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Cisco MGX 8230 Edge Concentrator Installation and Configuration
Release 1.1.31, Part Number 78-11215-03 Rev. B0, May 2001
Chapter5 Configuring the MGX 8230 Shelf
MGX 8230 MGX to BPX Feeder
Note If you configure MGX 8230 PXM features at the back card, select the Configure Card options by
clicking with the left m ous e button on the MGX 8230 PXM back card but away f rom the connectors.
If you successfully select th e card features, an outline of t he entire back card lights u p. To select the
Configure Line features, click on the back card near the connectors. If you select the line features,
an outline around the connector s l ig ht s u p. Sim ilarly, in the front view, select either a port LED for
line configuration or a nonspecific area of the MGX 8230 PXM front card for card configuration.
Specifying the Feeder Application
To specify that the MGX 8230 operate as a feeder to a BPX series swi tch :
Step 1 Click with the left mouse button on the MGX 823 0 PX M so that the card outlin e l ig ht s u p.
Step 2 Click on the Configure option at the top of the CiscoView - Main window; then click on the highlighted
“card” choice that appears under “Configure.” The Configure Card box appears. Nex t t o th e
“CATEGORY” label, the menu button shows “Card.”
Step 3 Click on Card to display the node configuration options.
Step 4 Select PAR Configuration. The Configure PAR window opens.
Step 5 Click on the menu butto n next to the CATEGORY field to displ ay t he PAR topics.
Step 6 Select PAR SW Conf ig ura tion . The PAR Configuration bo x s ho ws the de f ault s of “false” for VS/VD and
“routing” for Node Type. Change the selection to “feeder.”
Step 7 Select Modify at the bottom o f th e b ox .
Step 8 Select Cancel to exit the PAR Configuration box or select another PAR topic at the menu button next to
the CATEGORY field.
Activating a Physical Line for the Uplink
To activate a line for the uplink:
Step 1 Click on the LED that cor r es p on d s to t he M G X 8 230 PXM line you want to a c tivate. Fo r th e feeder
application, only port 1 is selectable. If you correctly select the LED of an inactive line, an outline of
the LED lights up. If an outl in e o f th e car d li gh ts up , y o u have se lected the card rather than th e po r t.
Step 2 Click on the Configure option at the top the screen then the line option in the subsequent pull-down list.
The Configure Line window appears and shows the selected line with its current characteristics.
Step 3 Change appropriate line char act eris tic s as n eede d, th en s elec t the Lin eEnab le butt on an d ch ange the s tat e
to “enable.”
Step 4 Click on the Modify button to transmit any configuration changes and enable the line.