Chapter 1 Introduction
4 Avaya M770 ATM Switch User’s Guide
Software Features
• ATM Forum PNNI (Private Network-Network Interface) protocol for routing
within large ATM networks
• Support for ATM Forum hierarchical PNNI, including all 4 base subsets of
configurations:
— Mimimum function (single peer group)
—Boarder node
— PGL/LGN
— Boarder with LGN peer support.
• Support for optional ATM Forum PNNI features:
— Exterior addresses
— Alternate routing
— ATM traffic descriptors negotiating.
• ATM Forum IISP (Interim Inter-switch Signalling Protocol) for signalling
between switches and static routing across the ATM network
• ATM Forum ILMI, UNI 3.0, UNI 3.1and UNI 4.0 signalling, selectable on a per-
port basis, supporting point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Virtual Circuits
• Translation between UNI 3.0, UNI 3.1 and UNI 4.0 signalling
• Statistics for each Virtual Channel
• Virtual ports for Virtual Path (VP) tunnelling
• Virtual Path (VP) Switching capability (both PVP and SVP)
• Centralized PVC configuration
• Point-to-Multipoint PVCs
• Up to 1K of PVCs per module
• SNMP Network Management using LANE Client
• Command line Interface (CLI) management available remotely by using Telnet
and/or directly by using the serial RS-232 port on the module front panel.
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) for software and configuration download
and for configuration uploads (stores the configuration in a server)
• Full LAN Emulation (LANE) suite consisting of a LECS (LAN Emulation
Configuration Server), a combined LES (LAN Emulation Server) and BUS
(Broadcast Unknown Server), and a management LEC (LAN Emulation Client)
• ATM Forum LUNI 2.0 protocol
• Proprietary Resilient LECS
• Proprietary Resilient and Distributed LAN Emulation Services
• Multiple LES/BUS per module (up to 16)
• LECS support of multiple ELANs (up to 64)
• LECS ELAN client mapping (for secure ELANs)
• Efficient Point-to-Multipoint support using a minimal duplication scheme
(patented)
• Up to 1K Point-to-Multipoint roots per module