General Configuration Using Local Management

WAN Physical Configuration Screen Fields

The following list describes the WAN Physical Configuration screen fields.

NOTE

The CSX400 supports a variety of WPIMs. Figure 73 shows the WAN Physical Configuration screen for the WPIM-HDSL and the WPIM-T1. To select the WPIM you wish to configure, use the arrow keys to highlight the[WPIM #] field at the bottom of the screen. Use the SPACEBAR to select the appropriate WPIM, then press ENTER.

WPIM # — Displays configuration information for the WPIMs that are installed.

Type — Displays the WPIM type.

BRIM # — Displays the BRIM slot in which the WPIM resides.

Mode — Displays the WPIM mode.

Active — Displays the status of the WPIM.

Ifaces — Displays the interfaces available to each WPIM.

WPIM-HDSL Configuration Fields

HDSL Tx Clock Source — Displays the HDSL Transmit Clock Source. The selections for this field toggle between Loop-Timing (Extracted Line Data) and Local-Timing (Internal Clock). The default setting for this field is Loop-Timing.

NOTE

The Loop-Timing selection in this Local Management screen corresponds to the Slave selection in the QuickSET HDSL WAN Configuration window; the Local-Timing selection corresponds to the Master selection.

HDSL Timeslot Configuration — Displays the timeslot configuration for the WPIM. The selections for this field toggle between Full and Fractional. The default setting for this field is Full. Full uses all 24 timeslots and Fractional uses the first 12 timeslots.

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CSX400-DC, CSX400 specifications

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