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Cisco 12000/10700 v3.1.1 Router Manager User Guide
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Chapter 7 Interface Profiles
Creating a POS I nterface Profile
Encapsulation—Allows you to select HDLC, PPP or FRAME RELAY encapsulation type. The default
value is HDLC.
Cyclic Redun dancy Check—A llows you to selec t a n option f or cyclic redu nda ncy che ck. Cyc li c
redunda ncy che ck b asic ally c onsist s o f 16 or 32 bit verification c ode w h ich has t o be s am e at t he both
the transmitting and receiving to ensure the packets sent are received in full without loss of data. By
default it is 32 bit code.
SONET Ov erh ead
The SO NET O verhead a rea a llows yo u to configur e t he f ol lowing in forma ti on:
Path Signal Identifier—Allows you to se t the p ath signa l i den tifier. Perm issib le values ra nge fr om 0 to
255.
Section Tr ace Byte—Allows you to set the secti on trace byte. Permissib le values are 0 to 255.
Payload Pointer Byte—Allows you to sele ct an o pti on for p ay load p oint er byt e fr om the dr op down
menu. Per missi ble values ran ge fr om 0 to 3.
Alarm Reporting & T hreshold
The Alarm Reporting & Threshold area allows you to configure the following information:
B1 BER Threshold Cros sing Alarm—Allows you to fix threshold limits for the system to prompt
appropri ate B1 BE R Threshold al arm message s.
B2 BER Threshold Cros sing Alarm—Allows you to fix threshold limits for the system to prompt
appropri ate B2 BE R Threshold al arm message s.
B3 BER Threshold Cros sing Alarm—Allows you to fix threshold limits for the system to prompt
appropri ate B3 BE R Threshold al arm message s.
Signal Degrade BER—Allows you to fix thre shold li mits for t he sy stem to pro mp t ap pro pr iate Signa l
Degrade BER Thr eshold ala rm message s.
Signal Fail BER —Allows you to fix threshold limits for the system to prompt appropriate Signal Fail
BER Threshold alarm me ssages.
Threshol d (in 10 e- )—Di splays a threshol d value.
Alarm Repor ting
The Alarm Reporting area allows you to configure the following information:
Path Remote Defect Indication Errors—Allows you to enable or disable the path remote defect
indication errors alarm messages.
Line Remote Defect Indication Errors—Allows you to enable or disable the line remote defect indication
errors alarm me ssages.
Line Alarm I ndic ation Sign al Err or s—Allows you to enable or disable the line alarm indication signal
errors alarm me ssages.
Receive Data Out of Lock Errors—Allo ws you to enable or d isable the Recei ve da ta output of lock errors
alarm messages.
Path Alarm Indication Signal Errors—Allows you to en able or di sable the path ala rm indic ation s ignal
errors alarm me ssages.
Section Loss of Signal Errors—Allo ws you to enable or disable the loss of sig nal errors al arm messag es.