Cisco Systems 8600 Series manual BXM T3/E3, 155, Tag Switching

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C H A P T E R 6

BXM T3/E3, 155, and 622

This chapter describes the BXM card sets which include the BXM T3/E3, BXM-155, and BXM-622. The BXM cards may be configured for either trunk or service (port UNI) mode. In trunk mode they provide BPX network interfaces and in service (port UNI) mode they provide service access to CPE.

The chapter includes the following:

Tag Switching

Dynamic Resource Partitioning for SPVCs

BXM Cards

BXM Capabilities

Card Operation

BXM Functional Description

Fault Management and Statistics

Technical Specifications

General SONET Notes

User Commands

Configuring Connections

Command Line Interface Examples

Configuring the BPX Switch for SVCs

Configuring the MGX 8220

Resource Partitioning

Tag Switching

Starting with switch software release 9.1, the BXM also supports tag switching. Partitions for the BXM can be allocated either between:

SVCs and PVCs, or

Tag switching virtual circuits (TVCs) and PVCs.

For information on Tag Switching, refer to Chapter 9, Tag Switching.

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Cisco Systems 8600 Series manual BXM T3/E3, 155, Tag Switching