Table of Contents

5

Virtual Ports and Static Connections

. . . . . . .5-1

5.1

PVC Connections

. . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5.1.1

Point-to-Point PVCs

. . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5.1.2

Point-to-Multipoint PVCs

. . . . . . . . . . 5-2

5.1.3

Connecting to Local Switch Client Through a PVC

. . . . . . . . . . 5-4

5.2

PVP Connections

. . . . . . . . . . 5-5

5.2.1

Connecting PVPs

. . . . . . . . . . 5-7

5.3

Virtual Ports

. . . . . . . . . . 5-7

5.3.1

Creating Virtual Ports

. . . . . . . . . . 5-8

5.4

Soft PVC and PVP Connections

. . . . . . . . . 5-11

5.4.1

Soft PVC and Soft PVP differences

. . . . . . . . . 5-11

5.4.2

Making Soft PVC and PVP Connections

. . . . . . . . . 5-12

5.4.3

Creating a soft PVC

. . . . . . . . . 5-12

5.4.4

Creating a Soft PVP

. . . . . . . . . 5-15

6

Traffic Management

. . . . . . . 6-1

6.1

Traffic Management Capabilities

. . . . . . . . . . 6-1

6.1.1

Traffic Descriptors

. . . . . . . . . . 6-1

6.1.2

Call Admission Control Policy

. . . . . . . . . . 6-3

6.1.3

Queue Buffers

. . . . . . . . . . 6-5

6.1.4

EFCI, EPD, and RM Cell Marking

. . . . . . . . . . 6-7

7

Firmware Upgrades and Bootline Commands

. . . . . . . 7-1

7.1

Update Firmware Commands

. . . . . . . . . . 7-1

7.2

Bootline Commands

. . . . . . . . . . 7-2

7.2.1

Accessing the Bootline Prompt

. . . . . . . . . . 7-3

7.2.2

Bootline Commands Explanations

. . . . . . . . . . 7-4

7.2.3

Upgrading Boot Load firmware

. . . . . . . . . . 7-6

7.2.4

Upgrading POST Diagnostic firmware

. . . . . . . . . . 7-7

7.2.5

Upgrading Switch Operating firmware

. . . . . . . . . . 7-8

8

ATM Filtering and Clocking

. . . . . . .8-1

8.1

Port ATM Address Filters

. . . . . . . . . . 8-1

8.1.1

Creating ATM Address Filters

. . . . . . . . . . 8-1

8.1.2

How ATM Address Filters Work

. . . . . . . . . . 8-1

8.1.3

ATM Address Filter Example

. . . . . . . . . . 8-2

8.1.4

Filter Considerations Regarding LANE and IP over ATM

. . . . . . . . . . 8-3

8.2

Port Clock Configuration

. . . . . . . . . . 8-3

8.2.1

Network Clocking

. . . . . . . . . . 8-4

9

Troubleshooting

. . . . . . . 9-1

9.1

Troubleshooting IP over ATM

. . . . . . . . . . 9-1

9.2

Troubleshooting LAN Emulation

. . . . . . . . . . 9-2

9.3

Troubleshooting PNNI Links

. . . . . . . . . . 9-3

9.3.1

Switches in Same Peer Group

. . . . . . . . . . 9-3

9.3.2

Switches in Different Peer Groups

. . . . . . . . . . 9-3

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