Chapter 5 Managing Physical Ports

Table 5.1

Output from the pport show command

 

 

 

Field

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

VPI Range

 

The VPI range assigned to a physical port.

 

 

 

VPC VPI

 

The VPC VPI range used for VPCs (Virtual Path Connections).

Range

 

 

 

 

 

VCI Range

 

The VCI range assigned to a physical port.

 

 

 

Cell Mode

 

The empty cell generation mode for a physical port. This can be

 

 

either Idle or Unassigned. The default setting is Unassigned.

 

 

 

Payload

 

The payload scrambling mode for a physical port. This can be

Scrambling

 

enabled or disabled. The default setting is set to On.

 

 

Media Type

The media type for a physical port.

 

 

MMF (Multi-Mode Fiber) cable.

 

 

SMF (Single-Mode Fiber) cable.

 

 

UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cable.

 

 

Coaxial (BNC) cable.

 

 

Media Mode

The Media Mode shows the status of the physical port, which is

 

 

normally UP.

 

 

Last Change

The Last Change shows the time when the port entered it’s

 

 

current state. The time format dd:hh:mm:ss:ds

 

 

 

Cell

 

The Cell Mapping shows the mapping mode used for the

Mapping

 

transport of ATM cells over DS3. The Mapping mode is either

(DS3 only)

 

ADM (ATM Direct Mapping) or PLCP (Physical Layer

 

 

Convergence Protocol). The default setting is ADM.

 

 

 

Line Code

 

The supported Line Code is always B8ZS.

(DS3 only)

 

 

 

 

 

Cable

 

The BNC coaxial cable length can be either 0-225 feet or

Length

 

225-450 feet. The default setting is 225-450 feet.

(DS3 only)

 

 

 

 

 

Tx Clock

 

The transmit clock source is either local (derives the clock

(DS3 only)

 

internally), or loop (derives the clock from the received signal).

 

 

The default setting is local.

 

 

 

Loopback

 

Loopback is either line loopback (the receiver loops back the

(DS3 only)

 

received line signal), or payload loopback (the receiver loops

 

 

back the received payload), or none. The default setting is none.

 

 

 

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