioning Your Isdn Line
 Isdn Switch Type
AT&T 5ESS NI1
 AT&T 5ESS Switch
Ordering Isdn Service for an AT&T 5ESS Switch
AT&T 5ESS Custom DMS 100 and National Isdn Siemens Ewsd
189
 DN must be set as follows Parameter Setting
AT&T 5ESS Custom Switch
Required Information Specification
 191
Ordering Isdn Service for a DMS 100 Switch
DMS 100 and National Isdn
 Siemens Ewsd Switch
Ordering Isdn Service for a Siemens Ewsd Switch
 NT1s and Power Supplies
 Isdn BRI Services
 Ordering Dutch
 Appendix E Provisioning Your Isdn Line
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