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Cisco MGX 8850 Routing Switch Command Reference
Release 2.0, Part Number 78-10467-04 Rev C0, October 2001
Chapter3 Equipment and Resource Provisioning
addcontroller
addcontroller
Add Controller
Identifies a network control protocol to th e Virtual S wit ch Interface (VSI) that runs on the node . If y ou
do not identify a network control protocol (or simply controller), the switch does not use it. Adding a
controller through the addcontroller command requires the following information:
•The type of controller, such as PNNI
•Where the controller runs—internal ly, on t he lo cal P X M 4 5, or externally, through a virtual
connection
Note Currently, the only supported controller is PNNI, and it runs only as an internal controller.
Use addcontroller before you create resource partitions the service modules. For information on
resource partitions, see the description of addpart (or addrscprtn).
If you discover an error in y o ur co n tr o lle r specification after you ad d i t, de lete the controller by
executing delcontroller then add it again.
Cards on Which This Command Runs
PXM45
Syntax
The syntax differs for internal and extern al controllers:
Internal controller:
addcontroller <cntrlrId> i <cntrlrType> <lslot> cntrlrName]
External controller:
addcontroller <cntrlrId> x<cntrlrType> <lslot> <bay> <line> <vpi> <vci> [cntrlrName]

Syntax Description for Internal Controlle r

cntrlrId A number in the range 1–3 that identifies a network controller. The numb er s a re
reserved, as follows:
1 = PAR (Portable AutoRoute)—currently not used
2 = PNNI
3 = LSC (Label Switch Contro ll er, also k n own as MP L S f or M u lt ip rotocol Label
Switch Controller)—currently not used
Note For an internal controlle r, the controller ID (cntrlrId) must be the same as
the controller type (cntrlrType). Currently, the only available controller is
PNNI, and only internal controllers are supported. Therefore, the only
valid argument string for addcontroller is “2 i 2.” See the example.
iKeyword indicating that this co ntroller is internal.