Cabletron Systems 04-0053-01 manual Virtual Ports and Static Connections

		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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